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sea. Itis extremely variable in the form and size of the leaves, as well as in the degree of 
pubescence. Being a hardy, suffruticose species, and bearing a profusion of handsome blue 
flowers throughout the season, it deserves a place in our gardens. 
SOLANUM LINDHEIMERIANUM, Scheele in Linnea, 21, p. 766. S. triquetrum, B. Dunal, l. c. р. 154. 
Sandy and shady places, central and western Texas, and along the Rio Grande, from the 
mouth of the Pecos, downward ; flowering throughout the season. (No. 1591 and. No. 536, the 
latter a narrow-leaved form, Wright; No. 481, Lindheimer ; No. 154 and 1416, Berlandier.) 
Variable in the size and breadth of the leaves, as well as in the length of the auricles. This 
is, perhaps, too near Š. triquetrum. Dr. Engelmann formerly distributed the plant under the 
manuscript name of 5, dulcamaroides, but he published no description of it. 
SOLANUM ELHAGNIFOLIUM, Cav. Ic, t. 243; Dunal, l. с. р. 290. S. flavidum, Torr. in Ann. Lyc. 
N. York, 2, p. 221. 5. Техепвэ, Engelm. & Gray, Pl. Lindh. 1, p. 19. S. Roemerianum, 
Scheele in Linnea, 21, p. 767. Б. Hindsianum, Benth. Bot. Sulph. p. 39? Texas and New 
Mexico, especially along the Rio Grande and westward to California. (No. 1590, Wright. 
No. 659, 665 and 2069, Berlandier.) S. Texense differs only in being destitute of prickles ; 
but intermediate forms are common. Dr. Gregg, who found this plant in all the Mexican 
States that he visited, remarks, in his notes, that the natives, who call the plant Zrompillo, use 
the fruit for curdling milk, and likewise as а sudorific and sternutatory. 
SOLANUM ROSTRATUM, Dunal, Solan. p. 234, & in DC. Prodr. l. c. S. heterandrum, Pursh, РІ. 
2, p. 131, t. Т. S. Bejariense, Moricand ; Dunal, l. c. Androcera lobata, Nutt. Gen. 1, p. 129. 
Nyeterium lobatum, Sweet. N. luteum, Donn; Torr. l. с. Common in Texas and New Mexico, 
extending westward through the neighboring Mexican States. Perhaps not distinct from 8. 
cornutum. 
SOLANUM CITRULLIFOLIUM, A. Braun in Ind. Sem. Н. Еті. 1849, fide А. DC. Prodr. 13, pars 1, 
p. 682. 5. heterodoxum, Jacq. Ecl. Pl. Har. 2, t. 103. Plains near Puerto de Paysano and 
near the Limpio; July—September ; Bigelow. Flowers large, violet, an inch in diameter. The 
last three species belong to a remarkable group (Cryptocarpum, Dunal,) which Nuttall regarded 
as a proper genus, (Androcera.) It is chiefly distinguished by the fruit being completely 
inclosed in enlarged tube of the calyx. 
SOLANUM HETERODOXUM, Dunal, l.c. р. 331? On the Rio Grande, below Presido del Norte ; 
August; Parry. Corallitas, Chihuahua; Thurber. Differs from the last in the ERN a 
hispid stem and branches, and in the much smaller flowers. 
SOLANUM VERBASCIFOLIUM, Linn. Sp. p. 263; Dunal, l. c. p. 114. Near Monterey, Neuvo 
Leon ; Dr Edwards, Dr. Gregg. Between Victoria and Tamaulipas ; Berlandier, No. 806. A 
tall, suffruticose species ; common in the warmer parts of America and Asia. Dr. Gregg says 
that the Mexicans call it Yerba de San Pedro, and that they use the plant made into a poultice 
as an application to ulcers and boils. 
CAPSICUM MICROPHYLLUM, Dunal, l. c. p. 421. Wain Mexico, Chihuahua, Neuvo Leon, etc. ; 
common. It is used, like other red peppers, by the Mexicans, who call it Chipatane. The "pe 
cific name is not appropriate. 
PnysALIS LOBATA, Torr. in Ann. Lyc. N. York, 2, p. 226. Solanum luteiflorum, Dunal, l. c. 
p. 64. Borders of the Rio Grande, from New Mexico to Eagle Pass, March—October. (No. 
1595, Wright.) Dr. James collected this plant only in the early state, without fruit, except а 
single fructiferous calyx. We have, however, from the valley of the Rio Grande, numerous 
specimens of -what is clearly the same species in a mature state, and which is the same as No. 
