408 SOLANACEE. 
162. syn. p. 8. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 21.) stem suf- 
fruticose, radicant, ascending ; young branches muricated ; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, downy, but sometimes ternate ; 
racemes terminal, bifid. h.G. Native of Peru, common in 
cultivated places, ex Feuille; Teneriffe, in gardens, ex Brous- 
sonet; near the city of Mexico, ex Bonpl. S. scabrum, Lam. 
ill. no. 2344. S. variegàtum, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 32. t. 
162. f. a. Melongéna laurifólia, fructu turbinato variegato, 
Feuill. per. 2. p. 735. t. 26. The plant is called Pepo, and 
Pepino de la Tierra, in Peru. Branches trigonal. Leaves 15- 
24 lines long, furnished with 2 small stipulas at the base. 
Racemes extra-axillary. Corollas size of those of S. Dulca- 
mara, white, painted with violaceous veins, puberulous outside ; 
segments ovate, roundish. Calyx 5-parted, silky. Berry ovate, 
variegated with purple, drooping, edible; sarcocarp yellow, very 
thick. 
Muricated Nightshade. 
2 to 3 feet. 
24 S. piversiréiium (Dun. syn. p. 8. sol. ed. 2d. t. 88. H. 
B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 22.) shrubby ; branches puberu- 
lous ; leaves impari-pinnate, ternate or entire, downy ; leaflets 
sessile, oblong, acuminated, entire: terminal one large ; racemes 
extra-axillary, simple; calyx large, equal in length to the co- 
rola. h.S. Native near Caraccas. Branches glandular and 
hairy. Racemes shorter than the leaves. Corolla rotately sub- 
campanulate, 5-cleft, white, size of those of Bordgo officinalis ; 
segments ovate, acute. 
Diverse-leaved Nightshade. Fl. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
25 S. CanieE'ssz (Dun. syn. p. 8. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 89. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. p. 22.) shrubby, scandent ; 
branches villous; leaves simple and ternate, elliptic-oblong, 
acutish, rounded at the base, quite entire, clothed with silky 
hairs, biaurieulate at the base; racemes extra-axillary, and 
nearly terminal, simple, or bifid. h.. S. Native of the pro- 
vince of Cumana, near the monastery of Caripe. Leaves 1} 
to 2 inches long. Flowers unilateral, size of those of Veratrum 
nigrum.  Pedicels articulated. Calyx 5-parted, pilose. Corolla 
rotate, white,? sinuately 5-lobed. 
Caripe Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 
26 S. BurBoca'srANUM (Moc. et Sesse. fl. mex. icon. Dun. 
syn. p. 8. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 3.) root tuberous; stems herba- 
ceous ; leaves ovate, repand, auricled ; peduncles 1-flowered, 
subumbellate. 2. H. Native of Mexico. Root solitary, 
globose, like that of S. tuberdsum, mucronate below, without 
any other radicle. Stem terete. Leaves undulated. Petioles 
auricled, from 2 sessile leaflets. Peduncles villous, violaceous. 
Corolla white, with lanceolate, bluntish segments. 
Bulbocastanum Nightshade. Pl. 1 foot? 
27 S. ortca’nraum (Dun. syn. p. 8. vol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 90.) 
shrubby, scandent ? ; branches clothed with hoary tomentum ; 
leaves perhaps always simple, unequal, and cordate at the base, 
quite entire, glabrous above, but clothed with soft, yellowish, 
hoary tomentum beneath, auricled at the base ; peduncles term- 
inal, few-flowered. kh. ©.? S. Native near Maypure, on the 
banks of the Orinoco. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 23. Hairs on the plant stellate. Leaves 2 inches long. 
Auricles sessile, obliquely ovate-sublunate, similar to the 
leaves. 
Few-flowered Nightshade. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1785. Shrub 
June, July. Clt. 1825. 
Fl.? Clt. 1824. Shrub 3 feet. 
$ 6. PacuyPHY'LLA (from zaxve, pachys, thick; and $vA- 
Xov, phyllon, a leaf.) Leaves pinnate, pinnatifid, or entire. 
Leaves and leaflets cordate, acute, thick, beset with short simple 
hairs. Racemes cymose, pendulous. Corollas 5-parted. Ber- 
ries oval, 
I. Soranum. 
98 S. pr’npuLuM (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 39. t. 174. f. a.) 
stem shrubby; leaves simple and irregularly pinnate ; leaflets 
2-6, obliquely cordate ; racemes pendent, forked. 5. S. Na- 
tive of Peru, in the province of Panatahua, particularly in 
shady places about Munna. Dun. sol p. 168. syn. p. 7. 
Branches hairy, dichotomous. Leaves pubescent on both sur- 
faces. Corolla elongated, downy, purple, with acute, reflexed 
segments. Berry large, ovate, yellow, size of a middling pear. 
Pendulous-racemed Nightshade. Shrub 10 feet. 
29 S. oprieuum (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 35. t. 165. f. a.) 
stem suffruticose; leaves cordate, oblique, acute ; racemes 
cymose, revolute, secund. h.S. Native of Peru, in groves 
at Chincao. Shrub glabrous. Leaves shining above, and downy 
beneath. Peduncles lateral. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla purplish 
violet. Berry oblong, acutish at both ends. 
Oblique-leaved Nightshade. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 
30 S. vixipirzónuM (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 38. t. 173. f. 
b.) shrubby; leaves cordate-ovate, simple, villous; racemes 
dependent, about equal in length to the leaves. h.S. Native 
of Peru, in groves. Dun. sol. p. 169. Plant villous. Calyx 
semiquinquefid. Corolla green, almost 5-parted, with reflexed 
segments. Berry large, oblong, turbinate, villous, yellowish. 
Green-flowered Nightshade. Shrub 6 feet. : 
31 S. Bera‘ceum (Cav. icon. 6. p. 599. t. 524. ann. d'hist. 
nat. l. p. 44.) shrubby; branches and stem thick, succulent ; 
leaves large, cordate, ovate-oblong, rather downy on both sur- 
faces, with undulated margins; racemes cymose, pendulous, 
about equal in length to the petioles. k. G. Native of New 
Spain. Dun. sol. 169. Andr. bot. rep. t. 511. S. crassifó- 
lium, Ort. dec. p. 117. Leaves a foot long.  Petioles spotted, 
Racemes axillary and supra-axillary, many times bifid, some- 
times simple and trifid. Calyx 5-cleft, spotted at top. Corolla 
white, tinged with red, small, thick, 5-parted. Anthers yellow. 
Berry ovate, size of a walnut, 2-celled at first, yellowish green, 
marked with longitudinal brown spots, afterwards reddish. 
The whole plant has an ungrateful scent, like that of Stramónium 
or Henbane. 
Beet-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1803. 
3 to 5 feet. 
Shrub 
Sussect. 2. Leaves lobed, sinuated, angular, toothed, or entire. 
§ 1. Leaves lobed, and entire. 
32 S. LEPTA’NTHUM (Moc. et Sesse, icon. mex. ined. Dun. 
syn. p. 9. Sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 28.) stem terete, herbaceous, 
glabrous; leaves oblong, undulately repand, running into the 
petioles; racemes dichotomous, cymose at top; corolla penta- 
gonal. 2%. G. Native of Mexico. Flowers small. Teeth 
of calyx acute. Berry small, globose, from red to violet. 
Allied to S. corymbòsum. Plant glabrous, erect, or procum- 
bent. 
Var. B, parvifolium (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 24.) 
leaves smaller, nearly sessile; racemes and pedicels shorter; 
corollas pale violet, not white, 2t. S. Native of Peru, between 
Caxamarca and Magdalena. 
Slender-flowered Nightshade. Pl. procumbent. 
33 S. Linxn ; leaves lanceolate, sub-sinuated, rather tomen- 
tose, green ; peduncles few-flowered ; calycine segments ovate, 
acute. kh. S. Native country unknown. S. oligánthum, 
Link, enum. l. p. 182, but not of Dun. Branches glabrous; 
petioles clothed with minute, stellate hairs. Leaves undulated, 
acute, with 1-3 deep recesses, beset with stellate hairs on both 
surfaces, which are most dense beneath.  Pedicels drooping; 
and are, as well as the calyxes, rather tomentose. Corolla 
semi-quinquefid, sub-plicate, white. 
