264 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Brachistus. 



globosa, calyce parvulo suffulta. — Nova Granada, in Andibus 

 excelsis. 



This plant bears very much the appearance of Solanum philly- 

 reoides, Dun. The leaves are smooth, thin and membranaceous, 

 ciliate on the margins, 1 ^ inch or more in length, 7 lines broad, 

 on a pubescent petiole 4-5 lines long. The flowers, solitary or 

 binate, are about the size of those of the last species, the very 

 slender peduncles measuring S-9 lines : the pubescent calyx is 

 almost entire on the margin, with five nearly obsolete erect teeth, 

 the filaments are short, quite smooth and dilated below, the an- 

 thers oblong, obtuse, erect, bursting on the margins. 



4. Brachistus mollis. Witheringia mollis, H, B. K. loo. cit. 15. 

 — fruticosus, ramulis teretibus, cano-tomentosis ; foliis ovatis 

 utrinque acuminatis, integerrimis, supra pubescentibus, subtus 

 moUiter cano-tomentosis, geminis, altero multo minore et dif- 

 formi; floribus 5-meris, extra-axillaribus (2-3-4), pedunculis 

 filiformibus, elongatis, cernuis ; corollse tubo brevi, limbo an- 

 gulato sub-5-lobo, laciniis acutis, staminibus glabris inclusis ; 

 bacca minima, calyce parvulo suffulta. — Caxamarca, Peruvise. 



The leaves of this species are from 1^ to 2 inches long, and 9 

 to 12 lines broad, on a tomentose petiole 3 lines long. The pe- 

 duncles, from 9 to 11 lines in length, are slender, hairy, depen- 

 dent, but erect in fruit ; the flowers are the size of those of the 

 two former species ; the calyx is urceolate, incano-tomentose, 

 with five short linear teeth ; the corolla is hairy outside, has a 

 plicate and a somewhat pentangular limb with acute angles j the 

 stamens, five or six, are short, smooth and erect ; the berry, not 

 larger than a peppercorn, is supported on its very small persist- 

 ent calyx. 



5. Brachistus rhomhoideus. Witheringia rhomboidea, H, B. K. 

 loc. cit. 15. — fruticosus, ramis teretibus, tomentosis ; foliis 

 ovatis, acutiusculis, basi rotundatis et insequalibus, integer- 

 rimis, supra molliter pubescentibus, subtus cano-tomentosis, 

 geminis, altero minore ; floribus paucis (4-6), extra-axillaribus, 

 fasciculatis, pedunculis filiformibus petiolo longioribus ; corolla 

 rotata, limbo 5-fido, laciniis acutis, apice hirtellis. — Nova Gra- 

 nada (Quitidiu). 



The branches of this species are said to be somewhat scandent ; 

 the leaves are scarcely 1 inch long, | inch broad, upon cano- 

 tomentose petioles 2 to 5 lines in length : the peduncles are 4 or 

 5 lines long, cernuous in flower, erect and 7 to 8 lines long in 

 fruit. The flowers are the size of those of the three foregoing 

 species; the calyx, cano-tomentose, is urceolate, with a nearly 

 entire margin, and five short linear distant teeth : the corolla is 



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