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Solantun mtinued. 



A. 5ft. to 6ft Australia and 



, greenhouse shrub or sub-shrub. 



to lin. in diameter, Tery shortly and broadly lobed. fr. green 

 or yellow, rather large. L liMinniiln. ante or rarely almost 

 obJw.^.Mfl^^fire^on old specimens, often pinnatifid, the 



Xew Zealand, 1772. An 



(B. M. 349, under name of & laeiaiatvm.) 



S. BalbisU (Balbis^. A synonym of S. titymbrXfoKum. 



S. betaceum CBeet-leared). A synonym of Cyphomandra, betoee*. 



S. campanulatnm (bell shaped), *., calyx four to fire line* 

 long ; corolla violet or bine, broadly campannlate or almost 

 rotate, lin. in diameter, rery shortly lobed; racemes loose, 

 lateral, fr. Jin. to lin. in diameter. L petioiate, orate, sine 

 lobed, with short, broad lobes, or rarely more deeply] 

 2in. to 4in. long. A. 2ft. to 3ft. Australia, 1836. A 

 greenhouse herb or under-shrub. (B. M. 3672.) 



& Capsteastrum (Star CapsicumX* JL similar to those of 

 5. Pffudo-faptieum, disposed in short racemes nearly opposite 

 the leaves, ir. scarlet, about the size of a hazel nut L twin, 



one 

 repand 



being much smaller, all penninerred, entire or slightly 

 id ; the larger one oblong-lanceolate, l*in. to 2tn. long; the 

 ler one lanceolate or obovate. Stem branched, A. 1ft. to 



2ft. Brazil Greenhouse sub-shrub, Tery ornamental when in 

 fruit (F. d. S. 1242.) There is a variegated form of this 



Mtutelin.toUin.long. 

 A. 2ft Brazil. 1822. ~ 



S. cardiophyUum (heart-learedX .., calyx cyatbiform, fire- 

 toothed; corolla cream-coloured, five-parted, the segments tri- 

 angular, flat, acuminate, at length revolute ; cymes few-flowered, 

 terminal, L anriculate, pinnate ; leaflets two or three pairs, not 

 interrupted, somewhat round-cordate, slightly fleshy. A. 3ft 

 Mexico, 1846. Hardy, tuberous perennial; at present not in 

 cultivation in Britain." (J. H. S. iiL 7L) 



5. CiUatum (ciliated). X- nodding ; calyx deeply fire-cleft ; corolla 

 white, fire-parted, nine to eleven lines across ; racemes short and 

 few-flowered ; peduncles solitary or twin. fr. pure scarlet, 

 globular, nearly as large as a fangierine orange. L petiolaie, 

 orate-oblong, sinuate-lobed : lobes usually fire, sometimes three 

 or seven, orate, acute, entire or repand. prickly. Stem 1ft to 

 lift high, straight, branched, rery prickly. Porto Rico, 187L 

 Greenhouse annual. (F. M. 521 ; F. d. S. 1968.) 



6. Commersoni (Commerson'sX jL in loose, compound cymes ; 

 calyx teeth as long as the tube ; corolla pale lilac or white, jiru 

 to 5 in. long. 1. sometimes, but not always, pseudo-stipitate, oin. 

 to6in. long; leaflets fire to nine, oblong, acute or often obtuse, 

 the terminal one much the longest, the lowest pair much dwarfed ; 



Rootstock bearing copious larsre tubers. 

 'Hardy perennial. (R. G. 1885, p. 368, 

 and R. H. 1833, pp. 493, 499, under name of S. OArondu.) 



S. cornicolatnm (homed). A garden synonym of S. tornigerum. 



S. cornigerum (.horn-bearing). JL erect ; calyx small ; corolla 

 violet, star-shaped, three or four times longer than the 

 calyx ; racemes terminal, loose, few-flowered, fr. yellow, pendent, 

 crate-conical, bearing fire blunt, conical, horn-like appendages. 

 1., cauline ones l^in. long, trisected, the segments marcescent, 

 caducous; those of the branches sessile, cordate, ovate-oblons, 

 acuminate, nearly triangular. Brazil, 1868. Store climber. 

 (R, H. 186$, 33.) STK. & eormicuiatum (of gardens). 



S. crinitom (hairy). jL, calyx fire-parted ; corolla white, l|in. 

 to 2in. in diameter ; racemes lateral, cymose, nearly simple, 4in. 

 long. fr. silky-rillous, seren lines long. L petioiate, broadly 

 orate, If t to 2ft long, unequally cordate, undulated, sinuate- 

 lobed, hairy, purple-reined; lobes short, slightly acute, tomen- 

 tose-woolly on both sides, yellowish-green and unarmed above, 

 whiter and prickly beneath. Stem and branches armed with 

 many prickles. A. 4ft to 5ft Cayenne. Greenhouse. 



S. crispum (carted).* Potato-tree. JL fragrant ; calyx fire- 

 toothed ; corolla bluish-purple, fire-cleft, eight to ten lines in 

 diameter ; corymbs Sin. to 3iin. long, terminal, at length lateral 

 Jr. yellowish- white, as large as peas. L simple, undirided, entire 



S. c. lignstrinmn (Priret-leared). 

 corymbs. L sub-cordate, 



12ft to 14ft high against a walL (B. M. 3795 ; B. R. 1516 ; 

 L. B. C- 1969 ; P. M. B. iii. L) 



jL in glabrous, few-flowered 

 long, highly glabrous. Branches 

 terete^ataon^green. Chili, 18SL (L. B. C. 1963, under name 



S. cyjuiantluim (blue-floweredX *-, calyx much spreading, five- 

 parted; corolla blue, 2in. to 2in. in diameter; peduncles 2in. 

 long, whitish, prickly, hairy ; racemes nearly 4in. long, about 

 firSlowered. L petioiate, cordate, ovate-elliptic, undulated, 14in. 

 long, almost unarmed, sinnate-repand or sinuate-lobed ; petioles 

 >, villous. Branches stellate, villous, 

 A. 6ft Brazil, 1880, Greenhouse. 

 ; Felon- wood; Woody 



ade. JL many, drooping; calyx lobes obtuse; corolla 

 or white, iin. in diameter, the lobes rerolute ; cymes 

 1, leaf -opposed or lateral *. red, rarely yellow^reen, 



2iin. to Sin. long, sub-terete, 

 whitish, prickly, and hairy. 



Inf^ppoaed 



. ameter. I. orate or 



parted, lin. to Sin. long, act 



Stem 4ft to 6ft long. 



Solannm continued. 

 trailing. Europe (Britain), Ac. 

 F. D.607; Sy. En. B. 930.) 



Perennial. (B. M. PL 190; 



S.D.marnum(sea-loring). t fleshy. Stem prostrate, branched. 

 South. Coast* 



S. escnlentnm (edibleX A synonym of 5. Jleltmgemm. 



S, etnberosum (non-tuberous). A form of S. tuftmmm. 



S. FontaaesUuram (Fontaines'). jL, calyx nreeolate. fire-cleft ; 

 corolla yellow, scarcely regular, nine to ten lines in diameter 

 semi-fire-cteft, the n^muSTtmipMtlit, woolly- rillo us i5&\ 

 racemes three or four-flowered, nearly 2in. long. L petioiate 

 sub-pinnatipartite, 6in. long; lobes unequally sinuate? 4bT to 

 2Jin. long, hairy and prickly on both sides ; prickles yellow, 2n. 

 to am. long. Stem rigid. A. 4ft Mexico. 1813. Hardy annual, 

 armed with recurred prickles. (B. R. 177.) 



S. fragrans (fragrant). A synonym of Cypkomandn betaeea. 



S. gisantemn (gigantic).* JL, corolla blue, tin. in diameter, 

 the tube nearly as long as the lobes ; cymes terminal, densely 

 many-flowered, stellately white-woolly. L oblong, cuneate at 

 both ends, Sin. long, undulated. Stem thick, Soft, pricklr, 

 stellately white- woofly. A. 10ft to 25ft India, 1792, Plant sub- 

 arboreous. Greenhouse. (B. M. 1921.) 



S. glaueophyUnm (glancous-leared). A garden synonym of 



S. glaucum (glancousX /., calyx cyathiform, fire-cleft; 

 blue, star-shaped, ten to eleven lines in diameter ; corymbs ter- 

 minal, at length lateral. Sin. long, sub trichotomous. /: rery 

 shortly petioiate, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, oin. to 6in. long, 

 glaucous, white - margined ; petioles whitish, wing - margined. 

 Stem erect, simple, smooth, glaucous. A. 6ft. Buenos Arres, 

 1880. Stove perennial (B. H. iii. p. 165.) Sv.V 5. vlauevphyUum 

 (of gardens). 



S. Hookeriannm (Hookers). /., calyx of four deep segments, 

 the lower eridently formed of two, coherinz at the margin ; 

 corolla blue, eight to sixteen lines in diameter, "tive-deft, the lobes 

 shorter than the tube ; cymes corymbiform, one or few-flowered. 

 fr. dark blue. L lanceolate or eilip;ic-ol>lon^, rather blunt, Un. 

 to 4m. long, tapering into the short petioles, entire. Stem un- 

 armed. A. 4ft to 7ft. Mexico. 1793. A very variable, stove 

 shrub. (B. M. 270S, under name of 5. coriaceum.) 



S, hybridum (hybrid,'. jL, corolla pale blue, five-cleft, seven to 

 ei:;nt lines across ; c)ines or umbels sessile or shortly pedunculate. 

 All the year. /. persistent, ovate-conlate, sinuate-repand, Sjin. 

 to 4in. long, including the petioles, steii:ue-touientose, almost 

 unarmed. Stems suffruticose. h. 2ft. Mexico, ic. Stove. 



S. indicam (In.lian). A., calyx lobes , : in. long ; corolla blue, lin. 

 to lin. iu diameter, the lobes broadly triangular, tomentose 

 outside ; racemes lateral, many-flowered ; peduncles short, extra- 

 axillary, fr. yellow. I. ovate, sinuate or lobed. 5in- to oin. long, 



stellately woolly beneath, prickly on the nerves ; petioles lin. 

 long. A. lit to 6ft. India, China, and Malaj-a, 17S2. A very 

 prickly, much-branched, stove under-shrut-. Sv>. 5. Anyuin 



(H. E. F. 1S9X 



S. Jamesli (James'X X-, corolla white, the segments lanceo- 

 late-deltoid, equalling the tuhe ; cymes few-flowered, fr. globose. 

 L distinctly petioiate ; leaflets nine to eleven, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Stem short, slender. Tubers n-.inute. ATSin. South- 

 western United States and Mexico, 13S4. Hardy perennial. 

 (B. M. 6766.) 



S. jasminoides (Jasmine-likeX* <-, calyx short, five-toothed; 

 corolla bluish-white, nine to ten lines in diameter, deeply tive- 

 cleft, spreading; racemes lin. to Ijin. long, about ten-flowered. 

 1. petioiate, mostly sub-cordate, ovate-acuminate, entire or sub- 

 repand, rounded at base, Ijin. long, sometimes two to fire-cleft 

 or parted, and 2in. to 2jin. long. Stems many. 3ft. to 4ft long, 

 twiasy, sarmentose. leafv. South America, 1838. Greenhouse, 

 deciduous twiner. (B. R. xxxiii. 33: P. M. B. viii. 5.) The rariety 

 tolui tariegatU has leaves blotched with creamy- white. 



S, ladniatam (tornX A synonym of S. aneulare. 



S. lanceolatam (lanceolate-lea vedX *., calyx five-cleft ; corolla 

 blue, lin. in diameter, semi- five-cleft, the segments ovate-tri- 

 anjular ; cymes, or cymose corymbs, lin. to 4in. long, unarmed. 

 .fr. orange-coloured, erect, globose. 1. lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, 6in. to Sin. long, acuminate, acute, unequal at base, 

 obscurely greenish-canescent above ; petioles fire to ten lines 

 long. Stem 6ft or more high, with a few short, straight 

 prickles. Mexico, 1800. Store. (R M. 2173.) 



S. lycioides lodastertmnLrcium-likeX JL, calyx fire-parted; 

 corolla angular, violet, yellow within, with a fire-rayed, dark 

 purple star; peduncles filiform, bearing one flower, axillary. 

 L elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, entire, cuneate 

 at base, shortly decurrent into the petioles, paler beneath, r in. 

 to liin. long. Branches numerous, spiny. A. 4ft Peru, 179L 

 Store. (B. R. xxxii. 25, under name of S. fyciouiw.) 



>. macrantherum (large-antheredx JL snb-corymbose, long- 

 pedicellate; calyx sinuately five lobed ; corolla violet, with a 

 tive-parted limb lin. to liin- in diameter ; anthers brown, thick, 

 B in. long ; panicle solitary, Sin. to Sin. long. jr. red, globose, lin. 

 in diameter. L long-petiolate, orate, acuminate, rounded or 

 sub-cordate at base, entire or sub-repand, hairy-pubescent, Sin. 

 to oin. long. Stems climbing, woody/ Mexico. IBS . Orrer.- 

 boose, (B. R. xxriL 7.) 



