SOLA'NUM LANA’TUM. 
oe SOLANUM. 
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Natural division 
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N seh ORDER, SOLANACES., 
COROLLIFLOR#, & Artificial divisions PENTANDRIA, 
OF z to which MONOGYNIA, - 
DECANDOLLE, y] this Plant nt | OF LINNEUS, 
No. 58. 
GENUS. —— Linnevs. Caryx 4- 15 dentatus lobatusve, persistens, 
IN 
, "ee brevibus, interdum inequalibus; antheris oblongis, bilocularibus, 
sepius equalibus, approximato-coadnatis, apice poris duobus dehiscentibus. 
Gecncn subrotundum ; stylus filiformis; stigma obtusum subsimplex aut 
2-3-4 fidum. Bacca subrotunta.” 2-3-4 iéenlaris. Poucuer, Histoire des So- 
‘laneen, p. 146. 
eet ee LANATUM. Donat. Cavie aculeato arboreo, foliis 
bdichotomis. Duna4t. His- 
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toire des “srry: p. 205. , 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Sorin, Catryx of 4 to 15 teeth or 
lobes , persistent, often accrescent. Corox1a rotate ; tube short, limb 
- Targe, plaited, 5-angled, sometimes 4-6 lobed, spreading. Stamens 
5, occasionally 46, filaments awl-shaped, short, sometimes unequal ; 
anthers oblong, 2-celled, generally equal, approximating coadnate, 
dehiscing by two pores at the apex. Ovary roundish ; style slender, 
stigma obtuse, either simple, or 2-3-4-cleft. Berry roundish, 2-3-4-_ 
celled. SrEps numerous, ovate, often cuappeet surrounded by a 
thin diaphanous pulp. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, SOLANUM LANATUM. A sheab, 
erect, from five to six feet high, above much branched, scarcely hav- 
ing prickles, but rough and woolly. Lower Brancnes smooth, with 
the exception of some prickles, woolly and of a rusty colour. Leaves 
alternate, petiolate, shining, those of the young lower branches oblon- 
go-lanceolate, angular, woolly on both sides; the upper leaves some- 
times geminate, oblong, unequal at the base, woolly on the under side, 
roughish or hispid on the upper side. Catyx 5-cleft, woolly, seg- 
REFERENCE TO THE D1ssEcTIONS. ‘ 
1, The perfect berry, with the persistent calyx. 2, A longitudinal section of the berry, 
showing the seeds. 
