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ST. HELENA. 
Gardens, Jamestown. C. Alt. -1. Tliree or four plants only; at- 
tains a height of ten feet, and flowers and seeds well. Bot. Mag. 
794. — Hab. W. Indies. 
79. SoLANACEiE ( Nightshade Family). 
Mcandra, Gsertn. 
512. N. physaloides, Gsertn. ; Afropa physaloides. A pretty 
pale-blue-flowered plant, with a seed-pod resembling the Cape 
gooseberry or bilberry, growing wild ; very common generally in 
the Island, and abundant near Cleugb’s Plain and similar localities. 
M., alt. 3. Bot. Mag. 2458.— Hab. Peru. 
Brugmansia, Pers. 
513. B. chlorantha, Hook. — Double-flowered Brugmansia. This 
plant lias been recently seen growing in gardens on the high land, 
but is rare. Bot. Mag. 5128. 
514. B. sanguinea, Hort. — Bed Moon plant ; grows uncul- 
tivated and is rather common, alt. 3 '8 ; introduced about twenty 
years ago at Oakbank, by seeds from Europe. It flowers freely, but 
does not seed, being propagated by cuttings. — Hab. Peru. 
5]5. B. suaveolens, Willd. — Moon plant, Datura, or Lady’s 
Petticoat ; grows wild and is very common, alt. 3 to 4, m swamps, 
mountain streams, roadsides, shrubberies, &c. Flowers in the even- 
in" once every month at the full moon, when its profusion of white 
flowers and powerful delicious perfume render it one of the most 
beautiful and remarkable of tropical plants. Does not seed, but 
grows from the root, and the smallest piece of tlie stem will grow 
in water even without earth. Hab. leru. 
Oestrum, Linn. 
516. C. fasciculatum, Miers; IlabroiJiamnusfasciculatus, End].— 
Called wild Fuchsia ; a shrub of ready growth, with clusters of 
crimson flowers; grows well and abundantly in an uncultivated 
state in gardens and shrubberies on the upper land. Introduced 
from the Cape of Good Hope ten years ago,— Hab. Mexico. 
Capsicum, Linn. 
517. C. grossum?, Linn. — Capsicum; one or two varieties are 
