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sepalis ovatis obtusis quandoque mucronulatis 2-3 lineas longis glabris nigrescentibus, exterioribus 
angustioribus acutiusculis; corolla 4-5 calyeem superante glabra—Convolvulus denticulatus, Desr, 
Ene. vol, 1. p. 540, non R, et Schult. Ipomea levigata, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacit, (ined,) p. 220 
et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined,) t. 12 et 138. Nomen vernac. Vitiense,  Sovivi.” 
—Seabeach of Taviuni (Seemann! n. 804). Also collected in Ancitum (M‘Gillivray !) and the So- 
ciety (Banks and Solander! Barclay !) and ‘Tongan Islands (Barclay !). 
ce . Aniseia, Chois. Convol. Or. p. 99, et in DC, Prodr, vol. ix. p. 429. Sepala 5, 2- aut 3- 
Heeinjaen disposita, nempe 2 exteriora majora inferius inserta et in pedunculum decurrentia, tertium 
intermedium, et 2 interiora minora altius inserta. Corolla campanulata. Stylus 1, Stigma 2- 
lobum, capitatum aut siepe complanatum. Ovarium 2-loculare, 4-ovulatum. Capsula 2-locularis.— 
Herbe aut suffrutices. 
1, A. uniflora, Chois, Convol. Or. p. 101; caule yolubili; pedunculis calycibusque pubescenti- 
bus ; foliis longe petiolatis oblongis integerrimis, basi attenuatis, apice obtusis mucronatis, supra gla- 
bris, subtus petiolisque puberulis ; pedunculis petiolos superantibus unifloris, bibracteatis, bracteis line- 
aribus acutis ; sepalis exterioribus ovatis obtusis basi oblique subcordatis ; corolla (alba) calycem paulo 
superante cxtus pilosa; filamentis glabris; capsula intus glabra, 2-loculari, loculis 2-spermis; semini- 
bus glabris.—Iu swamps, Ovalau, twining around reeds (Seemann! n. 329), 
_ Perhaps this may be different from A. wniflora, Chois.; the chief discrepancy between the living spe- 
eimens here described and Choisy’s diagnosis being in the shape and size of the leaves, the length of the 
petiole, and the smoothness of the inside of the capsule. In the Fijian plant the blade of the leaf is 22 
inches long, and 10-12 lines broad; the petiole 1 inch long. 
Orpo LXVI. SOLANACEAs, 
Wherever the Polynesian language is spoken, including New Zealand, there is a general term for the 
plants of this Natural Order, yiz. Boro, Poro, or Poroporo, as the different dialects have it. Besides those 
Solanacee described or alluded to below, there are in the Hawatian islands, Lyciwm Sandwichense, A. Gray, 
Nothocestrum latifolium, A. Gray, WN. longifolium, A. Gray,and 1. breviflorum, A. Gray. Lycopersicum 
esculentum, Mill., the Tomato, is cultivated in the Society and Sandwich Islands, where it is a recent 
introduction. 
1. Solanum, Tournef. Inst. p. 148, t. 62; Dunal in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. 1. p. 27. Calyx 
5-(rarius 4—6-10-)partitus -fidus -dentatus -crenatusve, atque ctiam integer, regularis y. rarius 
subirregularis. Corolla rotata, cupularis v. patellaris, tubo brevi, limbo plicato, 5-(rarius 4- vy. 
6-)fido -partito v. -angulari, Stamina 5, rarius 4 v. 6, corolle fauci adnata, plerumque exserta ; 
filamenta brevissima, «qualia v. rarius inequalia. Antherz liberz, apice poris 2 dehiscentes, 
conniventes, rarissime connate, equales v. interdum inzequales, loculis lateralibus connectivo non 
conspicuo adnatis, Ovarium 2-(rarius 3-4-) loculare, placentis dissepimento insertis adnatis o- 
ovulatis. Stylus simplex. Stigma obtusum. acca 2-(rarius 38—4-)locularis. Semina oo, sub- 
reniformia, compressa. Embryo periphericus, spiralis, albumen carnosum includens.—Herbe annus 
aut perennes, suffrutices frutices v. arbores, imermes Ac mpiitentte aut ragita spinose, giabre r. 
pilose, pilis simplicibus glanduliferis v. stellatis. Stirps epigzea, sobolibus non raro tuberiferis 
subterraneis; truncus lignosus v. caulis ramosus, erectus, strictus v. flexnosus, scapdens aut sub- 
yolubilis, ramis plus minus patentibus, interdum spinescentibus. Perule (foliorum prima Fudimentt) 
in tuberibus sobolibusque. Folia exstipulata, sed interdum auriculata (auriculee sic dichae sunt 
folia ramulorum juniorum axillarium), alterna, solitaria gemina aut ternave, raro sessilia, seepius petio- 
lata, petiolo hine inde alato, in uonnullis cirrhoso, penninervia v. palmatinervia, Integra v. varie 
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