CLVII. SOLANE^E. 



. proslrata. 



Drupe, showing the 



gy no basal insertions 



(mag.). 



Nolana paradoxa. 



Nolana. 



Pericarp opened, 



showing a seed (mag.). 



N. prnstrata. 



Seed cut 

 vertically (mag,). 



N. atriplici/olia. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



lobed. STAMENS 5, inserted on the corolla-tube, exserted. OVARIES numerous, in- 

 serted on a fleshy disk, hypogynous, distinct, 1-6-celled ; style . solitary, central, 

 basilar, simple ; stigma capitate ; ovules solitary, erect in each cell. DRUPES distinct, 

 fleshy, with a bony endocarp. SEEDS reniform, compressed ; albumen fleshy. EMBRYO 

 filiform, annular or spiral ; radide inferior. 



This little order is formed by the genus Nolana, formerly placed by A. L. de Jussieu at the end of 

 Borraginece on account of its distinct carpels and its gynobasic style ; it approaches nearer to Solanece and 

 Convolvulacece in the insertion, regularity, isostemony and aestivation of the corolla, and the curved 

 embryo ; it ia particularly close to Sola-nets in the alternate geminate leaves and the extra-axillary 

 flowers ; it is separated from it by its distinct carpels, its gynobasic style and its drupaceous fruit. 



The species of the genus Nolana inhabit Chili and Peru. 



\_Nolanece are now reduced to a tribe of Solanece with five genera, of which the chief are Nolana, Ali- 

 brexia, and Dolia. ED.] 



CLVII. SOLANECE. 



, L. SOLANECE, Jussieu. SOLANACE^, Bartling.) 



COROLLA monopetalous, hypogynous, isostemonous, aestivation induplicate or con- 

 torted. STAMENS inserted on the corolla. OVARY with 2 many-ovuled antero-posterior 

 cells, placentation septate ; OVULES campylotropous. SEEDS compressed. EMBRYO 

 curved, albuminous. 



