432 SOLANE^. 



aathera reniform, with confluent cells. Stigma 2-lipped. Pericarp baccate or capsular and 

 2-valved. Smbryo incurved. — Shrubs or low trees ; leaves entire ; pedicels in the West 

 Indian' species usually solitary, terminal or lateral. 



Sect. 1. Fkanciscea, Pohl. — Pericarp dry, capsular. 



2. B. Htypesaaa., Benth. Glabrescent; leaves elliptical, shortly petioled ; c<?/y« fe^a- 

 lar, slightly dilated, 5-deiitate, longer than the subsolitary pedicel : teeth oblong-lanceolate, 

 bluatishj corolla blue: tube little longer than the ccUyx. — Bot. Mag. t. 2829. — B. Ho- 

 peana, var. pubescens, Benth. I (exclus. syn. Franciscese uniflorae, Pohl). — A shnib ; leaves 

 14"-1", calyx 7"'-8"' long. — Hab. Triiiidad !, Lockh., uncommon in the hills of Monos 

 Bocas; [Brazil!]. 



Sect. 2. EuBRUNFELSiA. — Pericarp fleshy, not or tardily dehiscent. 



3. B. americana, Sw. Leaves elliptical, eUiptical-oblong, or o\)ovaie, petioled, veiny; 

 calyx campanulate, h-dentate, as long as the solitarj' pedicel ; teeth rounded ; corolla pale- 

 yellow : tube 8—10 times as long as the calyx, thrice as long as the limb, often slightly 

 incm'ved above : lobes rounded, entire ; berry- globose. — Sw. Obs, t. 4 : the flower. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 393. — A low tree, 10'-15.' high ; leaves 14"-3", petiole 2'" long ; flowers odorous ^ 

 calyx 3"', coroUa-tube 2"-2i"long : corolla-Umb 10"'-12"', beny 8'" diam., the latter 

 yellow. 



a. Glabrous ; leaves membranaceous, or at length somewhat leathery : petiole narrow. 



;8. pubescens. Branchlets rusty-pubescent ; leaves chartaceous, at length leathery, pu- 

 bescent or glabrate beneath : petiole thickish ; calyx pubescent or ciliate. — Besc. Fl. 2. 

 t. 76. 



Hab. Jamaica \, Al., Pd., in woods (a) ; S. Kitts ! ifi), Antigua !, Wullschl. (a) ; [Cuba ! 

 to French islands !, /3 ou the arid shore], 



4. B. jamaicensis, Gr. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, hlantiypoiatletei, petioled, veiny i 

 calyx campanulate, 5-dentafe, puberulous or ciliate, as long as the approximate or solitary 

 pedicels : teeth rounded ; corolla yellow : tube 9-1 2 times as long as the calyx, twice as 

 long as the limb, straightish : lobes rounded, entire. — Bot. Mag. t. 4287. — B. nitida, var. 

 jamaicensis, Benth. ) — Didynamous stamens as in the preceding, but the flowers large as in 

 the following species. Branchlets puberulous, glabrate ; leaves membranaceous, at length 

 leathery, 6"-3'' long, 20"'-12*" broad : petiole channelled, 2"'-3"' long ; calyx 3"'-4"', 

 coroUa-tube 3"-3J" loug; corolla-lirab &"-Zi" diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, Matf., Pd., March, 

 Wullschl., Portland Gap, Manchester. 



5. B. fallax, Buchass. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, 

 petioled, veiny ; calyx campanulate, h-dentate, \-k as long as the solitary pedicel ; teeth 

 rounded; coroWa yellow, tube 10-12 Umes as long as the calyx, thrice. as long as the 

 limb, straightish : lobes rounded, entire j stamens 5. — A tree, 20' high, or higher ; leaves 

 chartaceous, 2"-3", petiole 2'", calyx 3'", CoroUa-tube 3"-2i" long : diameter of the coroUa- 

 limb 2". — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., Pint.; IVinidadl, Sieb. Tr. 26; [Guadeloupe!]. 



6. B. nitida, Benth. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical or obovdte, tapering into a short 

 petiole, or subsessile, veiny ; calyx campanulate, deeply hrfid beyond the middle, as long as 

 or shorter than the approximate or solitary pedicels ; lobes oblong, bluntish or subacute ; co- 

 rolla white : lube 10-13 times as long as the calyx, 5 times as long as the limb, straightish : 

 lobes rounded, entire.— B. parvifolia, &'cA.-^Leaves li"-3'', calyx 4*"-5"', corolla-tube 4" 

 long : diameter of the corolla-limb ij". — Hab. Naturalised in Jamaica !, March ; [Cuba !]. 



7. B. undulata, iS'if. Glabrous; leaves lan'ceolatc'-oblong, subacute, contracted into 

 the short petiole or subsessile : veins inconsjpicuom beneath ; calyx campanulate, 5-dentate- 

 repand, as long as or longer than the approximate or solitary pedicels : teeth rounded, 

 broader than long; corolla whitish: tube'16 timis as long as the calyx, 6 times as long as 



'the limb, slightly incuxved: lobes rounded, undulate-crenate ; berry large, subglobose. 



Bot. Reg. 3. t. 228 : distingnished from Swartz's description by yellow flowers A tree 



20' high; leaves leathery, 6''-3"long, 18"'-9"' broad :- petiole scai-cely 2'" long, broad! 

 channelled ; calyx 3"', corolla-tube 4" loijg : diameter of the corolla-limb 16'", of the hard, 

 greyish berry 1"-1V'.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, on rocks, along the sea-coast, S. 

 Marys, S. Anns. 



