SOLANUM 



inil wait. Every cutting will grow. When in a robust 

 :oniiition it !.« a gross feeder. It should be in the full 

 lun, though it does well anywhere." 



.«. hetaceum. Cav.. is r\Tlioman(lra. for which see Vol. t.— S. 

 (■r;j(n(j», Velloz., is a slirnb or small tree, with cyphomandra- 

 ike Ivs. and the young parts clothed with ehaflfy hairs: fls. 

 rhite: fr. globose, hairy, inclosed in the calyx. S. BraziL B.M. 



SOLENANTHUS 



1681 



species are here adopted from Koch's Synopsis Florse 

 Germaniea>. Some white-flowered forms have been re- 

 corded. 



A. yjs, 2-4 on ft scape : corolla split halt way to the 



buxe; filaments half as long as anthers. 



B. Pedicels pnbescent. 



montina, Willd. Lvs. roundish; margin slightly and 



remotely crenate: fls. violet. May-July. 



BB. Pedicels roughish. 



alplna, Linn. Fig. 2343. Lvs. roundish; base more 



or less kidney -shaped; margin entire or somewhat 



wavy: fl.s, violet, with darker streaks. May. B.M. 49. 



G.C. II. 24:457. 



AA. Fls . solitary : corolla split a third of the way to 

 the base: filaments about us long as anthers. 

 B. Pedicels roiighish. 

 pusilla, Baumg. Base of lvs. heart-shaped or kidney- 

 shaped; margin somewhat wavy: fls. copper-colored, 

 verging on blue, the fringes straight, not spreading. 

 May.' 



BE. Pedicels pubescent. 



minima, Hoppe. Lvs. roundish : fls pale lilac, streaked 



purple inside; the fringes spreading at the tips. June, 



July- vr. M. 



SdLEA (after W. Sole, author of a monograph of the 

 mints of England). VinlAcecr. A single species native 

 to the eastern U. S.. an (,r.r>.n.-M..„. ,„.,.^„„inl i-'_> ft. high, 



with mostly ol.|..iiu-. n.in ,-^^ I ■, ■,.■ II, ,1.. 1, :i. ,.^ :i-5 in. 



long, and .small iM.iiil If , i il • . i ■ n.n \' or in 



pairs in many I.I I III |. I .qual; 



petals nearly e(iu;i I. .■miiin , m n, h |) iIh h ,■ Irugth, 



nate at the broad apex; stamens with hnKnl (■..nn. .-lives 

 wholly connate into an ovoid sac open onh l..nv. , n tin- 

 free tips, a rounded or 2-lobed scale-lik.- i^hnnl ;Hliiate 

 to the base anteriorly. 



c6ncolor, Giug. (lonldium cdncolor, Benth. & Hook.). 

 May, June. Moist woods. B.B. 2:450. — Is offered by 

 F. W. Barclay. 



allectors. 



SOLENANTHUS (Greek, tube and floioer; referring 

 to the form of the corolla). Borraginctcece. About 15 

 species of perennial herbs from Europe and Asia with 

 alternate leaves and blue or rosy flowers either in long, 



- like, bine, sue 



Sohlanellas are native only to the Alps of middle 

 ;iinipe. TIn-v are sleii.ler, glabrous, perennial herbs, 



,iili-ii..i, II.- I - b.iig-.stalked, thick, roundish, 



. I ' kiilnev-shaped base, entire: 



I .1 l.-w, about 6 in, high or less: 



il I .,t.,. .1 .'[i .-lit. The descriptions of the 



2343 Soldanella alpina (X K) 



shoitei biactless, scir- 

 p irted egments nar- 

 lit c lolla tubular, the 

 spreading stamens ex- 

 nutlets 4 



