628 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 
ca. 5 in racemi apice aggregati. Calyx pilosus aculeatus, sub fructus 
maturitatem 12-14 mm. longus, aculeis minoribus pilisque atro-oliva- 
ceis: segmenta gradatim acuta in apices exaculeatos persistentis 2 mm. 
longos desinentia. Corolla purpurea ca. 7mm. longa profunde subae- 
qualiter 5-partita, extus puberula, tubo 1.4mm, longo. Stamina 4 
aequalia, filamentis 1.35 mm. longis, antheris rectis 2.5 mm. longis; 
quintum filamento 1.4 mm. longo, anthera arcuata 3 mm. longa. Stylus 
5mm. longus curvatus. Bacca globosa calyce obtecta, diametro ca. 
9mm. ; seminibus nigris lateraliter compressis rugoso-foveatis, 2.5 mm. 
latis 3mm. longis. — Mexico : Zacoaleo, Valley of Mexico, Bowrgeau, 
no. 542. San Luis Potosi: Parry & Palmer, no. 6344; Schaffner, 
no. 696. Vera Cruz: Mt. Orizaba, Seaton, no. 468. — Thurber, no. 799, 
from Chihuahua is perhaps a variety of this species. : 
7 §&. heterodoxum var. novomexicanum, n. var., a varietate 
Solanum citrullifolium A. Br. This species does not appear 
reach Mexico in its typical form. It is clearly distinct from the Mex- 
The original description (Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, xii. 356) is ee ni 
adequate. Specimens examined: Fayette, Iowa, 1894, F in ere 
duced?) ; Texas, August, 1848, Lindheimer ; Hort. Freiburg, hee 
A. Braun (cotype, grown from Lindheimer’s Texan seed); 
Cantab., 1849, Gray (from Texan seed), and 1852 (from beer 
New Mexican seed). lei 
eis 
: Ree mie : ne . tiolata acule- 
reflexis violaceo-tinctis. Folia sub-bipinnatifida longe pe distantioni 
Inflores- 
centia unilateralis elongata ca. 12-flora, pedunculo 4-6 cm. longo ; 
mentorum persistentibus angustis 5 mm. longis exceptis) we 
aetate inter spiculos fere glaber, spiculis majoribus 13 mm. eit 
Corolla purpurea irregularis 18 mm. longa, tubo 1.5 mm. see fies 
mentis aliquanto incurvatis. Staminum filamenta 2.1 ™™- ie : 
antherae 4 rectae 9 mm. longae, quinta arcuata 15 mm. i: 
Stylus 17 mm. longus curvatus. Bacca globosa calyce obtect 
