304 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Cliocarpus. 



3. Cliocarpus didymus. Solanum didyraum, Dun. in DC. Prudj-. 

 xiii. 125 {olim S. divaricatum, Dun. MSS.). Solanum gemel- 

 lum, Mart, h^ Sendtn. Flor. Bras. vi. 28; — valde dichotomo- 

 ramosus, ramulis divaricatis, teretibus, primum ochracco- et 

 fusco-tomentosis, dein glabvis ; foliis supreniis geniinis^ altero 

 ter quater ve minorij brevissime petiolatis, ovatis vel ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, apice acuminatis, basi insequaliter rotundatis, vix cor- 

 datis, supra velutiuis, subtus molliter albido- ochraceo- vel fer- 

 rugineo-stellato-tomentosis, nervis arcuatis, sub 5-jugis, ve- 

 nisque superne inipressis, subtus prominentibus et tiocculoso- 

 tomentosis ; floribus cymoso-racemosisj confertis, paucis, dense 

 stellato-tonieutosis, teiminalibus dein lateralibus et opposi- 

 tifoliisj pedicellis pedunculo brevissiino duplo longioribus, 

 quam prsecedentibus brevioribus ; calycis laciniis oblongis, 

 subito acutis; corolla calyce paullulo longiori, semi-5-tida, 

 campanulato-rotata^ intus glabra ; staminibus corolla diniidio 

 brevioribus, hiatibus apicalibus latis, cum riniis longitudinali- 

 bus continuis ; ovario brevi, stylo tenui, demum lougc exserto, 

 stigmate fere obsoleto; bacca subovali, piso minori, Isevi. — 

 Brasilia, in jn-ovinciis interioribus. — v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. 

 {Bowie ^ Cunningham) Prov. S. Paulo sub nom. CI. Dunalii 

 " Solanum divaricatum." — in herb. Hook. {Claussen) Cachoeira 

 do Campo Prov. Minas Geraes. 



This species was found also by Sello in the province of San 

 Paulo. M. Dunal describes the varieties of glabrum and tomen- 

 tosum, but they seem to be diflferent states of the same plant 

 varying with its age. Its leaves are from 2 to 4 inches in 

 length, 8 to 13 lines in breadth, upon a petiole 2 to 4 lines long : 

 the peduncle of the inflorescence is not more than 4 to 6 lines 

 in length, often much shorter ; the pedicels being 2 to 4 lines 

 long, and when in fruit 6 to 8 lines in length ; the corolla ex- 

 panded is 8 lines in diameter ; the stamens are 2 lines long ; the 

 enlarged calyx enveloping the fruit forms a sphere of 8 lines in 

 diameter. 



4. Cliocarpus? eriocalyx. Solanum eriocalyx. Dun. in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. 124 ; — ramis divaricatis, flexuosis, piloso-scabriusculis, 

 ramulis foliis utrinque, pedunculo, pedicellis, calyce quaqua- 

 versus, corollaque extus pilis longis simplicibus hirsutis, foliis 

 ssepe geminis, altero minori, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, basi 

 in?equalibus frequenter auriculatis, ciliatis, flavicantibus, costa 

 media nervisque prominulis, petiolatis, folio altero ter quaterve 

 minori, ovato-rotundato, subsessili; racemis brevibus, hirsutis, 

 sub-oppositifoliis, 7-8-floris, pedicellis elongatis, tiliformibus, 

 confertis, sub-umbellatis : calyce rufescente, pilis sordide albis 

 hirsutis, laciniis ovato-oblongis, apice subnudis ; corolla semi- 

 5-fida, laciniis lanceolatis, acutis ; antheris gracilibus, linea- 



