in botany: A genus of plants belonging to the clas of monodelphia, and to the order of polyandra; and in the natural system arranged under the 38th order, Tricocceae. The calyx is simple; the capsule oblong, wreathed, and five-celled; the seeds are many, disposed in cells in a double order. The valves after maturity are divaricated, even to the base, and winged inwards by the partition. The only species is the Lobata. This genus was first named Solandra, in honour of Dr Solander, by Murray in the 14th edition of the Systema Vegetabilium.