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SOLANACE^E. XXXIX. DUNALIA. XL. MEYENIA. XLI. DARTUS. XLII. VESTIA. 



4. A. PUBE'SCENS ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, atte- 

 nuated at the base in fascicles, pubescent ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, nearly sessile. ^ GJ. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Cestrum pubescens, Licht. 1. c. Stature of the pre- 

 ceding ; but the branches are more rigid ; the branchlets short, 

 and pungent at top, or leafy. Spines as those of some spe- 

 cies of Lycium. Flowers size, colour, and shape of those of A. 

 lycioides ; but the calyx is downy, and more deeply divided. 



Domny Aconanthera. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Crabomskia, p. 481. 



XXXIX. DUNA'LIA. (named in honour of Michael Felix 

 Dunal, M.D. professor of botany at Montpelier ; author of 

 " Histoire Naturelle, Medicale, et Economique des Solanum, et 

 des genres qui ont et6 confondus avec enx." Paris, 1813 ; and 

 several other works.) H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 55. t. 

 194. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx urceolate, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube elongated, nearly cylin- 

 drical ; limb 5-cleft, plicate. Stamens 5, inclosed ; filaments 

 tripartite ; lateral segments capillary : middle one antheriferous. 

 Anthers dehiscing lengthwise. Style exserted ; stigma capi- 

 tate, emargihate. Berry globose, 2-celled, propped by the per- 

 manent calyx ; placentas adnate to the dissepiment. Seeds 

 many, lenticular, reniform, compressed, smooth. A shrub, with 

 alternate, solitary, nearly entire leaves, floccosely tomentose 

 from stellate down. Umbels extra-axillary, sessile. Corolla 

 whitish. 



1 D. SOLANA'CEA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 56. t. 194.) T; . 

 S. Native of New Granada, in shady places near Fusagasuga, 

 at Hato del Quemado, at the altitude of 800 hexapods. Habit 

 of Witheringia ; but the structure of the flowers is that of Ces- 

 trum ; distinguished from all the other genera of the present 

 order by the tripartite filaments. Branches glabrous. Leaves 

 petiolate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded and unequal at the 

 base, glabrous and green above, nearly 10 inches long. 



Solanaceous Dunalia. Shrub. 



Cult, For culture and propagation see Cestrum, p. 485. 



XL. MEYE'NIA (meaning unknown to us.) Schlecht, in 

 Linnaea, 8. p. 251. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 

 almost regular, 5-toothed, permanent, valvular in aestivation. 

 Corolla clavately tubular ; limb 5-toothed, contracted, erect, 

 conduplicate in aestivation. Genitals inclosed. Stamens 5, re- 

 gular ; filaments free from the middle of the tube, naked ; an- 

 thers oval-roundish, fixed by the back, 2-celled ; cells near each 

 other. Ovarium girded by a fleshy ring ? Stigma sub-bilobed, 

 subcapitate. Berry propped by the permanent spreading calyx, 

 which is sometimes cleft lengthwise, 2-celled. Some of the 

 seeds irregularly oval. Embryo straight, with roundish, folia- 

 ceous, flat cotyledons in the centre of the albumen, having the 

 radicle pointing to the hilum. Shrubs, natives of Mexico. 

 Leaves alternate, quite entire, beset with articulated hairs. 

 Flowers red, irregularly cymose. 



1 M. FASCICCLA'TA (Schlecht, 1. c.) shrub clothed with to- 

 mentose down ; flowers cymosely fascicled. Tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico, near Chiconquiaco. Leaves petiolate, broad, ovate, 

 acute, very variable in size, usually 3-4 inches long, and \\ to 2 

 broad. Flowers scarlet, forming fascicles or racemes at the tops 

 of the branches. Berry cuneated at the base. Seeds variable 

 in shape from position and compression, wrinkled longitudi- 

 nally. 



Fascicled-fiowered Meyenia. Shrub. 



2 M. CORYMBOSA (Schlecht, 1. c. p. 252.) glabrous; flowers 

 disposed in elongated corymbs. J; . S. Native along with the 

 preceding, which it is very like ; but differing in being glabrous. 



Leaves variable, the largest one 5 inches long, and 2 broad, but 

 generally smaller. Calycine segments nearly subulate. Corolla 

 red or scarlet. 



Corymbose-dowered Meyenia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Cestrum above. 



XLI. DA'RTUS (from ciaproe, dartos, excoriated ; bark of 

 fruit deciduous.) Lour. coch. p. 124. ed. Willd. 1. p. 152. 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 55. 



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

 ments ovate, membranous. Corolla with a subglobose tube, 

 which is longer than the calyx, and a 5-cleft limb ; segments 

 ovate, spreading. Filaments inserted into the middle of the 

 tube, inclosed. Style very short ; stigma 5-lobed. Berry 

 small, round, excoriated, diaphanous, 1 -celled, many-seeded. 

 Seeds small, unequal. A shrub, with alternate, serrated, large 

 leaves ; and small, axillary, oblong racemes of white flowers. 

 Root reddish, rather aromatic. 



1 D. PERLA'RIUS (Lour. 1. c.) ^ G. Native of Cochin- 

 china, in shady places on the banks of rivers. Perlarius alter, 

 Rumph. amb. lib. 6. cap. 62. p. 122. t. 57. Branches ascend- 

 ing. Leaves oblong-ovate, soft from tomentum beneath, with 

 oblique ribs ; petioles rufous. 



PearJ-berried Dartus. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Cestrum, p. 486. 



| 2. Pericarp capsular. 



XLII. VE'STIA (named after Dr. Vest, of Clagenfurth.) 

 Willd. enum. 1. p. 208. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1823. 

 Schlecht, in Linnaea, 7. p. 53. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 

 regular, 5-toothed, permanent, valvular in aestivation. Corolla 

 tubular ; limb 5-parted, regular, conduplicate in aestivation. 

 Genitals exserted : filaments free from the middle of the tube, 

 villous under the place of insertion, the rest glabrous, variously 

 curved before the expansion of the flowers ; anthers oval, de- 

 hiscing lengthwise. Ovarium girded by a fleshy, glabrous, 5- 

 tubercled ring, 2-cellecl, many-ovulate ; ovula fixed to a thick 

 central placenta. Stigma capitate ? hardly bifid. Capsule 

 girded by the calyx, and hardly larger than it, cylindrical, very 

 blunt, marked lengthwise by 4 smooth furrows, which are dis- 

 posed crosswise, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves at length bifid ; pla- 

 centas 2, adnate to the middle of the dissepiment, semi-globose. 

 Seeds numerous. A deciduous, erect, glabrous, fetid shrub, 

 with ovate-lanceolate, entire leaves. Peduncles solitary, 2-3- 

 flowered, terminal, and from the axils of the upper leaves, 

 drooping. Corolla tubular, yellow, with a villous throat. 



1 V. LYC101 DES (Willd. 1. C.) 



H. Native of Chili, about 

 Conception, and elsewhere. 

 Cantua ligustrifolia, Juss. ann. 

 mus. 3. p. 118. Cantua fce'tida, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 187. Peri- 

 phragmos foe'tidus, Ruiz, et Pav. 

 fl. per. 2. p. 17. t. 132. Ces- 

 trum vespertinum, Hort. valent. 

 Calyx violaceous. Capsule pen- 

 dulous, 2-3-celled. 



Box- Thorn-like Vestia. Fl. 

 June. Clt. 1815. Shrub 3 to 

 6 feet. 



Cult. Vestia is a very pretty 

 hardy shrub, growing freely in 

 summer, but requiring a little 

 protection in winter, if severe. 

 It is readily propagated by cut- 



FIG. 44. 



