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many-flowered, terminal, all the partspowdery. Bracteas none. Calyx short,

5-toothed. Corolla middle-sized, of abluish lead-colour. Anthers equal, yel-low. (Lindl.) A native of Chiloe, in wasteplaces and hedges. Introduced by Mr.

Anderson, collector to Mr. Lowe of theClapton Nursery, in 1830. It is a hardyvigorous-growing plant, of a much more ,ligneous character than S. Dulcamara,subevergreen, and covered with flowersnearly the whole summer. A plant in theHorticultural Society’s Garden attainedthe height of 10 ft., against a wall, in 3years; and its stem is between 3 in. and4 in. in diameter: one in the ClaptonNursery is still larger. As this specieswill grow in any soil, and is readily pro-pagated by cuttings, it promises to beof great value as an ornamental climber, for rapidly covering nakedwalls. Dr. Lindley observes that, “ if tied to a stake, and thus forcedto grow erect, it will throw out a great number of lateral branchlets, at theend of every one of which is a bunch of flowers. It this state it was ex-hibited by Mr. Lowe of Clapton, at a meeting of the Horticultural Society,in April, 1832, and was greatly admired.” ( Bot, Reg., 1.1516.) It is readilypropagated by cuttings, and promises to be a most valuable shrub forcovering naked walls, or varying ruins or rockwork. The smooth shininggreen of its leaves, which are seldom eaten by insects, and the profusion ofits flowers, which are bluish, render it highly ornamental.

s* 4. S. bonarie'nse L. The Buenos Ayres Nightshade.

Lin. Sp., No. 264., exclusive of the syn. of Plum.; Dun. Sol., 198., Syn , p. 34.; Dill,and our Jig. 1106.

Spec. Char., S;c. Shrubby, almost un-armed. Leaves ovate-oblong sinu-ately repanded, smoothish. Kacemescorymbose, lateral, or extrafoliaceous.

Stem green, prickly at the base ; adult v;stems unarmed. Leaves sometimesentire, rarely prickly. Corymbs large.

Calyx 4—5-cleft. Segments subu-late. Corolla large, white, downyoutside. Berry globose, ? yellow,

4-celled, size of a small pea. Rootcreeping. ( Don’s Mill., iv. p. 429.)

A shrub, a native of Buenos Ayres,where it grows from 6 ft. to 10 ft. inheight, flowering from June to Sep-tember. It was introduced in 1727; and a plant in the Chelsea Gardenhas stood against the wall for 50 years, and is now 8 ft. high.

Identification.

Elth., p. 264.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 429.Engravings. Dill. Elth., p. 264 . t. 272. f. 351

App. i. Half-hardy ligneous orfruticose Species of Solanum.

.Solatium Balblsn Dunal, Bot. Reg., 1.140., is a native of South America , with blue flowers,which are produced from April to September. It was introduced in 1816, and, at first, treated as agreen house plant; but a specimen planted against the wall in the Horticultural Society’s Garden,in 1833, grows vigorously, and flowers freely every year. It belongs to the section Dulcamara, of whichthere are a number of species or varieties indigenous to almost every part of the world, which are,in all probability, half-hardy or hardy. There are several shrubby sorts, unnamed, from Valparaiso,which have stood out several years in the Chelsea Botanic Garden ; and a number of names in theenumeration in our Hortus Britannicus seem to indicate that the plants might be tried in the openair in favourable situations.