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SOLANACE^E. XXVIII. SOLANDRA. XXIX. ULLOA. XXX. BRUNFELSIA. XXXI. FRANCISCEA. 



elliptic-oblong, acute, downy beneath ; flowers terminal, soli- 

 tary ; segments of corolla crispately crenated, spreading ; tube 

 about twice the length of the calyx, which is tubular and 3- 

 lobed. Jj . S. Native of Mexico. Tecomaxochitl, Hern, 

 mex. p. 408, with a figure. Shrub erect, branched. Branches 

 rugged from the elevated cicatrices occasioned by the falling of 

 the leaves. Leaves acute, or short-acuminated, 3-6 inches 

 long, and 2-3 broad. Flowers erect, on short peduncles. Lobes 

 of calyx ovate, acute, the third smaller. Corolla large, funnel- 

 shaped, pale yellow, but marked with purple spots in the throat; 

 lobes of limb very broad, roundish. Stamens hardly drawn 

 out beyond the throat of the corolla. Style exserted. Ovarium 

 4- celled. Stigma capitate. 



Spotted-Hovered Solandra. Fl. Clt. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



f" A species not sufficiently known, 



5 S. OPPOSITIFOLIA (Hort. ex Loud. hort. brit. p. 71.) leaves 

 opposite. Jj . S. Native of Ceylon. Corolla large, white. 



Opposite-leaved Solandra. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 10 

 feet. 



Cult. The species of Soldndra are very handsome when in 

 flower ; the foliage very fine, and the blossoms large, much 

 like those of Brugmansia. If allowed plenty of space and 

 moisture they grow rapidly, but produce no blossoms : the best 

 way to avoid this is to plant them in loamy soil, and to encou- 

 rage them to grow rapidly at first by giving plenty of water, 

 and then withhold water altogether till their leaves drop off 

 from drought, and they will then produce plenty of blossoms. 

 Cuttings taken off from the plant, and planted in mould or tan 

 will strike root without further care. The best way to have 

 plants flower when small is to take the cuttings from flowering 

 shoots. 



XXIX. ULLO'A (named after Antonia Ulloa, a Spanish 

 naturalist.) Pers. ench. 1. p. 218. Juanulloa, Ruiz, et Pav. fl, 

 per. 2. p. 47. t. 85. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx large, inflated, 

 ovate, 5-parted ; segments concave, lanceolate, acute, coloured, 

 permanent. Corolla tubular, gibbous under the throat, con- 

 tracted above ; limb small, 5-lobecl ; segments rounded, spread- 

 ing. Stamens 5 ; filaments villous at the base. Stigma oblong, 

 somewhat emarginate at apex. Berry ovate, girded by the 

 large calyx, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds oblong, reniform. 

 A parasitical, frutescent, pendent plant, with oblong, acuminated, 

 alternate, thickish leaves ; and dichotomous, hanging racemes of 

 scarlet flowers and fruit. 



1 U. FARAsfncA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 218.) (7.8. Native of 

 Peru, in groves. Juanulloa parasitica, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. 

 p. 47. t. 185. Stems simple, woody, pendent. Berry size of 

 a cherry. Said to be nearly allied to Tancecium parasiticum. 



Parasitic Ulloa. Fl. ? Clt. 1824. Shrub parasitical. 



Cult. This plant will grow well in decayed wood, or vegeta- 

 ble mould ; and may be increased by cuttings. 



TRIBE IV. FRANCI'SCE^E (this tribe contains plants agree- 

 ing with Francucea in the characters given below.) Limb of 

 corolla plicate in aestivation, 5-lobed, rather unequal. Stamens 

 4, didynamous, that is, 2 long and 2 short, inclosed, without any 

 rudiment of a fifth. Ovarium girded by a cupulate disk. Cap- 

 sule 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves bipartible at top. Placentas 

 inserted into the dissepiment. Seeds numerous, angular. Em- 

 bryo straight, terete. 



XXX. BRUNFE'LSIA (so named by Plumier, from Otho or 

 Otto Brunfelsius, of Mentz, first a Carthusian monk, and after- 

 wards a physician. He published the first good figures of 

 plants in 1530, and died in 1534.) Plum. gen. 22. Lin. gen. 



no. 260. Schreb. gen. 1013. Juss. gen. 127. ed. Uster. p. 142. 

 Lam. ill. t. 548. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx campanuhte, 

 5-toothed, short. Corolla large, funnel-shaped ; with a long 

 tube, and a flat, 5-lobed, obtuse, nearly equal limb. Stamens 



4, didynamous, with the rudiment of a fifth ; anthers reniform. 

 Stigma capitate. Capsule (berry, Lin.) larger than a cherry, 1- 

 celled, ex Lin. but probably 2-celled, many-seeded ; placenta 

 large, central, fleshy. Shrubs with alternate, entire leaves, and 

 solitary, axillary, or terminal numerous flowers " Pericarp bac- 

 cate outside, 1 -celled, 2-valved, but since it opens by a distinct 

 suture from the top to the base, it is rather a capsule than a 

 berry. Seeds many, compressed, convex on one side, angular 

 on the other, wrinkled from dots. Receptacle fastened to the 

 bottom of the capsule, chaffy ; palea coadunate, subulate at the 

 tip, separating the seeds," ex Mart. Mill. 



1 B. AMEUICA'NA (Lin. spec. 276.) leaves obovate, elliptic, 

 -acuminated, longer than the petioles ; corolla with an erect tube 

 and entire segments. 17 . S. Native of the West Indies, in va- 

 rious islands. Swartz, obs. 90. t. 4. f. 2. Curt. bot. mag. 394. 

 Brunfelsia flore albo, fructu croceo molli, Plum. gen. 12. icon, 

 t. 65. Catesbaea, &c. Browne, jam. 141. Leaves glabrous or 

 downy. Axillary flowers solitary : terminal ones numerous. 

 Corollas at first yellow, then white, very sweet-scented. There 

 are broad and narrow-leaved varieties of this species. 



American Brunfelsia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1735. Shrub 4 

 to 6 feet. 



2 B. UNDULA'TA (Swartz, prod. p. 90. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1035.) 

 leaves lanceolate-ovate, tapering at both ends ; petioles very 

 short ; corolla with a curved tube and undulated segments. J? . 



5. Native of Jamaica. Ker. bot. reg. 228. Andr. bot. rep. 

 167. Corolla at first yellow, then white. 



Undulated-fiovtered Brunlelsia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1780. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



3 B. GRANDIFLORA (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1829. 

 July.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated ; flowers corymbose, 

 terminal ; tube of corolla hardly longer than the limb. f? . S. 

 Native of Peru, at Uchiza, Tafalla. Branches twiggy. Leaves 

 pale green, 3-6 inches long, and lg to 2 inches broad. Teeth 

 of calyx acute. Limb of corolla 2 inches in diameter. Stamens 

 nearly equal. 



Great-flowered Brunfelsia. Shrub. 



t A species hardly known. 



4 B. VIOLA'CEA (Lodd. bot. cab. 792.) leaves and petioles 

 deeply stained with purple. fy . S. Native of the West In- 

 dies. Corolla of a livid colour. 



Violaceous Brunfelsia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. Shrub 2 

 feet. 



Cult. The species are elegant free flowering shrubs, and are 

 worth cultivating for the beauty and fragrance of their blossoms. 

 A light rich soil, or one composed of loam and peat, answers 

 them well ; and cuttings of them strike root readily if planted in 

 sand, with a hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



XXXI. FRANCI'SCEA (named by Pohl, after Francis I. 

 emperor of Austria, a great patron of botany.) Pohl, bras. 1. 

 p. 1. Sims, bot. mag. 2828. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx permanent, in- 

 flated, campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth equal. Corolla salver- 

 shaped ; limb 5-parted, nearly equal ; lobes rounded, repand, 

 with incumbent anthers ; tube inflated at the apex, incurved. 

 Style thickened at top ; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ovate, 2- 

 celled, 2-valved ; valves indivisible ; dissepiment parallel with 

 the valves, membranous, thin, separating at the base from the 



