SOLANACEE. 
herbaceous, and is, as well as the branches, angular and toothed ; 
leaves subovate, sinuately angular ; flowers subumbellate. ©. 
H. Native of South America, in various places; and of New 
Holland. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 25. S. nigrum, 
var. e, Virginicum, Lin. spec. 266. Aubl. guian. 1. p. 215. 
Swartz, obs. p. 83. R. Br. prod. p. 445. S. scàbrum, Mill. 
dict. no. 6, but not of Vahl. nor Jacq. S. alatum, Moench. 
meth. p. 474.—Dill. elth. p. 367. t. 275. f. 256. Branches 
puberulous; angles somewhat ciliated, rather prickly at the base 
of the cilia. Leaves glabrous. Calyx downy. Corolla white, ex 
H. B. et Kunth, l.c. pale violet at first, at length pale, ex 
Dun. Berries round, black at maturity, size of peas. Anthers 
yellow. k 
Wing-stemmed Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.? Pl. 1 
to 2 feet. 
70 S. Jupa‘icum (Schultes, estr. fl. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 398. 
Bess. fl. gall. p. 183. no. 278. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
589.) stem herbaceous, almost unarmed; branches angular, 
muricated ; prickles incurved ; leaves ovate, sinuately-angular ; 
corymbs distich, nutant. ©. H. Native of Austria and Gali- 
cia, &c. by way-sides. S. nigrum, à, Judàicum, Willd. spec. 1. 
p.1035. S. nigrum Virginicum, 3, Judaicum, Pers. syn. 1. p. 
224. Stem nearly terete. Leaves almost glabrous. Corollas 
white. Anthers distinct, yellow, connivent. Pedicels deflexed. 
Berries black. | 
Jenish Nightshade. Pl. 1 to 
2 feet. 
71 S. surrruticdsum (Schousb. ex Willd. enum. p. 236. 
Dun. sol p. 154. syn. p. 13.) stem unarmed, suffruticose ; 
leaves ovate, dentately angular, nearly glabrous, ciliated; flow- 
ers sub-panicled, ex Dun. ; umbels extra-foliaceous, pedun- 
culate, ex Willd. h. H. Native of Barbary. Branches 2- 
edged, or quadrangularly-winged from the decurrence of the 
petioles ; angles toothed. Leaves large, glaucous, covered 
with soft hairs above while young. Flowers white. Berries 
black, Very like S. nigrum, but the stem is shrubby, the leaves 
larger, and the flowers more numerous, &c.; it also differs 
from S. quadrangulàre, in the leaves being always dentately 
angular, and in the flowers being white, not violaceous. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. 
Suffruticose Nightshade. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1804. Shrub 
4 feet. 
72 S. quApRANGULA'RE (Thunb. prod. 36. Lin. suppl. p. 
147.) stem shrubby, tetragonal; leaves ovate, entire, and angu- 
lar; flowers panicled. ^5. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. This species is readily recognized by its tetragonal, 
hairy, scabrous stem ; angles curled. Branches scabrous. 
Leaves glabrous. Flowers terminal, bluish. 
Var. È; leaves lanceolate, entire. 
Quadrangular-stemmed Nightshade. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
73 S. rrtancuta RE (Lam. ill. no. 2342.) stem herbaceous, 
trigonal ; leaves oblong-ovate, quite entire, naked; flowers 
panicled. ©. H. Native of the East Indies. Poir. encycl. 
4. p. 290, exclusive of the synonyme of Rumph. S. quadran- 
kia var. triangulàre, Pers. ench. 1, p. 225. Stem trigonal, 
not winged. Leaves soft, acute. Corolla small, pale violet, 
with reflexed segments. Berries size of peas, greenish. 
Triangular-stemmed Nightshade, Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. 
Pl. 13 to 2 feet. 
74 S. BRACTEA TUM (Thunb. in act. gorensk. 1812. fl. cap. 2. 
p. 57.) stem unarmed, shrubby, tetragonal; leaves ovate, ser- 
rated; racemes leafy. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Stem stiff, glabrous; angles curled. Leaves glabrous. 
Bracteas similar to the leaves, convolute, serrulated. Calyxes 
acute. Berries black. It differs from S. quadrangulàre in the 
calyx, inflorescence, and leaves. 
Bracteate Nightshade. Shrub. 
I. Soranum. 413 
75 S. nv'uitE (Bernh. ex Willd. enum. p. 236. Dun. sol. 
p. 156.) stem herbaceous; branches rather angular, toothed, 
downy ; leaves ovate, sub-repand : superior ones almost entire ; 
flowers subumbellate. ©. H. Native of the South of Europe. 
S. officinàrum acinis e luteo-virescentibus, Tourn. inst. p. 148. 
Stems prostrate. Leaves rather downy, with a few teeth. 
Alternate pedicels drooping. Corolla small, white. Berry 
nearly globose, size of a pea, green, or yellowish green, smaller 
than in S. nigrum. 
Humble Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt, 1823. Pl. pros. 
76 S. rra‘vum (Kit. in Schulies, austr. ed. 2d. vol. 1. no. 
871.) stem herbaceous ; branches angular, toothed, clothed with 
strigose down ; leaves ovate-oblong, angularly-sinuated, rather 
hairy ; flowers subumbellate. ©.H. Native of the South of 
Hungary, and of France, about Andegaveny. S. ochroleücum, 
Dun. syn. p. 14, Bast. in Desv. journ. bot. 3. 1814. p. 20. 
D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 418. Dun. sol. ed. 2d. ined. Nearly 
allied to S. vidlasum, but the leaves are narrower, and more 
sinuately-toothed ; the corollas are cream-coloured ; the umbels 
fewer-flowered. Berries yellowish, at length dark brown. 
Yellon-fruited Nightshade. FI. June, July. Clt. 1817. Pl. 
2 feet. 
77 S. virtosum (Lam. ill. no. 2338. Dun. sol. 157. syn. p. 
14.) stem herbaceous, villous ; leaves ovate, angularly-toothed, 
villous; flowers subumbellate. ©. H. Native of Europe, 
in cultivated and waste places. Willd. enum. 1. p. 236. S. 
lüteum, Gmel. fl. bad. 1. p. 521. Mill. dict. no. 3. S. nigrum, 
y, villosum, Lin. spec. 266. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1035. Bieb. 
fl. cauc. 1. p. 165. S. nigrum villósum moschatum, Pers. 
ench. 1. p. 224. S. Agyptiacum, Forsk. descr. p. 46.— 
Hall. helv. no. 576.—Sabb. hort. rom. 2. p. 12. t. 61.— Dill. 
elth. 366. t. 274. f. 353. S. officinarum acigis luteis, Tourn. 
inst. p. 148. The whole plant is canescent from soft hairs. Ber- 
ries at first green, but of a dirty copper colour, or almost red 
at maturity, nearly globose. Corollas white, larger than those 
of S. nigrum, to which it is nearly allied. 
Villous Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. 
3 feet. 
78 S. uirsu‘tum (Dun. sol. p. 158. syn. p. 14.) stem and 
branches terete, hairy ; leaves quite entire, hairy ; flowers sub- 
umbellate. ©. H. Native of Egypt, in gardens. S. nigrum, 
2, hirsütum, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 40. S. /Egyptiacum, b. Forsk. 
fl. egypt. p. 46. S. Memphíticum, Gmel. syst. p. 385. S. 
nigrum hirsütum, Forsk. descr. p. 46. Enab eddib. i. e. 
Fox grape in Arabic. Umbels nutant. Berries edible. This 
species differs from S. villósum in the berries being black, and 
the leaves quite entire. 
Hairy Nightshade. 
2 feet. Pa 
79 S. Krrarze‘t1 (Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 395.) 
stem herbaceous, and is, as well as the leaves, clothed with 
tomentose pubescence; corymbs few-flowered. ©. H. Na- 
tive of Hungary, Kitaibel, S. incànum, Kit. mss. This spe- 
cies differs from S. hirsütum, in the leaves being hardly an inch 
long, and sinuated only at the base. Berries fuscescent, 4-5 
together. 
Kitaibel's Nightshade. 
foot. 
80 S. BzssE' Rr. (Weinm. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
593.) stem herbaceous, rather angular; leaves ovate, acumi- 
nated, quite entire, downy ; racemes subumbellate, extra-folia- 
ceous, pendulous. ©. H. Native of America. Leaves 5-6 
inches long. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla white or bluish, with 
reflexed segments. Berries size and colour of those of S. 
nigrum. 
Besser's Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 foot. 
Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 to 
Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1 to 
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