Befugium Botanicuui.] 
[March, 1871. 
TAB. 255. 
Natural Order Solanace^. 
Genus Solanum, L. 
Section Pachystemonum, Dimal. 
S. ASARTFOLiuM (Kiuitli S BoucJiS, Lid. Seiu. Hort. Berol. 1845, p. 10). 
Caule longe repente gracili ramoso stolonifero, foliis geminatis, 
unico longe petiolato ovato basi late cordate integro membranaceo 
glabro, altero sessili minuto obovato deciduo, pedunculis axillaribus 
petiole brevioribus solitariis unifloris apice cernuis, calyce cam- 
panulato obsolete 5-clentato, corollis magnis albis rotatis paullulum 
S-lobatis, bacco glabro globose magno. — Danal in D. C. Prodr. xiii. 
p. 164. 
A native of Venezuela, gathered by Otto, Fendler, Ernst, &c. 
Stem slender, wiry, unarmed, trailing widely along the surface 
of the soil, branched, stoloniferous, at first faintly pubescent. 
Intemodes an inch to six inches long, each node furnished with a 
pair of leaves, one of which has a slender j)etiole sometimes five 
to six inches long, the blade cordate-ovate, three to six inches 
long when fully developed, membranous, the basal lobes broadly 
rounded, both sides green and glabrous ; the other leaf minute, 
sessile, obovate, deciduous. Peduncles solitary from the axils of 
the leaves, one-flowered, slender, erect, two to four inches long, 
cernuous at the apex. Calyx campanulate, two lines deep, 
slightly pubescent, with five obscure teeth. Corolla white, an 
inch across when fully expanded, faintly five-lobed. Berry round, 
glabrous, half an inch thick. 
Tab. 255. — 1, corolla cut open; 9, anther; 3, calyx; 4, pistil; 
5, horizontal section of ovary : all magnified. — J. G. B. 
This species of Solanum was reared in the Koyal Botanic 
Gardens, Kew ; and I am indebted to this establishment for the 
figure which is here given. — W. W. S. 
