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annual species, viz., P. Greenei Vasey & Rose* (P. pedunculata 
Greenet, not Mart. & Gal). It is impossible that Linnaeus had 
this rare plant from Lower California, which therefore can not be 
P. minima. 'The Linnaean species was from India. Both the 
locality and the characters given above make it impossible that 
our plant is P. minima, unless a serious error is made in the orig- 
inal description. 
Nees suggests that the statement that the pedicels of the fruit- 
ing calyx are longer than the leaves may be a typographical error, 
and perhaps meant longer than the petioles of the leaves. In 
Miller's Dictionary$ 2. minima is thus characterized. But even 
then our species does not agree with the description, as the pedi- 
cels are generally much shorter than the petioles. If P. suma 
of Linnaeus and that of Miller are the same, the name P. minima 
does not belong to our species, as P. minima of Miller is a smooth 
plant and generally regarded as the same as Z. Indica Lam.|| The 
first synonym cited by Linnaeus under P. minima is “Solanum 
vesicarium indicum minimum Herm. Lugb. 569, pl. 571.” This 
according to Nees, is also glabrous and is by him included in P 
Indica. Dunal in DC. Prodr. makes it the type of a new species, 
P. Hermanni. Probably it is only a form of P. /udica Lam., but 
is the one that has the right to be called P. minima L., unless the 
type specimens in the Linnaean herbarium, if there are any, show 
that this species is something else. Anyhow, our species has no 
right to the name. From the description of P. parvifora R. Br. 
in De Candolle's Prodromus,** it seems as if it were that species, 
but the original description in Robert Brown's Prodromus Novae 
Hollandiae++ is different, and P. parviflora R. Br. is now generally 
regarded as a form of P. Indica Lam. P. parviflora Lagascaii is 
the same as P. minima, not of Linnaeus, but as that pcs has 
* Cont. U. s. n Herb. 1: E Hoo. 
+ Pittonia, 1: 268. 1889. 
+ Bull. Acad. Brux. 12: pt. 1, 132. 1845. 
S 8th Edition, no. 11. 1768. s 
| Lam. Encycl. 2: 102. 
DS DC, Prodr. 13: pt. 1, 445. 1852. 
++ R. Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl., M 1810. 
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