SOLANUM BETACEUM.
Beet-like Solanum.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla rotata. Antheræ subcoalitæ, apice poris geminis, dehiscentes. Bacca bilocularis.
Blossom wheel-shaped. Antheræ nearly joined together, with holes in pairs at the point, and splitting. Berry two-locular.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Solanum caule inermi, erecto, maculate, altissimo: foliis radicalibus permagnis, fœtidissimis: corollis carneis, patentibus, ad apicem sub-reflexis, qui cucullatus est.
Cavanilles Icones, vol. vi. 15. tab. 524.