S. Balbisii and Lamberti [Solanum sisymbriifolium]
Information
Title
S. Balbisii and Lamberti [Solanum sisymbriifolium]
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/JS/3
Author or creator
Sowerby; James (1757-1822); Artist
Date
1815
Scope & content
Watercolour on paper of Solanum sisymbriifolium by James Sowerby 24 June 1815. Published under the name 'Solanum balbisii', in Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1815) N.2568. Identified as [Solanum] 'S. Balbisii' and reproduced in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 52 (London, 1825) No. 2568. The current botanical name is Solanum sisymbriifolium. According to the entry in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for this illustration, 'the specimen from which our drawing was taken was communicated by A.B. Lambert Esq. from his collection at Boyton, in June 1815'