Solanum

To the species and varieties described on pp. 452-6, Vol. III., the following should now be added:
S. albidum Poortmanni (Poortmann's whitish). fl. white, small, produced in numerous cymes, towards the end of the season, on the young, white-tomentose shoots. l. large, pinnatifid, 2ft. long, bright green above, white-tomentose beneath. Andes, 1886. A noble, half-hardy perennial. (R. H. 1886, p. 232, f. 67.) S. jasminoides floribundum (abundant-flowered). A more floriferous plant than the type, and having smaller and less pinnatifid leaves. 1886. Garden variety.