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SOLANUM.  fontanesianum. 
_Desfontaines’s Nightshade. 
PENTANDRIA “MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Souanem. Jussieu gen. 124, Div. II. Fructus bac- 
cats. pate yp aa 
.*“Soranex. Brown prod. 443,,. Sect. I. Corolla limbo 
sepids plicato. Stamina numero laciniarum. Embryo 
valdé curvatus. SoLANEm verz., Brown loc. c. 
SOLANUM.. Supré@ vol. 1. 71. ‘> 
Div. Foliis pinnatifidis, bipinnatifidis pinnatisectisque. Corollis 5- 
Sidis; baccis calyce aucto et aculeato tectis. Cryptocarpum. 
Subdiv, Antheris inequalibus., 6 4 
S. fontanesianum, caule sublignoso annuo, aculeato piloso, foliis pro- 
funded pinnatifidis, lacintis stinatis, cordllis subregularibus, antheris 
* parvis, infima apice curvata’'subfuscd. — Dunal syn. 46. n. 286. 
ejusd. Solan. ed. 2. inedit. cum tab. © Poiret suppl. encyc. de La- 
marck. 3.777... bh ot peas Rt all 
Planta annua, vix sesquipedalis pilis stipitato-stellatis ». compendiaté pappi= 
Sormibus cum stmplicibus mixtis hirsutins pubescens, aculeis armata inequali- 
bus aliis validioribus acicularibus lutescentibus, alits parvulis setaceis purpureo- 
nigricantibus. Caulis ecavus, rigidus, aculeatissimus aculeis subreflexis, su- 
erné ‘axillis ramosus. Folia. pubemcanam viridi-translucentia, subscarioso 
rigentia, 4-unctalia, ovato-oblonga, .interrupté subbipinnatifida, crispata, 
petiolis nervisque utringue aculeata,’ lobis interrupté profundeque iste 
tpsisque sinuato-pinnatisectis, lobulis . surstim’ dilatatis, rotundatis ; petioli 
$-plo breviores laminis. Racemi pauci-(4) flori; laterales, superni, foliis dis 
tantes, de revolutis erigendi, secundi; breve pedunculati. Calisurceolatus, 
5-fidus, lanatus, echinatus, multiim. minor, corolla, segmentis.utringue pu= 
bescentibus, parcitts tamen intis, oblongis, acutis, summa _majore,. laterali- 
bus ejus 2 minoribus quam duo infima ;-tubus fetus” ermine, intis levis, 
pari passucum incluso fructit.augescens in mensuram ‘adult bacce capacem. 
Cor. subirregularis, lutea, extis lanata, »% partes uncie ferme. transversa, 
inermis; tubo brevi; limbo concavo-rotato, sinuato-quinquangulo, angulis 
breve attenuatis. Stam. declinato-conniventia; fil. bis breviora antheris : anth, 
parve ratione congenerum sectionis sua, 4 equales, ima’ quinta ceteris proximé 
subjecta; longior, fuscescens, apice inflexa,* Stylus @qualis stamint. longo, 
declinato-assurgens, sub lente puberulus, compresso-subclavatus, proximée infra 
stigma breve bilobum obitér constrictus. hee ; 
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In a former article of this work, we noticed the history 
of the Solanums or: Nightshades; by Dr. Dunal, of Mont- 
pellier, which had then just.reached us... A work in which 
more than 200 species were arranged with great perspicuity 
and discernment under one generic head. We have now re- 
ceived a Synopsis of the same vegetable family from the 
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