SOLANACE.E. XXVII. BRCGJIAXSIA. XXVIII. SOLANDRA. 



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216. D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. 272. Roem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. xxiii. Datura species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, ventri- 

 cose, 5-angled, permanent, coarctate at top, and 2-3-5-lobed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-plicate, 5-lobed ; lobes cuspidate. 

 Stamens 5, inclosed, coarctate ; anthers conglutinate. Stigma 

 thick, 2-lobed, with revolute margins. Capsule 2-celled, smooth, 

 many-seeded. Seeds opaque, reniform, obsoletely trigonal, flat 

 on the sides, and tubercularly wrinkled, a little ribbed on the 

 convex side ; testa corky, very thick. Trees or shrubs natives 

 of Peru. Flowers extra-axillary, pedunculate, or from the forks 

 of the branches, as in Datura, large, white, or blood red, 

 drooping. Fruit oval, pendulous, golden yellow. 



1 B. SUAVE'OLENS ; leaves elliptic-oblong, quite entire, gla- 

 brous above, and scarcely downy beneath ; points of corolla 

 short ; capsule muricated ?. Pj . S. Native of Mexico, Chili, 

 and Peru. D. arborea, Mill. diet. no. 7, exclusive of the syn. 

 and description. Stramonium arboreum, Moench. meth. suppl. 

 p. 173. Datura suaveolens, Willd. enum. 1. p. 227. Flowers 

 large, white. Calyx 5-toothed, or 5-lobed. 



Siveet-scented Brugmansia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1733. Tree 

 10 to 15 feet. 



2 B. CA'NDIDA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 216.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 quite entire, and are, as well as the petioles and branches, 

 clothed with powdery pubescence ; points of corolla elongated. 

 \} . G. Native of New Granada, Peru, and Chili. Datura 

 arborea, Lin. spec. 256. Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 15. t. 128. 

 Willd. enum. 1. p. 227. Feuill. per. 2. p. 761. t. 46. Calyx 

 2-S-lobed ?. Corollas white, 7-8 inches long. 



Jr/'te-flowered Brugmansia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1813. 

 Shrub 7 to 10 feet. 



3 B. BICOLOR (Pers. ench. 1. p. 216.) leaves sinuately lobed, 

 sub-tomentose, as well as the branches and petioles : points of 

 corolla elongated; calyx 2-3-lobed. Fj . F. Native of New 

 Granada and Peru, from whence it has been introduced to Chili. 

 B. sanguinea, D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 272. Datura 

 sanguinea, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 15. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 6. In Peru the plant is called Flori- 

 pondio encarnado, and Campanulas encarnados, and in New 

 Granada it is called Bovocheco. From the bruised leaves an 

 ointment is prepared, which is said to possess superior healing 

 properties ; and from the fruit a highly narcotic liquor is pre- 

 pared. Corolla 7 inches long, pubescent, with 15 straight, pro- 

 minent ribs ; tube thick and fleshy, with 5 blunt angles, orange 

 yellow, green towards the base ; throat inflated and pitted out- 

 side ; limb of a fine scarlet, or orange red. 



Two-colon red-flowered Brugmansia. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 

 1833. Shrub 3 to 12 feet. 



Cult. All the species of Brugmansia are free flowerers, and 

 are desirable plants for conservatories, on account of their fine 

 foliage, and large, trumpet-shaped, white, orange, or scarlet pen- 

 dant blossoms. They grow best in a light, rich soil, and should 

 not have much water given to them during winter, as they are 

 liable to damp. They also succeed well in the open ground 

 during summer in a warm, sheltered situation ; here they grow 

 luxuriantly, and flower freely, and the blossoms become larger, 

 and of a finer colour, than if grown under glass, but here they 

 are killed by the first frosts of winter if not protected. All the 

 species strike readily from cuttings if placed in a moist heat. 



XXVIII. SOLA'NDRA (so named by the younger Linnaeus, 

 in honour of Daniel Charles Solander, L.L.D. F.R.S., a Swede, 

 and disciple of Linnaeus ; companion of Sir Joseph Banks in 

 his voyage round the world, and the laborious collector of the 

 botanical notes made during that celebrated expedition. His 

 descriptions are preserved among the mss. in the British Museum, 



and attest his learning, diligence, and skill.) Lin. fil. in Swartz. 

 act. holm. 1787. t. 11. prod. 42. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 387. t. 9. 

 Schreb. gen. no. 1732. Correa de Serra, in ann. mus. 8. p. 389. 

 t. 4. f. 1, but not of Lam. Poir. nor Willd. 



Lix. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx spathaceous, 

 splitting on one side, 3-5-cleft at apex. Corolla large, clavately 

 funnel-shaped ; tube long ; throat inflated ; lobes fringed, a 

 little acuminated. Berry or capsule globosely conical, 4-celled, 

 many-seeded. Erect or scandent trees, with broad, alternate 

 leaves, and large, extra-axillary flowers, which are much like 

 those of Brugmansia. 



1 6. GRANDIFLORA (Lin. fil. in Swartz. act. holm. 1807. p. 

 300. t. 11.) leaves alternate, close together, viscid, and pubes- 

 cent, petiolate, obovate- oblong, acuminated; flowers terminal, 

 drooping, usually solitary, rarely 2-3 ; anthers a little lunate, 

 4-cornered, pointed, a little cloven at the base, fj . w . S. 

 Native of Jamaica ; climbing and rooting on trees and rocks. 

 Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 1. p. 21. t. 45. Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 

 100. t. 6. Meen, exot. bot. t. 6. Sims, bot. mag. 1874. Tratt. 

 tab. t. 352. Solandra scandens, Willd. rel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 700. Swartzia grandiflora, Gmel. syst. p. 360. 

 Datura sarmentosa, Lam. ill. 2. p. 9. no. 2295. Branches and 

 stem radicant. Leaves, tender branches, and calyxes clothed 

 with viscid down. Calyx and petioles pale, purplish green : 

 the latter tubular, cornered, unequally cloven at 2-3 of the 

 angles. Corolla 7-8 inches long ; tube pale, yellowish green, 

 widening gradually above, 5-cornered ; limb white, the undi- 

 vided part indistinctly 10-cornered, 5 of the corners painted 

 with a dusky purple fillet ; the segments are of a purplish 

 colour outside, having the interstices minutely suborbicular at 

 the base, and very finely ciliated. Genitals exserted. Fruit 

 pyramidal, pale, yellowish green, 4-celled almost to the top, 

 then 2-celled. Seeds reniform, sessile. The fruit ripens in 

 August and September, and is of a sweet, sub-acid flavour. 



Great-Jlo)vered Solandra. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1781. 

 Shrub climbing. 



2 S. NITIDA (Zuccagn. cent, in Rcem. coll. p. 128. no. 40.) 

 leaves quite glabrous, shining, tapering into the petioles, crowded, 

 oblong, acuminated, with revolute edges ; flowers terminal, 

 drooping, usually solitary, rarely 2-3-together ; lateral anthers 

 bicornute. ^ S. Native country unknown. Portlandia 

 grandiflora, Hort. batav. Datura sarmentosa, /3, Lam. ill. 2. p. 

 9. no. 2295. Petioles violaceous, furnished with a few hairs. 

 Calyx 4-cleft ; segments unequal, with scarious brown edges. 

 Corolla half a foot long, yellowish white, with 6-7 nerves, brown 

 inside, green outside ; tube 6-7-angled ; limb 6-7-cleft, with 

 roundish crenately-undulated segments, violaceous outside, at 

 first erect, but at length revolute. Stigma capitate, green. 

 This species differs from S. grandiflora in the leaves being quite 

 glabrous and shining, in the bicornute anthers, and the calyx 

 and corolla being glabrous outside. Stem arborescent, with 

 chinky bark ; branches elongated, flexile, divaricate, with deci- 

 duous bark. 



fining-leaved Solandra. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Tree or shrub. 



3 S. VIRIDIFLORA (Sims, bot. mag. 1948.) leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, acuminated, glabrous ; flowers 

 terminal, solitary, pedunculate ; calyx 5-cleft ; the segments 

 lanceolate, acute, and equal ; tube of corolla suddenly swelling 

 out into the throat, and again a little contracted ; the segments 

 elongated, and revolute. ^ S. Native of Brazil, about Rio 

 Janeiro. Leaves deciduous. Branches rugged from the ele- 

 vated cicatrices occasioned by the falling of the leaves. Corolla 

 green, drooping. Genitals much exserted. 



Green-fionered Solandra. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1815. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



4 S. GCTTA'TA (D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 155.) leaves broad, 

 Sf 2 



