Verbenaceae-Solanaceae. 189 
Duranta repens is a native of tropical America, hut is widely cul- 
tivated in the tropics. In Honolulu it is quite plentifully planted 
as a hedge for which it is splendidly adapted. The genus was 
named in honor of Castor Durantes, a botanist who died in 1590 
in Rome. 
Mention must be made of Petraea volubilis Jacq., a climbing 
shrub with long racemes of blue flowers and very rough, scabrid, 
grayish-green leaves, which gave it the name Sandpaper Vine. The 
ordinary, now naturalized, Lantana, L. camara L., belongs also to 
the family I erbenaceae. 
SOLANACEAE 
Potato Family. 
The Potato family is represented by several genera of which the 
most noteworthy are the following: Cyphomandra Hartwegi Sendt., 
a native of New Granada, cultivated on account of its ovoid fruits, 
which remind one of the taste and flavor of the tomato, whence it is 
known as Tree-tomato. It makes excellent preserves, and is also pala- 
table uncooked, stewed it makes a delicious desert. To the vines be- 
long Solatium IV en (11 an du Hook, f., the Potato vine, with large many- 
flowered cymes of blue flowers an inch and a half in diameter, and 
another species with smaller, blue flowers. One of the finest climb- 
ers, with large, yellow flowers is the Golden Cup, Solandra grandi- 
flora Sw., a native of Mexico and Central American Islands. It is 
easily grown from cuttings or seeds. Of shrubs the following may 
be mentioned: Oestrum nocturnum L., known here as Chinese Ink- 
berry, and very common in Honolulu, especially in Nuuanu Valley; 
it is a native of tropical America; others are Cestrum diurnum L., 
also called Chinese-Inkberry in Honolulu, and C. aurantiacum Lindl. 
with yellow flowers. The latter is not common. 
Of interest is also Datura arborea Linn., the so-called Angel's 
Trumpet, a small tree with ovate-lanceolate leaves which have the 
margin entire; the flowers are large, white, trumpet-like, and have a 
musky odor ; the calyx is spathe-like and the limbs of the corolla are 
long, facts which distinguish it from Datura suaveolens H. et B. The 
latter has an inflated calyx with five obscure teeth, short corolla 
limbs, and an angular tube. Both species are probably in cultivation. 
They are natives of Chile and Peru. Specimens are rather rare in 
Honolulu, but common on Hawaii from Hilo to Glenwood, along 
the Volcano Road. 
