Nothocestrum.] SOLANACEAE, ; 307 
Rather common in clearings of the woods and along their outskirts; the eal 
and «Popolo» of the natives, who eat the berries. The s pecies is common in most tropi- 
cal countries and cultivated in some as a potherb, 
78. S. psendocapsicum, L. — DC. Prod. XIII, 152. — Suffruticose, 
erect, 1—2 ft. high, pages Leaves narrow lanceolate, entire, asic 
at both ends, 11/2 —2’ long including the short petiole, 1/s—*/2‘ broad. 
Flowers eathay generally 2 on a peduncle of 1“ or less, the pe- 
dicels 4—5 when in fruit, and thickened at the ends. Calyx $*, ite 
lobes linear. Corolla 4", whitish, divided beyond the middle into ovate 
lobes. Anthers on very short filaments, about 1/2 the length of the 
corolla, not attenuate, opening by transverse pores or chinks at the broad 
apex. Style longer than the anthers. Berry globose, 4“ in diameter, 
reddish. 
Molokai! Mopulehu and Kamalo; Maui! Kula; Hawaii, Hilo. A native probably 
of Southern Brazil and Buenos Ayres, but spread into various countries by cultivation. 
2. NOTHOCESTRUM, Gray. 
Calyx ovoid or tubular, pte 4-toothed or the teeth almost bilabiate, 
persistent, splitting laterally at maturity. Corolla silky, salver-shaped, 
Ce , the lobes ovate, valvate and folded in the bud. Anthers 4, 
sessile below the throat, linear acute, the cells opening inward and length- 
wise. Ovary 2-celled; ovules many, attached to axile placentas. Style 
short, with a 2-lobed st igma. Fruit a berry. Seeds ety ae a 
funicle, reniform, complanate, the testa chartaceous es pit 
peripherical, curved around a fleshy Rigs . e thick ait ar 
longer than the cotta rical cotyledons. — Soft-w ao trees with a 
Sweetish gummy sap. Leaves Sa iy approxi ir 
entire. Flowers solitary or clustered on prominent ak ar a 
axillary or interaxillary, viz., between the axils of a leaf-pair. Corolla 
greenish -yellow 
A small Hawaiian ee Peeene related to the S. American genus Acnistus, Schott. 
Nat. name of all species: 
Flowers single, rarely 2 or 3; calyx and berry Senne: tube of 
corolla included ; 
Flowers several, clustered o short axilla: ary spurs; 
. N. longifotium. 
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Leaves narrow oblong, aisaher at both ends; re of ant 
little longer than the euiaicig sa ae "yhe h closes over 
the fate 2. N. brevifiorum. 
Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong; t tube of corolla tories the length 
pits the urceolate ealyx, which re $s open h fruit . 3. N. latifoli 
dat : flowers rsas in NV. goreraly gue often single 4. N. su sian 
The species differ 1 in characters of small value, nor are these very stable; their geo 
Sraphical areas also are rather diffuse. No. 1 seems to run into no. 2, but this latter is 
a tree of considerable > while the former has only been observed ‘by me as a tall 
branching shrub. Of no. 4 the material is very scanty, and it may prove to be only 4 
good yariety of no. 3 
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