﻿PLATE D1V. 



SOLANUM SEAFORTHIANUM. 



Seqforth's Solarium. 



CLASS V. ORDER I. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointed. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla mtata, limbo 5-fido, .1 Empalement 5-cleft. Blossom wheel-shaped, 

 patenter tubo brevi. Anther* oblong*, Border 5-cleft, spreading. Tube short. 



conniventes, apice ports geroinis, dehis- Chives oblong, leaning together, with holes 



centes. Stigma obtusum. Bacca sub-ro- in pairs at the point, and splitting. Stigma 



tUDda ' " obtuse. Berry nearly round. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Solanum caule inermi, scandente, herbaceo; | Nightshade with an unarmed stem, climbing 



foliis pinnatis, undulatis : junioribus Ian- | and herbaceous. Leaves pinnated, and 



ceolatis: floribus in racemo, aut ramo waved: the younger ones lance-shaped, 



cymoso, ab axillis foliorum ; corollis car- | Flowers grow in a raceme, or cymose 



neis * branch, from the axillae of the leaves. 

 Blossom flesh-colour. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



I. Empalement and pointal, summit magnified. 

 2„ A blossom spread open. 



Throughout this extended genus there are but few which possess attractions equal to this ne* and 

 undescribed species of Solanum. It was introduced by Lord Seaforth from the West Indies ; and al- 

 though brought from so warm a climate, it succeeds best in the conservatory. It approaches nearest in 

 its general appearance to the S. radicans of Linnaeus , but Mr. Lambert informs me that it is not at aU 

 inclined to root, like that species. The specimen which our figure represents was sent to us in fine bloom 

 by Mr. 3. Milne, botanic gardener. 



