OLVII. SOLANE^. 



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N. proslrata. 



Drupe, showing the 



gjDO basal inEertionS 



(mag.). 



Nolana paradoxa. 



Nolana. 



Pericarp opened, 



showing a seed (mag.). 



N, prostrata. 



Seed cut 



vertically (mag.). 



N. atriplicifolia. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



lobed. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla-tube, exserted. Ovaries numerous, in- 

 serted on a fleshy disk, hypogynous, distinct, 1-6-celled; style solitary, central, 

 basilar, simple ; stigma capitate ; ovules solitary, erect in each cell. Deupes distinct, 

 fleshy, with a bony endocarp. Seeds reniform, compressed ; albumen fleshy. Embeto 

 filiform, annular or spiral ; radicle inferior. 



This little order is formed by the genus Nolana, formerly placed by A. L. de Jussieu at the end of 

 BorraginecB on account of its distinct carpels and its gynobasic style ; it approaches nearer to Solanece and 

 ConvohndaeeeB in the insertion, regularity, isostemony and jestivation of the corolla, and the curved 

 embryo ; it is particularly close to SolanecB in the alternate geminate leaves and the extra-axillary 

 flowers ; it is separated from it by its distinct carpels, its gynobasic style and its drupaceous fruit. 



The species of the genus Nolana inhabit Chili and Peru, 



[_Nolane(s are now reduced to a tribe of Solanece with five genera, of which the chief are Nolana, Ali- 

 brexia, and Dolia. — Ed.] 



CLVII. SOLANEyE. 



(LuEiD^, L. — SoLANB^, Jussieu. — SoLANACE^, BartUng.) 



CoEOLLA monopetalous, hypogynous, isostemonous, cesiivation induplicale or con- 

 torted. Stamens inserted on the corolla. Ovaet with 2 many-ovuled antero-jposteri-or 

 cells, placentation septate ; ovules campylotropous. Seeds compressed, Embeto 

 curved, albuminous. 



