No. 1292, 
WITHERINGIA MONTANA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
M. L’Heritier first established this ge- 
nus, and named it after Dr. Withering, 
the well-known author of the arrange- 
ment of British plants. Itis closely allied 
to Solanum. Our plant is undoubtedly 
the same as that figured by Feuillée, 
though it does not quite so well accord 
with the representation of Ruiz and 
Pavon, in Flora peruviana. Feuillée de- 
scribes the flowers as rose coloured, and 
says theroots are used foreating. It would 
appear that (as is usual in cultivated 
plants) there are many varieties; among 
ours were different shades of colour, some 
nearly white, and more or less striped. 
We received them in 1827, from General 
Paroissien, who found them near Lima. 
The roots were the size of a small potatoe, 
which they much resemble: very soon after 
planting they attained the height of six 
inches, when they flowered beautifully dur- 
ing the month of May. We have preserved 
them in a greenhouse, potted in light loam. 
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