198 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



apice curvata subfusca," and gives as habitat " In Mexico. 

 Humb. et Bonpl. (v. v. h. M.) Cor. coerulea." Kunth * 

 cites Dunal in the Synopsis. In his description the lobes of 

 the corolla are given as equal, anthers as '' unequal ( ?),'' 

 and stigma subcapitate. /S. citrulUfolium A. Br. (= 8, het- 

 erodoxum Dun.) is described f as follows: ''Corolla ampla 

 {Solani tuherosi corollam aequante), irregulari, coeruleo- 

 violacea; antheris declinatis, infima reliquis duplo longiore 

 productissima curvata. — Semina Texana Lindheimeriana sub 

 nomine Nycterii violacei communicavit Engelmann. ' ' Kegel % 

 describes 8. citrullifolium. Both his descriptions and the 

 figures, pi. 112 (?), represent the lower, fifth, stamen as 

 about twice the length of the others. In his monograph in 

 De Candolle's Prodromus Dunal does not cite 8. citrullifolium^ 

 but in the Addenda et Corrigenda at the end of the work 

 Alphonse De CandoUe gives the description of this species 

 and regards it as an insufficiently known species belonging 

 with their species 759-766. § 8. lieterodoxum is described 

 in detail: ''Antherae * * * 4 subaequales, 2 lin. longae 

 * * * quinta valide declinata, paulo longior, 2-2^ lin. 

 longa, superne arcuata," the citation of material being : " v. v. 

 et s. in h. DC, H.B. et Kth., Kequien, Boiss." Torrey || 

 catalogues 8. citrullifolium K. Braunfrom Plains near Puerto 

 dePaysano and near theLimpio: July-September. *' Flowers 

 large, violet, an inch in diameter. The last three species If 

 belong to a remarkable group (Cryptocarpum, Dunal) which 

 Nuttal regarded as a proper genus ( Androcera) ." As the next 

 species he gives " 8olanum Iteterodoxum Dunal ^ 1. c. [in 

 Prod.] p. 331? On the Rio Grande, below Presidio del 



* Kunth, C. S. Nov. Gen. et Sp. PI. 3 : 46. 1818. 



t Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 12: 366. 1849. 



X Kegel, Solanum citrullifolium R. Br. Kegel's Gartecflora. 4: 78-9. 1856. 



§ These species are S. tribulosum Schau., S. cornutum Lam., S. rostratum 

 Dun., S. Fontanesianum Dun., 8, chrysacanthum Dun., S. propinquum Mart., 

 S. Bejarense Dun. and S. heterodoxum Dun. 



II Torrey, John. Botany of the Boundary, p. 152. 1859. 



^ He evidently means this, the preceding, and the following species ^ 

 rather than this and the two preceding or the last three species of the list, 

 since the latter arrangements which are the literal interpretation of his 

 statement, would include S. elaeagnifoUum Cav. or 8. verbascifolium. 



