SOLANACE#. 
‘ers solitary. Calyx and corolla 6-cleft. Berry spheroid, 6-lobed, 
large, edible. Perhaps a proper species. 
ar. y, aculeàtum (Dun. sol. p. 148.) ©. H. Native of 
Europe, in gardens. Stem prickly. Leaves rather tomentose 
beneath; umbels axillary. Calyx unarmed. S. integrifolium, 
Lam. dict. 4. p. 301. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 740. Mala ZEthiópica, 
Ray. hist. 673.—Dod. pempt. p. 459. icon. S. pomiferum 
herbariórum, Lob. icon. 264.— Mor. hist. sect. 3. p. 525. sect. 
13. t. 2,—Plukn. phyt. t. 226. f. 4. — Lycopérsicum fructu 
striato duro, Tourn. inst. p. 150. Perhaps a species. Ber- 
ries small, yellow, size of peas. 
Aithiopian Nightshade. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1597. Pl. 4 
to 1 foot. 
53 S. Zuccacnia‘num (Dun. sol. p. 149. t. 11. syn. p. 11.) 
stem sub-herbaceous ; leaves ovate, angularly repand, glabrous, 
unequal at the base; peduncles usually 1-flowered, drooping ; 
berries nearly globose. 2/. H. Native country unknown, but 
cultivated in the gardens of Florence and Montpelier. S. 
scabrum, Zuccag. cent. no. 50, but not of Vahl. or Jacq. Plant 
green, beset with minute crystalline warts when examined by a 
lens. Corolla 5-parted, white, with acute segments. Berry 
cherry shaped, round, sub-umbilicate, mucronate, red when ripe. 
Peduncles solitary, or twin, 1 rarely 2-flowered. Habit of 
S. ZEthiópicum, from which it differs in the leaves being minutely 
warted, in the berries being much smaller, smooth, or deeply 
furrowed. It also comes near to S. racemiflórum. 
Zuccagnis Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1823. Pl. 2 
feet. 
54 S. rrieverrum (Cav. icon. 3. p. 30. t. 259. descr. p. 110.) 
stem frutescent, triquetrous ; leaves cordate-deltoid, acumi- 
nated, glabrous; umbels opposite the leaves, pedunculate. h. 
S. Native of New Spain. Dun. sol. 147. syn. p. 11. Stems 
slender, sometimes erect, and sometimes trailing, triquetrous in 
the young state. Peduncles very short; pedicels 3-4 umbel- 
late, drooping. Corollas small, white, somewhat 5-parted, with 
linear curled segments. Berry nutant, globose, red, size of 
a pea. 
Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
55 S. microca’rpum (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 40.) stem shrubby ; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, somewhat: repand ; racemes lateral. 
h.G. Native of Egypt. Dun. sol. p. 149. t. 10. S. pseüdo- 
cápsicum, var. microcárpum, Pers. ench. 1, p. 224. S. diphyl- 
lum, Forsk. pl. cat. egypt. p. 65. no. 184. Leaves 3-4 inches 
long, green, glabrous. Racemes extra-axilary, 1 inch long. 
Flowers sub-cymose. Corolla white, 5-parted, pilose outside. 
Berries smooth, red, size of pepper berries. 
Small-fruited Nightshade. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
56 S. rsEv'po-cA'PsicuM (Lin. spec. p. 263.) stem shrubby ; 
leaves lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, sub-repand ; peduncles 
generally 1-flowered, extra-foliaceous. h.G. Native of Ma- 
deira ; and in gardens almost every where. Dun. sol. 150. 
syn. p. 11. Pseüdo-cápsicum undulatifolium, Moench. meth. 
p. 477.—Sabb. hort. rom. p. 12. t. 59. S. fruticósum baccife- 
rum, Tourn. inst. 149, Mor. hist. 2. p. 526. S. arboréscens, 
Casalp. p. 215. — Strychnodéndros, Bauh. hist. 3. p. 614. 
Besl. hort. eyst. p. 317. t. 316. Pseüdo-cápsicum, Dod. pempt. 
718. icon. S. Americànum, Dalech. lugd. p. 599. icone. In 
Spain the fruit is called Guindas de las Indias; in France 
Morelle cerisette, petit ceresier d' hiver, Amome des Jardiniers ; 
in England Winter Cherries, or Tree Nightshade. Plant gla- 
brous. Corolla small, white, 5-parted. Berry globose, red, or 
scarlet, size of a cherry. 
Var. B, liteum ; berries yellow, ex Poir. encycl. 4. p. 281. 
False-Capsicum, or Tree Nightshade. FI. June, Sept. Clt. 
1596. Shrub 8 to 4 feet. 
d Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
I. Soranum. 411 
57 S. pseu'po-quina (St. Hil. pl. usuell. bras. t. 21.) stem 
arboreous, unarmed; leaves lanceolate-oblong, narrow, acute, 
quite entire, glabrous above, but with fascicles of villi in the 
axils of the nerves beneath; racemes extra-axillary, short, 
bearing 1, or few-fruit; calyx glabrous. h. G. Native of Bra- 
zil, in the district of Curitiba in St. Paul, without the tropic. 
The bark is very bitter, and the inhabitants use it with great 
success in the cure of fevers, and for that reason is called 
by them Quina, from considering it the same as the Quina 
of Peru. 
False-quina Nightshade. Shrub. 
§ 4. Monz'rr4 (Morelle is the generic name of Solanum in 
French; and is from the Celtic word mor, black. In old 
French mor is the root of many names, expressing dark or black 
things.) Stem herbaceous, or sub-herbaceous. Leaves acumi- 
nated at both ends. Racemes short, panicled, intra-foliaceous ; 
pedicels subumbellate, or panicled, drooping. Flowers small, 
white, or pale violet. Berries small, globose. 
58 S. nopirLorum (Jacq. coll. 2. p. 288. icon. rar. 2. t. 326.) 
stem suffruticose; branches terete, and are, as well as the 
leaves, glabrous; leaves ovate, quite entire; flowers sub-um- 
bellate. h. S. Native of India, Lin. ; Guiana, Aubl.; Bra- 
zil, Piso; Mauritius, Jacq. &c. Dun. sol. 151. S. strictum, 
Zucc. cent. 1. p. 49. S. nigrum, f), pátulum, Lin. spec. p. 267. 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 1035. Branches thickened at the nodi. Leaves 
half a foot long. Calycine segments oblong, obtuse. Corollas 
white, with a yellow base; segments lanceolate, acute. Berry 
small, black. 
Knot-flowered Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PI. 
10 feet. 
59 S. DzsvA'uxi (Hamilt. prod. p. 26.) stem about 2 feet 
high, erect ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, or sub-repand ; 
berries small, globose, black. ©. H. Native of the Island of 
Nevis. S. nodiflórum, Desv. herb. Stem herbaceous. 
Desvaux's Nightshade. Pl. 2 foot. 
60 S. Dirre win (Schultes, cestr. fl. ed. 2d. 1. p. 393. Roem. 
et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 586.) stem and branches terete, gla- 
brous; leaves ovate, spreading horizontally, glabrous; pedun- 
cles filiform; fructiferous cymes erectly spreading. ©. H. 
Native of Hungary, in the woods of Matra, Kitaibel. S. 
nigrum, f£, pátulum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1035. Roth, catalect. 2. 
p. 23.—Dill. elth. 367. t. 275. f. 355. Nearly allied to S. 
patulum, Ruiz. et Pav. Flowers white, much smaller than 
those of S, nigrum. Berry marked with small white dots before 
maturity. 
Dillenius’s Nightshade. 
2 feet. à 
61 S. microsre’rmum (Dun. syn. p. 12. sol. ed. 2d. t. 93. 
ined.) stem terete, herbaceous, glabrous; leaves solitary, or 
twin ovate, subcordate, entire, glabrous, shining ; racemes sub- 
umbellate, ©. H. Native country unknown. 
Small-seeded Nightshade. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
62 S. Guinze’Nse (Lam. ill. no. 2339. Mill. dict.) stem 
herbaceous ; branches glabrous, angularly-toothed ; leaves 
ovate, glabrous, quite entire; flowers numerous, somewhat 
umbellate. ©. H. Native of Guinea. Dun. sol. p. 152. 
syn. p. 12. S. nigrum, 6, Guineénse, Lin. spec. p. 266 Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 1035.—Dill. elth. 360. t. 274. f. 354.—Boerh. 
lugdb. 2. p. 68. Bross. icon. t. 13. S. Memphíticum, Mart. 
mss. Nearly allied to S. nigrum. Angles of the stem toothed. 
Corolla whitish, or pale violet. Berry globose, size of a small 
cherry, black and shining at maturity. 
Guinea Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Pl. 1} to 
3 feet. 
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Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1818. PI. 
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