100 Mr. Salisbury's Vdujlrailon of the Genus Solanara.
SOLANDRA.
Torus medioliformis. Calyx margiiie tori infertus, tubnlofus, persistens. Cordla maigine tori inferta : limbo ventiicolo, iriegulari, fubacftivatione imbiicato; decidua. Filamerda 5, ore tubi inieita, versus latus iiiferius fecunda. Pericarpium luperum, penc totum 4-locuIare, fucculentum, deciduum. Semina receptaculo longe slipitato, centrali, profunde 2-lobo, undique feffilia.
Solandra grandiflora. Sii'artz Fl. Ind. Occ. v. . p. 386. /. 9. Solandra grandiflora. Mcen. Exot. Bot. t. 6. Solandra grandiflora. Swartz in Vetenfk. jScad. HancU. ann. 1787. p. 300. t. 11. Stramonium scandens, flore luteo. Plum. Ic Ined. Peach-coloured trumpet flower, yatnaicenjibus.
Sponte nafcentem in Inf. Jamaica, in truncos arbor um faepe parasiticam fiflTurifque rupium, legit O. Swartz.
Floret Jatiuario, Fehruario, frudlum maturans Augujlo.
Frutex 9 — 20 pedes altus. i?W/.v fufca, longe excurrens, ramofifTima, spongiofe lignofa. CauHs cinereus, fcandens, teres : Rami mulri, varie flexi, alii longifllmi : plus minus radicans, rimofus; fuperne pallide viridis, vifcido-pubefcens ; fpongiofe lignofus. Folia denfa, alterna, frondofa : Petioli viridi-purpurafcentes, recurvuli, semiteretes, vifcido-pubefcentes, fupra concavi linea medio eminente : Laminse fupra virides, fubtus pallidiores, petiolis multo longiores, recurvo-patentiffimae, obovato-lanceolatas, integerrim£e, acuminat£e, utrinque vifcido-pubefcentes, paululum lucidas, planiufculas, carnosae : Nervi plures, medius crafTior petioloque confluens : quotannis prodeuntia et decidua. Flores fragrantes, nutantes, folitarii, rarius 2 vel 3 fafciculati. Pediinculi pallide virides, ramulis terminalcs, craffi, 4-5 lineas longi, obconici, infertione articulati, minutissime vifcido-pubefcentes. Torus pallide viridis, pedunculo confluens quo brevier et craffior, medioliforinis, obfolete angulatus, minutiflfime
