420 SOLANACEFE. 
leaves clothed with cream-coloured tomentum ; upper surfaces 
of leaves green, but beset with stellate hairs; leaves twin, 
unequal in size, obovate, obtuse: the larger one ovate, acumi- 
nated, rounded at the base, 21 inches long; cymes terminal and 
lateral, pedunculate, many-flowered ; calyx suburceolate, 5- 
toothed: teeth rounded; berry globose. k. G. Native of 
Mexico, at Jalapa. Flowers hardly larger than those of S. 
nigrum. 
Twin-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
§ 4. Racemes terminal. 
152 S. preréropum (Dun. syn. p. 14. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 
94. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 26.) stem herbace- 
ous, winged ; leaves twin, sessile, decurrent, elliptic-oblong, 
sub-acuminated, very narrow at the base, undulately repand, 
smoothish above, but clothed with fine powdery down beneath ; 
corymbs opposite the leaves, dichotomous ; peduncles winged. 
u.?S. Native of South America, near the city of Quito, at the 
altitude of 1500 hexapods. Leaves 8-10 inches long, and 34 
broad. Peduncles many-flowered, one-half shorter than the 
leaves ; branches and pedicels clothed with powdery down. 
Calycine lobes truncate, mucronate. Corolla white, with oblong 
acute segments. Ovarium glabrous, nearly globose. Said to 
be nearly allied to S. séssile. 
Wing-peduncled Nightshade. Pl. 2 to 3 feet ? 
153 S. optoneiroLium (Dun. syn. p. 14. sol. ed. 2d. t. 95. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 27.) herbaceous ; leaves 
twin, elliptic-oblong, acute, narrowed at the base, almost quite 
entire, glabrous, downy on the veins beneath; racemes nearly 
terminal, bifid. 2/. S. Native of New Granada, on the Andes 
of Quindiu. Branches terete, glabrous. One of the leaves 
one-half smaller than the other, green above; larger ones 6-7 
inches long, and 23 to 3 inches broad: the smaller ones nearly 
orbicular. Pedicels thickened under the top, and are, as well 
as the branches, villous. Calycine segments obtuse. Corolla 
white, glabrous; with ovate, obtuse segments. 
Oblong-leaved Nightshade. Pl.? 
154 S. rv'rcurum (Dun. syn. p. 15. sol. ed. 2. ined. t. 35.) 
stem shrubby; branches rugose ; leaves oblong-ovate, ending 
in the petioles; racemes large, terminal, sub-dichotomous. R. 
S. Native of Brazil. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 750. Branches 
terete, glabrous. Leaves usually twin, acute, or obtuse, rather 
downy beneath. Pedicels cymose. Segments of corolla lance- 
olate, acute. Berry globose. - Nearly allied to S. crispum, but 
the leaves are less cordate, and the racemes are larger. 
Fair Nightshade. Shrub. 
Suzsrcr. 4. Branches spinescent. Leaves solitary, entire. Pe- 
duncles axillary, filiform, 1-flowered, solitary, or aggregate. 
Calyx 5-toothed, or 5-cleft. Stamens unequal. Seeds bony. 
155 S. tyciorpes (Lin. mant. 45. Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 46.) 
shrubby; branches spinescent, numerous; leaves elliptic, or 
oblong, obtuse, cuneated at the base, or acute at both ends, 
glabrous, or hairy; peduncles extra-axillary, solitary, 1-flow- 
ered. b. S. Native of Peru. Dun. sol. p. 172. syn. p. 22. 
Branches terete, glabrous; branchlets angular, hairy. Leaves 
7-8 lines long. Pedicels solitary. Calyx urceolate, truncate, 
5-toothed ; teeth linear, subulate, remote. Corolla pale violet ; 
limb angularly 5-lobed; throat yellow. — Anthers yellow, a 
little arched. Berry globose, glabrous, red, size of a pea. 
Var. B; leaves hairy. h. S. S. lycioides, var. 6, Dun. 
syn. p. 23. H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. 
I. Sozranum. 
Lycium-like Nightshade. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1791. Shrub 
3 to 4 feet. 
156 S. canprcans (Dun. syn. p. 23.) shrubby ; branches 
spinescent ; leaves obovate-cuneiform, obtuse, clothed with 
white tomentum beneath, but scabrous above; peduncles fili- 
form, 1-flowered, solitary. ? 5. S. Native of Peru, on argil- 
laceous rocks of Huanuco and Tarma. $S.lycioides, Ruiz. et 
Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 41. t. 177. f. 6, exclusive of the synonymes, 
but not of Lin. S. lycioides * tomentósum, Dun. sol. p. 174. 
Stem much branched; branches ending in floriferous leafy 
spines. Calycine segments appendiculate. Corolla blue, with 
a yellowish bottom. Anthers free. Berry globose, of a red- 
dish copper colour. 
Whitish-leaved Nightshade. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 
Sussecr. V. Horocra'NA (from óXoc, holos, entire; and 
Xava, chlaina, an outer cloak; in reference to the entire calyx.) 
Leaves quite entire, solitary, or twin. Calyx truncate, entire. 
Flomers twin, or fascicled at the sides of the leaves. 
157 S. sicemina‘tum (Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 42.) stem 
suffruticose ; lower leaves solitary : superior ones twin, densely 
clothed with bristles above, elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both 
ends, unequal in size; flowers usually twin at the sides of the 
leaves ; calyx quite entire, smooth ; peduncles erect while bear- 
ing the fruit. k. S. Native of Travancore. S. flexuósum, 
and S. angulósum, Herb. madr. Fruit size of a pea, seated on 
an erect, thick peduncle. 
Twice-twin-flowered Nightshade. Shrub. 
158 S. Nezsra‘num (Wall. cat. suppl. 248. Nees in Lin. 
trans. 17. p. 42.) stem suffruticose ; branches tetragonal, rough- 
ish towards the summit; lower leaves solitary ; superior ones 
twin, scabrous above from rough dots, oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minated at both ends, unequal in size; flowers fascicled at the 
sides of the leaves; calyx quite entire, smooth; peduncles 
spreading in the fruit-bearing state. b. S. Native of the 
mountains of Silhet. Corolla white, glabrous ; segments lance- 
olate. Berry round, smaller than a pea. 
Nees’s Nightshade. Shrub. 
159 S. Brv'un (Nees in Blum. bijdr. 696, in Lin. trans. 17. 
p. 45.) leaves twin, of two forms, smaller one ovate, clothed 
with dense bristles on the upper surface; stem violacéous; 
flowers many in a fascicle. b. S. Native of Java. Calyx 
quite entire. 
Blume’s Nightshade. Shrub. 
160 S. parasi’ticum (Blum. bijdr. p. 697.) stem nodose ; 
leaves all solitary, glabrous; calyx entire. b. S. Native 
of Java. 
Parasitical Nightshade. Shrub. 
* 
Sussxcr. VI. Pory'wrnis (from rove, polys, many; and peptic, 
meris, a part; the divisions of the calyx are numerous.) 
Leaves quite entire, solitary, or twin. Calyx 10-toothed, or 10- 
cleft. Peduncles 1-flowered, axillary, or interfoliaceous. 
§ 1. Leaves twin. Corolla plicate, 5-angled. Stamens sometimes 
unequal, 
161 S. unirLorum (Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 42.) 
stem dichotomous ; branches glabrous, rough from dots ; leaves 
usually twin, ovate, bluntish, glabrous, and shining above, but 
clothed with leprous tomentum beneath; peduncles solitary. 
b.S. Native of St. Domingo. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 757. $. 
dichótomum, Richard. Shrub elegant; branches brown, angu- 
