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SOLANACE&. XIX. PETUNIA. XX. NIEREMBEROIA. 



ing, dilated, 5-lobed, obtuse, unequal limb. Stamens unequal, 

 inclosed ; anthers roundish, dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma capi- 

 tate, slightly 2-lobed. Capsule girded by the calyx below, 2- 

 celled, 2-valved at apex, many-seeded. Seeds minute. Diffuse, 

 pubescently villous, evergreen, herbaceous plants. Leaves 

 alternate, on short petioles. Flowers axillary, pedicellate, white, 

 shape of those of Mir&bilis dichotomus. 



1 P. NYCTAGINIFLORA (Juss. 1. c. p. 216. t. 47. f. 2.) herba- 

 ceous, diffuse, clothed with clammy, glandular villi ; lower 

 leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, pubescent, attenuated 

 into the petioles at the base : floral leaves sessile, cordate-ovate, 

 opposite ; flowers axillary, pedunculate ; corolla large, having 

 the tube 3-4 times longer than the calyx, and the limb broad 

 and obtuse. If. F. Native of South America, at the mouth 

 of the river Plata. Poir. suppl. 4. p. 375. Tratt. tab. t. 72. 

 Sweet, fl. gard. 119. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2552. Nicotiana 

 axillaris, Lam. ill. no. 2287. Nicotiana nyctaginifl6ra, Lehm. 

 nicot. p. 20. Branched. Stem hairy. Leaves pubescent. 

 Pedicels villous, furnished with 2 opposite leaves at the base. 

 Calyx pubescently villous, with unequal, oblong, obtuse, spread- 

 ing, foliaceous segments. Corollas large, white, clammy, downy 

 outside, similar to those of Mirdbilis, hence the specific name. 



Marvel-of-Peru-florvered Petunia. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



2 P. PARVIFLORA (Juss. 1. c. p. 216. t. 47. f. 1.) herbaceous, 

 prostrate ; leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse, thickisli ; corollas 

 small, hardly longer than the calyx ; segments of the limb 

 obtuse, y., F. Native of South America, at the mouth of 

 the river Plata. Pers. ench. 1. p. 218. Stems many from the 

 same root, rather villous. Leaves small, size of those of a 

 species of Cerdstium, downy. Segment of calyx oblong, blunt- 

 ish, foliaceous, spreading. Corolla coarctate in the middle, 

 red ; limb plicate. Capsule inclosed in the calyx. 



Small-Jfarvered Petunia. PL prostrate. 



3 P. INTERMEDIA ; clothed with short, glandular, clammy, 

 hoary pubescence ; leaves linear, obtuse ; peduncles opposite 

 the leaves, or terminal ; corolla funnel-shaped, having the tube 

 hardly longer than the calyx, and the segments emarginate ; 

 style clavate ; capsule 5-ribbed ; calycine segments foliaceous, 

 unequal. T? or If- F- Native of Buenos Ayres, on the 

 banks of the Parana. Nierembergia intermedia, Graham, 

 in edinb. phil. journ. 1833. D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. 

 s. t. 237. Salpiglossis linearis, Hook, in bot. mag. no. 3256, in 

 a note. Tube of corolla yellow, striated ; throat ventricose, 

 yellow within ; limb 5-lobed, of a rich purple. 



Intermediate Petunia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1832. PL \ foot. 



4 P. VIOLA'CEA (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1626.) prostrate, clothed 

 with clammy hairs or down ; leaves ovate, on short petioles, 

 acute ; corolla ventricose, with ovate, acute segments ; flowers 

 solitary, axillary, pedunculate. 1.F. Native of Buenos Ayres, 

 on the Uruquay. Nierembergia punicea, D. Don, in Sweet, 

 brit. fl. gard. n. s. t. 193. Salpiglossis integrifblia, Hook. bot. 

 mag. t. 3113. Calycine segments linear-spatulate, obtuse, folia- 

 ceous. Corollas large, of a rose purple colour ; limb irregular. 

 Stamens inserted in the middle of the tube. Embryo short, 

 straight ; albumen copious. 



Var. ft, Atkinsiana (D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 268.) 

 leaves ovate, acutish ; calycine segments ligulate ; tube of 

 corolla twice as long as the calyx. 1. F. A hybrid between 

 P. nyctaginiflora and P. violacea. In habit it is much like the 

 former, but the flowers are nearly intermediate between the two 

 parents, but the colour is almost that of the latter. 



Violaceous-Rowered Petunia. FL July. Clt. 1831. PL 1 

 foot. 



Cult. The species are all exceedingly elegant plants when in 

 blossom. In the open border they succeed very well from May 



to September ; and large patches of them have a very gaudy 

 appearance. In autumn a few plants of each species should be 

 put into pots, and removed to the greenhouse, so as they may 

 be preserved from the frost of winter. All succeed best in a 

 light rich soil, and are readily propagated from cuttings. Seeds 

 of them are also sometimes ripened in this country, by which 

 they may be increased. 



XX. NIEREMBE'RGIA (named in honour of John Euse- 

 bius Nieremberg, a Spanish Jesuit ; author of Histories Naturae 

 maxime peregrinae. 1. vol. in folio. Antwerp, 1635.) Ruiz, et 

 Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 13. t. 123. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 3. p. 8. t. 198. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft ; 

 segments lanceolate, acute. Corolla somewhat salver-shaped ; 

 with a very long, cylindrical, slender tube ; and a 5-lobed, pli- 

 cate, equal, blunt limb. Stamens 5, exserted ; filaments con- 

 nate at the base ; anthers dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma pel- 

 tately 2-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved in the bottom of 

 the permanent calyx ; dissepiment parallel with the valves, at 

 length free. Stems suffruticose, or herbaceous, filiform, pro- 

 cumbent, and often creeping. Leaves scattered, solitary, some- 

 times twin, entire. Flowers extra-axillary, or opposite the 

 leaves, solitary, almost sessile, white, and tinged with blue 

 or red. 



1 N. CALYCINA (Hook. bot. mag. t. 3371.) clothed with glan- 

 dular pubescence ; stems herbaceous, procumbent ; leaves op- 

 posite and alternate, roundish-obovate, petiolate ; peduncles 

 lateral, 1-flowered, extra-alar, short; calyx large, campanulate, 

 with obovate, 3-nerved, foliaceous segments ; corolla with a very 

 long, slender, cylindrical tube, and a 5-lobed, campanulate limb. 

 I/ . F. Native of Buenos Ayres, on the Uruquay. Sweet, fl. 

 gard. n. s. t. 319. Corolla rising from the broad calyx ; limb 

 white, its base alone yellow ; tube yellowish. Habit of Petunia. 



Large-calyxed Nierembergia. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1834. 

 PL procumbent. 



2 N. SPATULA' TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 8.) 

 stems woody, creeping ; leaves petiolate, elliptic-spatulate, gla- 

 brous, rather downy, and somewhat ciliated while young ; 

 calycine segments lanceolate, acute : lower ones a little smaller 

 and reflexed ; capsule few-seeded. '? . F. Native of New 

 Granada, near Santa Fe de Bogota, and Loxa, at the altitude of 

 1000 and 1300 hexapods. Stems filiform, prostrate; branches 

 short, erect, puberulous. Leaves solitary or twin, obtuse or 

 rounded at apex. Flowers pedicellate. Calyx pilose at bottom, 

 a little arched. Corolla glabrous ; tube slender, half an inch 

 long, 4 times longer than the calyx ; limb campanulately funnel- 

 shaped. Stamens glabrous, membranous, linear. Capsule in 

 the bottom of the ventricose calyx. 



Spatulate-\ea.\ed Nierembergia. PL creeping. 



3 N. RE PENS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 13. t. 123. f. c.) 

 stems creeping at the base, but erectish at top, and filiform ; 

 leaves in fascicles of 5 or 6, oblong, obtuse, rather pilose ; 

 flowers sessile. If. F. Native of Cliili, about Conception, in 

 dry sandy pastures. Leaves \ an inch long, and 2-3 lines 

 broad. Corolla white, with a yellow throat, and with 3 purple 

 lines on each of the segments of the limb. 



Creeping Nierembergia. Fl. Cult. PL 1 foot. 



4 N. ANGUSTIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 9. t. 

 198.) stems herbaceous tufted, diffuse ; leaves sessile, linear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous ; calycine segments linear, acute, equal ; 

 capsule many-seeded. '%.. F. Native of Mexico, near Real 

 del Monte, at the altitude of 1430 hexapods. Flowers opposite 

 the leaves, on short pedicels. Corolla glabrous, white ; tube 

 longer than the calyx ; limb campanulately urceolate, not plicate. 



Narrow-leaved Nierembergia. PI. diffuse. 



