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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS I. 
SOLANUM Tourn. THE NIGHTSHADE. 
Un. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-cleft, rarely four-cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely campanulate, usually five-cleft. Anthers connivent, dehiscing 
by pores at the apex. Berry two, rarely four-celled. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This genus is well known as containing the potato, hut it is not perhaps so generally known 
that it also contains many very ornamental plants, principally natives of South America, hut some also from New 
Zealand and various parts of Australia. In the present work only one species will be described, but it will be 
sufficient to give a general idea of the ornamental character of the plants. 
1.— SOLANUM LYCIOIDES Lin. THE LYCIUM-LIKE SOLANUM. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. for 1846, t. 25 ; and our 5, in PI. 40. I lanceolate, petiolate, glabrous, sometimes suhovate. Peduncles filiform, 
Specific Character. — Stem shrubby. Branches spiny. Leaves I one-flowered. 
Description, &c. — A very beautiful little plant, which in a wild state is so completely covered with clusters of 
flowers as quite to load its little spiny branches. In cultivation, however, it is observed in the “ Botanical 
Kegister,” “ it loses some of its stiff spiny habit, and has not hitherto yielded flowers in clusters, but they are 
larger than in a wild state.” It should be grown in sandy loam, mi.ved with a little rough peat; and we are told 
in the “ Botanical Register ” that to flower it well, “ it seems necessary to place it out of doors during summer, in 
some exposed situation where it can remain till the end of September. By that time the flower buds will be 
formed, and they expand in a short time after the plant is taken in doors.” The species is a native of Peru, whence 
it was first introduced about sixty years ago, but it was soon lost, and was not again seen in British gardens till 
1845, when it was sent home by Mr. Hartweg. 
GENUS II. 
ANTHOCERCIS Labill. THE ANTHOCERCIS. 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-cleft. Corolla campanulate; limb equal. Stamens inclosed. Fruit capsular, having the margins of the 
valves bent in and inserted in the parallel placentas. Seeds reticulated. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. —This is a very small genus of Australian plants, which have generally white fragrant flowers. 
The name of Anthocercis is from two Greek words, signifying a flower and a ray, in allusion to the radiated corolla 
of the plants belonging to the genus. 
1.— ANTHOCERCIS VISCOSA B. Br. THE CLAMMY ANTHOCERCIS. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2961 ; Bot. Reg., t. 1624; The rough at the margin. Young branches finely pubescent. Capsule 
Botanist, t. 59; and out fig. 3, in PI. 40. ovate, equal in length to the calyx. 
Specific Character. — Leaves obovate, glandulously punctate, 
Description, &c. — This plant is a native of the southern coast of New Holland, whence it was introduced in 
1822. It is propagated by cuttings, and should be grown in a soil composed of peat, loam, and sand ; but, as is 
observed in the “ Botanical Register,” “ being of a soft nature, never forming any hard wood, or well-ripened shoots, 
it is peculiarly liable to injury from over-watering, or from the earth in which it is planted becoming saturated ; 
if this happens, it immediately sickens, its leaves losing their dark green colour, and becoming of a pale yellow 
