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tegris glabris, corymbis multifl. — such is the 

 common Potato native of Peru, compare with 

 next. 



764, Parmentiera halduini Raf. fol. pinnatis. 

 foliolis ovatobl. obtusis ciiiatis, terminaUs major 

 rotundata integra, corymbis pubescens 3-6fl — ' 

 Uraguay, found by Baldwin at Mt. Video, deem- 

 ed the wild type of our Patato, but leaves dif- 

 ferent, small tubers mixt with fibrose roots,stem 

 6 to 10 inches, flowers not so large, &-c. 



765, ANTIMION Raf. (n. grec) diff. Par. 

 mentiera, caLgloboso 5-7fid. lac. ineq. subfolio- 

 sis, cor. campanul. 5fida, stylo brevis, fan tube- 

 rosa ?) — Solanum includes yet 20 fine distinct 

 Genera, I can only add here those I possess. 



Antimion tomentosum Raf. Sol, peruv? fol. 

 interrupte pinnatis, foliolis ovatis obovatisque 

 repandis acutis supra pubescens, subtus tomen- 

 tosis, cymis pedunc. compos, multifl. subfoliosis, 

 calicib. tomentosis — Peru, sent me as S. peruv 

 with next altho' of different Genera ! corollas 

 hardly longer than calix with enclosed stamens.t 



766, SCUBULON Raf. (n. antiq) cal, 5part. 

 eq. cor, 5part. antheris 5 connatis in tubo obi. 

 5dent. intus dehisc. stylo filif. stigma bidentatum. 

 fol. pinnat, fl, racem. — thus stamens united as 



in Solanum, but opening as in Lycopersicon. 



ScuBULON incanum Raf. fruticos. inerme, fol. 

 pinnatis cano pulverulentis, foliolis obi. obt, inte- 

 gris vel repandis undulatis, ultima ovata, race- 

 mis laxis multifl. cal, linearib. baccis globosis 

 glabris — Peru, how different from last, and yet 

 labelled alike by orthodox botanists, flowers 

 ochroleucous, folioles small. 



767, Scubulon humboldti Raf. Sol. do?" 

 caule herbaceo sulcato, fol. interrupte pinnatis, 

 foliolis petiol. cordatis sinuatis acutis glabris. 



