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13. Solanum macrantlieniin Dunal, Sol. Syn. 16. 1816. 

 Michoacan and Guanajuato to Veracruz and Chiapas. 



Scandent shrub, the branches villosulous ; leaves long-petiolate, ovate to 

 broadly ovate, 13 cm. long or less, acuminate, rounded or truncate at base, 

 entire, puberulent or short-villous beneath or sometimes glabra te; cymes large, 

 many-flowered; corolla violaceous, 2 to 4 cm. broad; flowers sweet-scented; 

 fruit red, about 1 cm. or less in diameter. 



Solanum bohloense A. DC, described from Cuba, is a closely related species 

 and perhaps not distinct. It has been reported from Mexico. 



14. Solanum palmeri Vasey & Rose, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 11: 532. 1889. 

 Baja California and the adjacent islands ; type from San Quentin Bay. 

 Plants suffrutescent, minutely pubescent with branched hairs ; leaves nearly 



all lobate, usually 3-lobate, the lower lobes sometimes verj^ small or suppressed ; 

 flowers in few-flowered umbels ; corolla violaceous, 1.5 cm. broad. 



15. Solanum appendiculatum Dunal, Sol. Syn. 5. 1816. 



High mountains, Mexico, Veracruz, and Oaxaca ; type from Puente de la 

 Madre de Dios. Guatemala. 



Slender shrub, scandent to a height of 9 meters, the branches puberulent 

 or glabrate ; leaflets 3 or 5, lance-oblong to ovate. 5 cm. long or less, acuminate, 

 acute at base, entire, very sparsely short-hirsute above, puberulent beneath 

 along the veins ; cymes small, few-flowered ; co**olla white ; fruit 6 to 8 mm. in 

 diameter. 



16. Solanum seaforthianum Andrews, Bot. Rep. 8: pi. 50^. 1797-1804. 

 Specimens seen from Baja California, Tamaulipas, Michoacan or Guerrero 



(?). and Yucatfin, most of them probably from cultivated plants. West Indies, 

 Central America, and northern South America. 



Scandent shrub, 2 to 6 meters long, the branches sparsely puberulent or 

 glabrate ; leaflets 3 or 5, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 8 cm. long or less, entire, 

 the upper ones decurrent upon the pet-ole, glabrous or nearly so ; cymes usually 

 large and many-flowered ; corolla violaceous, nearly 1 cm. long ; fruit red, 6 

 to 9 mm. in diameter. " Piocha " (YucatSn) ; " guinda," "falsa belladonna," 

 " jazmin de Italia" (Porto Rico) ; " Josefina," " dulceamarga " (El Salvador). 



This is probably the plant reported from Mexico by various writers as S. 

 dulcamara L., and said to be known as " gloria " and " gula de jazmincillo." 

 It is a handsome vine and is commonly cultivated in Mexico and Central 

 America. 



17. Solanum g-aleotti Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13': 82. 1852. 

 Type from Ario, Michoacan. 



Scandent shrub ; leaves long-petiolate, 5-parted, the segments ovate-oblong, 

 7 cm. long or less, acutish ; corolla white. 



Solanum stephanodes Schlecht..^ described from Cumbre del Obispo, appears, 

 from the description, to be closely related. 



18. Solanum lignescens Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 33: 91. 1897. 

 Guerrero to Chiapas ; type from Acapulco, Guerrero. 



Shrub, the branches closely stellate-pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate or 

 elliptic, 7 cm. long or less, obtuse or acute, closely stellate-pubescent ; umbels 

 short-pedunculate; corolla white, 1.5 cm. broad; fruit glabrous, 1 cm. in di- 

 ameter. 



iLinnaea 19: 290. 1846. 



