No. 352. 
SOLANUM AMAZONIUM. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
"00098000 
The genus Solanum is very numerous, 
and in every quarter of the world some 
kinds of it have been found. Attempts 
have been made to divide them, yet they 
all have such a natural resemblanee, and 
are so striking at first sight, that the divi- 
sion might perhaps tend rather to the dark- 
ening of science, and rendering complex 
what is at present plain. In the extensive 
study to which Botany is now advanced, 
every thing which would break into its 
simplicity, without any countervailing ad- 
vantage, ought, if possible, to be avoided. 
Our present subject is a native of South 
America. It usually flowers in autumn, 
and requires the stove. Not being a long- 
lived plant, it ought often to be renewed by 
cuttings, which root freely, and may be 
potted in rich loam. The fruitful flowers, 
which are usually the lowest, have a thorny 
calyx, while in the others, this is quite 
smooth. 
