178 Mr. J. Miers on several genera hitherto placed in Solanacese. 



to which will be subjoined a review, of the several new genera 

 that have presented themselves in the course of this inquiry. To 

 these details will be added the description of such of the genera 

 of the Atropaceae as have not yet been described by me, and the 

 whole will offer a large accumulation of novel facts, that probably 

 may serve to facilitate the labours of the able botanist now en- 

 gaged in a monograph of this large family, which has hitherto 

 been so little studied. 



In these investigations I have been carried far beyond the line 

 originally intended, having been tempted to proceed by the 

 abundant materials that have presented themselves to my notice, 

 principally derived from the rich herbarium of Sir Wm. Hooker, 

 to whose kind liberality I am mainly indebted for the opportu- 

 nity of bringing to light so large an accumulation of new facts. 

 The following synopsis will be sufficient to exhibit the proposed 

 arrangement without farther explanations. 



SoLANACEiE. 



Tribus 1. Metternichie^ (char. Lend. Journ. 



Bot. v. 148). Fructus capsularis, embryo 



teres, rectus 1 . Metternichia. 



2. Sessea, 

 Tribus 2. Cestrine^e (char. loc. cit,). Id. id.. . 3. Cestrum. 

 Tribus 3. Fabiane^ (char. loc. cit.). Fructus 



capsularis, embryo paullulo incurvatus, fere 



rectus 4 Fabiana. 



5. Vestia. 



6. Schwenkia } 

 Tribus 4. Jaborose^e. Corolla tubo elongato 



siccatione nigrescens : fructus baccatus 2- 



locularis, embryo teres, fere annularis .... 7. Jaborosa. 



8. Dorystigma. 



9. Himeranthus. 



10. Trechonates. 



11. Salpichroma. 



12. Nectouxia. 

 Tribus 5. locHROMEiE. Corolla tubo elongato, 



limbo 5 -lido plus duplo longiore : antherae 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes : calyx fructife- 

 rus vix auctus baccam 2-locularem sufFul- 

 ciens vel arete cingens : embryo teres, fere 

 annularis 13. lochroma. 



14. Cleochroma, 



15. Lycioplesium. 



16. Pacilochroma. 



17. Hebecladus. 



18. Dunalia. 



19. Acnistus. 



20. Phrodus. 



