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A^few specimens of a tall, but rather weak plant, were collected along 

 Town Creek, at Kerrville, in rich, shaded ground. The flower is small, 

 greenish-yellow, the inflated calyx large, and rather slender pointed. 



May 17 (1756). 



SOLANUM L. Sp. PL 184 (1753). 

 Solarium elaeagnifolium Cav. Ic. 3: 22,' /. 243. (1794). 



A very common plant of the coast region, and apparently everywhere 

 throughout southern Texas. Collected at Corpus Christi, sea level to 40 

 feet. 



March 27 (1511). 



Solanum rostratum Dunal, Sol. 234, '/. 24 (1813). 



Solatium heterandrum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 156, /. 7 (1814). 



Common in the streets of Kerrville, and also on the hills in rich ground, 

 altitude 1650-1800 feet. 



May 17 (1755); described from cultivated specimens by Dunal. 

 Solanum Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 44 (1862). 



At San Antonio this species wa*s plentiful in rich ground along the 

 river bank. 



May 3 (1709); type locality, "upper Arkansas to lower Texas." 

 Solanum triquetrum Cav. Ic. 3: 30, /. 259 (1794). 



At Corpus Christi from sea level 'to 40 feet, usually woody at base ; 

 sometimes long and vine-like. 



March 6 (1399); type locality, Mexico. 



CESTRUM L. Sp. PI. 191 (1753). 

 Cestrum Parqui L'Her. 



A single clump, or rather hedge, of this species was found at San An- 

 tonio, along the roadside. The bushes were tall and slender, growing 

 very closely together. 



May 5 (1797). 



NICOTIANA L. Sp. PI. 180 (1753). 

 Nicotiana repanda Willd.; Lehm. Hist. Gen. Nicot. 40, t. 3 (1818). 



A common plant at Corpus Christi from sea level to 40 feet. The 

 flowers expand in the evening just "before dark, closing early the next 

 morning. 



March 6 (1498); type locality, "in Cuba." 



