SOLANUM CRISPUM. 
(curled nightshade.) 
ORDER. 
MONOGYNIA. 
NATUPvAL ORDER. 
SOLANE^. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-parted, persistent. Corolla wheel-shaped, five-lobed, plaited. Berry 
of two cells. Seeds many. 
Specific Character. — Plant a shrub, growing to upwards of twenty feet high. Stem smooth, very 
branching; branches, when young, bright yellow-green; when older, light brown. Leaves^ovsde 
and obcordate, waved, curled more or less, according to the situation in which the plant grows, and 
vigour of growth ; in our specimen very little curled, rich green on the upper side, paler beneath. 
Flowers corymbose, very showy. Calyx green, five-cleft, acuminate. Corolla five-lobed, lobes 
obcordate, blunt, waved, and slightly curled. Stamens five. Anthers orange-yellow. Berry 
two-celled. 
The rich purple-blue flowers of this plant are produced in corj'mbs, and if the 
plant is trained against a wall makes as fine a show as the Glycine Sinensis, and 
continues in bloom a long- time. 
It is a native of Chiloe, where it was found growing- by Mr. Anderson, who 
introduced it to this country in 1824. It was also discovered by Ruiz and Pa von. 
The plant grows freely in any common garden soil, and is nearly hardy, merely 
requiring a slight shelter in very severe weather. It is increased by cuttings which 
strike readily planted in light soil under a hand-glass. 
For our drawing we are indebted to Mr. Lowe of Clapton, in whose nursery it 
may be seen growing to perfection, and of whom it may be purchased. 
It may also be obtained at other nurseries round London, and many in the 
country, as Messrs. Fisher and Holmes, Sheffield, &c., at a moderate cost 
The generic name is derived from solari, to console and comfort ; and the 
specific name crispum, from the slight curling of the leaves and flowers. 
CLASS. 
PENTANDRIA. 
VOL. III.— NO. XXV. 
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