Mathewsiane. N. O. Solanee. 
TAB. CVII. 
ATROPA DEPENDENS. 
Caule pendente fruticoso, foliis geminis cordato-ovatis brevi- 
petiolatis glabris, calyce tubuloso tenui-pubescente 5-fido 
demum (fructifero) ampliato hinc fisso bacca longiore, corolla 
longe tubuloso, stylo staminibusque exsertis. 
Atropa dependens. athews mst. 
Has. Eastern side of the Cordillera of Peru. Mathews (n. 829.) 
Mr. Mathews has favoured us with the drawing of this plant 
also from Peru, and remarks that it is ‘‘ a slender wiry branch- 
ing plant generally growing from the root of some tall shrub, 
among whose branches it rambles for support, extending from 
10— 15 feet, its ultimate pendent extremities being covered with 
large sulphur-coloured flowers. It isan Alpine species, descend- 
ing to where the potato begins to be cultivated: but it is to be 
observed that the climate is moister than the same altitude on 
the western side of the Andes.” Besides the widely different 
size and habit from the last described species (A. glandulosa) 
the calyx is much larger and tubular, still further increasing in 
size as the fruit advances to maturity, which it quite envelopes, 
bursting on one side. The segments of the corolla are nearly 
erect, and all of them gradually acuminated. The stamens and 
style are much exserted. 
Fig. 1. Calyx and pistil. f. 2. Berry :—natural size. 
