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cose, densely clothed with yellowish tomentum ail over; branches 
and calyxes prickly ; leaves solitary, oblong, bluntish, sinuately 
repand: superior ones obsoletely sinuated ; racemes opposite 
the leaves, usually 3-flowered. 5. G. Native of North Ame- 
rica, but the exact locality is unknown. Stem armed with sim- 
ple, scattered prickles. Racemes at the extremities of the 
branches. Calycine segments subulate. Corolla large ; lobes 
triangularly-lanceolate. 
Yellowish Nightshade. Shrub. 
$ 2. LEPRÓPHORIS arrinia. The plants contained in this divi- 
sion are very like those of the last. 
198 S. rurFura’ceum (R. Br. prod. p. 446.) stem shrubby ; 
prickles acerose ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, quite entire, fur- 
nished with a few prickles above, or unarmed, glabrous, smooth, 
but clothed with cinereous tomentum beneath ; umbels lateral, 
2-4-flowered, sessile ; calyx unarmed. p. S. Native of New 
Holland, within the tropic. Dun. sol. 182. syn. p. 26. 
Furfuraceous Nightshade. Shrub. 
199 S. parvirdtium (R. Br. l. c.) stem shrubby; prickles 
acerose ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, quite entire, flat, glabrous 
above, and furnished with a few prickles, but tomentose be- 
neath, and unarmed, as well as the calyxes ; umbels lateral, 2-4- 
flowered, sessile. .S. Native of New Holland, on the sea 
shore, within the tropic. 
Small-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
200 S. onsicurnA' TUM (Dun. syn. p. 27. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 
44. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 762.) stem prickly; prickles acerose, 
red ; leaves nearly orbicular, clothed with leprous tomentum on 
both surfaces, small; flowers twin or solitary, on short pedun- 
cles. bh. G. Native of New Holland. Branches greyish- 
yellow. Prickles long, tomentose at the base, one to each pe- 
tiole. Leaves somewhat petiolate, unarmed, cream-coloured 
below, and greenish-grey above. Peduncles and calyxes clothed 
with rusty tomentum. 
Orbicular-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
201 S. sTELLYGERUM (R. Br. prod. p. 445.) stem shrubby ; 
prickles few, acerose ; leaves entire, almost unarmed, lanceolate, 
glabrous above, smooth, grey and tomentose beneath; corymbs 
lateral, subumbellate, simple, nearly sessile; calyx unarmed. 
h. G. Native of New South Wales, about Port Jackson. 
Dun. sol. p. 201. syn. p. 27. Flowers pale blue. Fruit red. 
Tomentum stellate. 
Var. a; prickles of the stem much curved. h.G. Stem 
and branches tomentose. 
Berry globose, scarlet, 
57, t. 88. 
Var. B; prickles of the stem straight. h. S. Native of 
New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea shore. Dun. sol. 
ed. 2d. ined. t. 57.  Tomentum on the under sides of the 
cb rusty. Corolla villous outside, pale blue. Berry small, 
scarlet. 
ra patron Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub 
3 feet. 
202 S. piscétor (R. Br. prod. p. 445.) stem shrubby; 
prickles setaceous, straight ; leaves elliptic, subrepand, glabrous 
above, and tomentose beneath, cinereous, and are, as well as the 
calyxes, unarmed ; racemes lateral, many-flowered, undivided. 
5».S. Native of New Holland, on the sea shore, within the 
tropic. Dun. sol. 183. syn. p. 27. 
Two-coloured leaved-Nightshade. Shrub. 
203 S. piantHOrHorum (R. Br, l. c. but not of Lour.) nearly 
unarmed ; stem furnished with a very few acerose prickles, and 
Corolla pale purple. Stamens equal. 
S. stelligerum, Smith, exot. bot. 2. p. 
SOLANACEZ. 
I. SorANuM. 
sometimes there are no prickles; leaves oblong-ovate, entire, 
tomentose, unarmed; peduncles lateral, 2-flowered or twin; 
calyx 5-cleft, acuminated. h. S. Native of New Holland, 
within the tropie, on the sea shore. Dun. sol. 183. syn. p. 27. 
Branches clothed with rusty-yellow, stellate tomentum, as well 
as the under sides of leaves. Leaves often twin, dark green 
above. Calyx woolly, longer than the corolla; anthers viola- 
ceous. 
Pink-bearing Nightshade. Shrub. 
204 S. exxipticum (R. Br. l. c.) stem shrubby; prickles 
straight, tomentose at the base; leaves oblong-oval, obiuse, 
entire, tomentose on both surfaces, and are, as well as the 
calyxes, prickly ; peduncles usually 3-flowered. h.S. Native 
of New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea shore. 
Elliptic-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
205 S. nónnrpuM (Dun. syn. p. 28. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 46.) 
stem terete, pilose, prickly; leaves on long petioles, ovate- 
oblong, entire, villous on both surfaces, and prickly, as well 
as the peduncles, which are 1-flowered. 5. G. Native of New 
Holland. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 763. The whole plant is clothed 
with stellate hairs. Leaves greyish-green above, and cream- 
coloured beneath. Segments of corolla acute. Berry globose, 
size of a large cherry. 
Horrid Nightshade. Shrub. 
206 S. ecuina'rum (R. Br. prod. p. 447.) stem erect; 
prickles setaceous, straight, acerose ; leaves ovate-oblong, entire, 
unarmed, tomentose on both surfaces; racemes opposite the 
leaves, simple; berry somewhat 4-celled, inclosed in the echi- 
nated calyx. kh. S. Native of New Holland, on the sea 
shore, within the tropic. 
Echinated-calyxed Nightshade. Shrub. 
207 S. Ropscniepu (Meyer. prim. esseq. p. 111.) stem shrub- 
by ; leaves oblong, sinuated or entire, subcordate at the base, or 
attenuated, tomentose beneath, and prickly; racemes lateral; 
calyxes mutic. 5.S. Native about the Essequibo, on the Ame- 
rican continent. The whole plant, except the adult branches 
and genitals, is beset with elegant stellate hairs. Branches, 
petioles, and leaves prickly; prickles solitary, compressed, yel- 
low : rameal ones curved, the rest straight. Calycine segments 
short, bluntish. Corolla like that of S. mammósum, violaceous, 
clothed with tomentum outside, as well as the calyx. Berry 
size of a cherry. 
Rodschiede’s Nightshade. Shrub. 
§ 3. Pznsica'Rug (so named from the leaves of most of the 
species resembling those of Persica, or the peach.) Dun. sol. 
183. Leaves entire or repand, narrow, oblong-lanceolate. 
Racemes simple, elongated, extra-foliaceous ; pedicels secund, 
erect in the flowering state, but drooping in the fruit-bearing 
state. Corollas 5-parted. 
208 S. nAcEMOsUM (Jacq. amer. p. 50. t. 36. ed. pict. t. 50. 
Lin. mant. 47.) stem unarmed, shrubby ; leaves lanceolate, re- 
ES undulated, acute; corollas 5-parted. h.S. Native of 
lartinico, on the declivities of mountains, Jacquin ; Surinam, 
Lin. Leaves shining, petiolate. Racemes length of leaves. 
Corolla white; segments deep, oblong-lanceolate. Berry red, 
size of a small pea. 
Racemose-flowered Nightshade. 
Shrub 8 to 4 feet. 
209 S. renrum (Lin. spec. p. 270.) stem shrubby; leaves 
lanceolate, acuminated, revolute on both sides at the base; co- 
rollas 5-parted. +S. Native of the Caribbee Islands, and 
Guiana. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 14. Aubl. guian. 1. p. 207. exclu- 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1781; 
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