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and conspicuously cut away at tlieir base quite to their midrib 
on their upper or outer side, very variably toothed, mostly sub- 
entire. Cvrnes simple stalked ebracteate, in fl. scorpioidally 
corymbose abbreviate, in fr. elons-ato-racemose 2-4 in. loner 
(including the ped.) or about the length of the 1. Pedic. in fr. 
about l in. long. FI. handsome and conspicuous, much like 
those of the Potato (Sul. tuberosum L.), but rather smaller, pale 
v.-blue or lilac, scentless. Cor. openly and widely rotato- 
campanulate, shortly 5-lobed or 5-angular, the size and shape 
of that of Physalis peruviana L., dull greyish lavender-b. or 
lilac, dark or blackish iu the eye or centre ; the tips of the lobes 
ciliato-pubescent outside. Cal.-lobes adpressed to cor. ovato- 
lanceolate or lanceolate-acute, half the length of cor., much en- 
larged and leafy in fr. but open or only partially concealing the 
shining smooth even dull dark red or or.-red berry which is 4 
or o lines in diam. Anth. dark or blackish, all bursting by a 
longitudinal slit downwards from the top, the 2 or 3 lower 3 or 
4 times the length of the upper, curved or subarcuate and with 
a short lobe, horn, or spur* on one side near the base : all from 
the first distinct and separate ; their 2 cells tumid downwards. 
Fil. short simple united at the base into a narrow ring. Style 
simple slender filiform subelongate ascending; stigma small 
indistinctly subclavato-capitate subbilobed. Seeds about 20, 
rather large i. e. 3-4 mill, long, 2^-3 broad, flat oblong-reni- 
forni, coarsely granulate or punctate, smooth. 
Dr. Lemann’s S. Vicente roadside specimen from the Gin- 
geiras in my Herb, is a state or form, from a less shady lower 
situation, with stiffer smaller more sharply and distinctly 
toothed 1. than in the usual sylvan states of the pi. in higher 
and more shady spots. This probably helped to induce Webb 
and Peiclienbach to regard the Can. pi., which agrees in foliage 
more closely with the normal Mad. sylvan form, as a distinct 
sp. (see WB. 1. c. line 4 from bottom of page 123). 
With the habit and aspect of Solanum tuberosum L. and 
coming near to Lycopersicum , this very curious and interest- 
ing plant has the racemose inflorescence of Pionandra or 
Cyphomandra , the leafy cal. of Atropa or Triyuera, the an- 
gular cor. of Physalis or Triyuera, and the many-seeded juicy 
berry of a Solanum. It comes nearest (Mr. Miers thinks al- 
most too near) to Triyuera Cav. ; but differs in its free 
distinct mostly and always finally unequal not included sta- 
mens and anth., the latter not connivent or coherent into a 
cone and some mostly elongato-arcuate (with the cells turgid 
