SOLA’NUM BALBISII. — 
f — BALBIS'S SOLANUM. 
EXOGENZ, DICOTYLEDONEZ. 
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Natural division 
to which iste 
this Plant belongs, 
NATURAL ORDER, SOLANACEA, 
COROLLIFLORE, &3 Artificial divisions PENTANDRIA, 
OF 5 aes __ to which MONOGYNIA, 
DECANDOLLE,. yi il this Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS, 
No. 49, 
GENUS. Soranum. Linwnevs. Caryx 4-15 dentatus lobatusve, persistens, 
wpe accrescens. Corotra rotata ; tubo brevi, limbo magno, plicato,5-angulato, 
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brevibus, interdum inequalibus; antheris oblongis bilocularibus, sepius equal- 
ibus, approximato-coadnatis, apice poris duobus dehiscentibus. Ovariom sub- 
rotundum; stylus filiformis; stigma obtusum subsimplex aut 2.-3-4-fidum. 
Bacca subrotunda, 2-3-4-locularis. Pouvcwer: Histoire des Solanees, p. 205. 
SPECIES. Sotancm Baxaistr. Dewar. Cavre fruticoso, villoso, acule- 
i wen ae soe : ; 
to; foliis pi i acutis sinuato-dentatis, racemis cymosis lateral- 
ibus terminalibusque. Duwaz: Histoire de Solanum, p. 232. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, SOLANUM. Caryx of 4 to 15 teeth or 
or lobes, persistent, often ‘acerescent. Coro.ua rotate; tube short, 
limb large, plaited, 5-angled, sometimes 4-6 lobed, spreading. Sra- 
MENS 5, occasionally 4-6, filaments awl-shaped, short, sometimes une- 
qual ; anthers oblong, 2-celled, generally equal, approximating coad- 
nate, 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. SEEDS numerous, ovate, often compressed, surrounded 
by a thin diaphanous pulp. 
Descriprion oF THE Species, Soranum Bavsisit. PLanT erect, 
two or three feet high, stem intermediate between the consistence of a 
shrub and a herbaceous plant, branched. Whole surface, except the 
superior surface of the corolla, clothed with rough pubescence, having 
interspersed, on the stem, the mid-rib and principal nerves of the leaves 
on the peduncles and the calyx, stiff sharp-pointed aculei or prickics: 
(An intermixture similar to the hairs and prickles of many species of 
Roses.) Leaves alternate, petiolate, somewhat ovate, deeply pinnat- 
ifid, segments sinuately lobed or toothed, both surfaces pubescent, with 
aculei also along the mid-rib and nerves on both sides, upper surface 
deep green, under lighter, slightly viscid when touched. Racemes of 
12, sup. 
