PLATE DIV.
S O L A N U M SEAFORTHIANUM.
SeqfortKs Solanum.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointai.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-fidus. Corolla rotata, limbo 5-fido,
pateate : tubo brevi. Antherae oblongae,
conniventes, apice pons geminis, dehiscentes.
Stigma obtusum. Bacca sub-rotunda.
EMPALEMENT 5-cleft. Blossom wheel-shaped.
Border 5-cleft, spreading. Tube short.
Chives oblong, leaning together, with holes
in pairs at the point, and splitting. Stigma
obtuse. Berry nearly round.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
S(PLANUM caule inermi, scandente, herbáceo:
foliis pinnatis, undulatis : junioribus lanceolatis
: floribus in racemo, aut ramo
cymoso, ab axilUs foliorum : corollis carneis.
NIGHTSHADE with an unarmed stem, climbing
and herbaceous. Leaves pinnated, and
waved: the younger ones lance-shaped.
Flowers grow in a raceme, or cymose
branch, from the axillae of the leaves.
Blossom, flesh-colour,
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RETERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Erapalement and pointal, summit magnified.
2. A blossom spread open.
THROUGHOUT this extended genus there are but few which possess attractions equal to this new and
undescribed species of Solanum. It was introduced by Lord Seaforth from the West Indies; and although
brought from so warm a climate, it succeeds best in the conservatory. It approaches nearest in
its general appearance to the S, radicans of Linnseusj but Mr, Lambert informs me that it is not at all
inclined to root, like that species. The specimen which our figure represents was sent to us in fine bloom
by Mr. J . Milne, botanic gardener.