264 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Brachistus. 
globosa, calyce parvulo suffulta—Nova Granada, in Andibus 
excelsis. 
This plant bears very much the appearance of Solanum philly- 
reoides, Dun. The leaves are smooth, thin and membranaceous, 
ciliate on the margins, 13 inch or more in length, 7 lines broad, 
on a pubescent petiole 4-5 limes long. The flowers, solitary or 
binate, are about the size of those of the last species, the very 
slender peduncles measuring 8-9 lines: the pubescent calyx is 
almost entire on the margin, with five nearly obsolete erect teeth, 
the filaments are short, quite smooth and dilated below, the an- 
thers oblong, obtuse, erect, bursting on the margins. 
4, Brachistus mollis. Witheringia mollis, H. B. K. loc. cit. 15. 
—fruticosus, ramulis teretibus, cano-tomentosis ; foliis ovatis 
utrinque acuminatis, integerrimis, supra pubescentibus, subtus 
molliter cano-tomentosis, geminis, altero multo minore et dif- 
formi ; floribus 5-meris, extra-axillaribus (2-3-4), pedunculis 
filiformibus, elongatis, cernuis ; corolle tubo brevi, limbo an- 
gulato sub-5-lobo, laciniis acutis, staminibus glabris inelusis ; 
bacca minima, calyce parvulo suffulta.—Caxamarca, Peruvie. 
The leaves of this species are from 1} to 2 inches long, and 9 
to 12 lines broad, on a tomentose petiole 3 lines long. The pe- 
duncles, from 9 to 11 lines in length, are slender, hairy, depen- 
dent, but erect in fruit ; the flowers are the size of those of the 
two former species; the calyx is urceolate, incano-tomentose, 
with five short linear teeth ; the corolla is hairy outside, has a 
plicate and a somewhat pentangular limb with acute angles ; the 
stamens, five or six, are short, smooth and erect; the berry, not 
larger than a peppercorn, is supported on its very small persist- 
ent calyx. 
5. Brachistus rhomboideus. Witheringia rhomboidea, H. B. K. 
loc. cit. 15.—fruticosus, ramis teretibus, tomentosis; foliis 
ovatis, acutiusculis, basi rotundatis et inzequalibus, mteger- 
rimis, supra molliter pubescentibus, subtus cano-tomentosis, 
geminis, altero minore ; floribus paucis (4-6), extra-axillaribus, 
fasciculatis, pedunculis filiformibus petiolo longioribus ; corolla 
rotata, limbo 5-fido, laciniis acutis, apice hirtellis—Nova Gra- 
nada (Quindiu). 
The branches of this species are said to be somewhat scandent ; 
the leaves are scarcely 1 inch long, % inch broad, upon cano- 
tomentose petioles 2 to 5 lines in length; the peduncles are 4 or 
5 lines long, cernuous in flower, erect and 7 to 8 lines long in 
fruit. The flowers are the size of those of the three foregomg 
species; the calyx, cano-tomentose, is urceolate, with a nearly 
entire margin, and five short linear distant teeth: the corolla is 
