HEBECLADUS (from hebe, pubescence, and klados, a branch; in reference to the hairiness of the young shoots). ORD. Solanaceae. A genus containing about five species of stove perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, natives of Western tropical America. They thrive in a rich sandy loam and leaf mould. Propagated by cuttings, made from half-ripened wood, and inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in bottom heat. HEBECLADUS biflorus (two-flowered). fl., peduncles axillary, solitary, forked or trifid, bearing two (rarely three) handsome drooping flowers; calyx glabrous, with five spreading segments; corolla of two colours, 1in. or more long; tube conico-cylindrical, purple, hairy, striated; limb of five spreading, green, narrow-lanceolate segments; stamens much exserted; anthers blue-purple. August. l., lower ones solitary, alternate; upper ones in unequal pairs, sub-ovate, shortly petiolate, acute. Branches more or less spreading, terete, glabrous. Andes of Peru, 1844. Sub-shrub. (B. M. 4192.) HEBECLADUS ventricosus (ventricose). fl. one or two together, on short drooping peduncles from the axils of the leaves; calyx finely pubescent, toothed; corolla pale yellow, 1/2in. broad and deep; limb toothed. Summer. fr. a large, glabrous, poisonous berry. l. shortly stalked, ovate, acute, entire, or slightly sinuatedentate; upper surface bright medium green; the lower paler. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Peru. Shrub. (Ref. B. 208.)