PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



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SOLANDEA UEVIS. - Hooker. 



A fine stove shrub, with very large pale green flowers. 



Belongs toNightshades. Native 

 of Guatemala. (Fig. 10.4) 



That tins is the plant figured in 

 the Botanical Mafjuzmc, t. 4345, we 

 entertain no doubt, although its flowers 

 are seven instead of ten inches long, 

 green instead of white, and its calyx 

 is not at all ribbed ; for it was drawn 

 from a specimen gathered from a plant 

 received by the Horticultural Society 

 fi om the same nurserymen as sent it 

 to Kew. It is also, beyond all doubt, 

 the Solandra grandiflora of Mr. Ben- 

 tham's Plan toe Bartvyegianse, No. 60G, 

 collected on the mountains of Quezal- 

 tenango on the Pacific side, and near 

 Acatenango, differing from that 

 species in its ventricose tube, much 

 longer than the short limb and its 

 included stamens. It is a true Solan- 

 dra, according to the definition of 

 Mr. Miers in his admirable papers on 

 Solanoid plants. Its nearest relation 

 is Solandra guttata, which has buff 

 flowers, with a spotted throat and 

 downy leaves. 



A very fine stove plant, cultivated 

 with the greatest ease, and flowering 

 abundantly in the months of Autumn. 



