SOLANACEE. 
sive of the syn. of Plum.— Burm. amer. 241. t. 245. f. 1.— 
Sloane, jam. 1. p. 38. t. 11. f. 3.—Plukn. alm. 350. phyt. t. 
295. f. 5. Solanum fruticósum, lauri foliis, aculeàtum, Plum. 
cat. p. 4. Tourn. inst. p. 149. Shrub sometimes prickly, and 
sometimes unarmed. Leaves clothed with stellate villi on both 
surfaces, but most so beneath. Prickles long, of a reddish, 
fiery colour, subulate, straight. Corolla white or purplish ; with 
long, narrow, reflexed segments. Berry red, size of a cherry, ex 
Poir ; yellowish, size of a pea, ex Jacq. 
Var. B, parvifolium (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 23.) 5 .S. Native 
of the Island of Santa Cruz. This differs from the species in 
habit; in the stem and branches being more slender; in the 
leaves being much smaller, less acuminated ; and in the prickles 
being 2 or 3 times longer. 
Fiery-spined Nightshade. 
Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
210 S. susarma‘tum (Willd. enum. p. 240.) stem shrubby, 
rather prickly; leaves lanceolate, downy beneath, quite entire, 
having the margins revolute at the base; racemes simple. h. 
S. Native country unknown. Dun. sol. p. 185. syn. p. 28. 
Down stellate. Leaves glabrous above, having the midrib 
sometimes furnished with one prickle beneath. Corolla white, 
with lanceolate segments. ‘This plant is sometimes to be found 
in the gardens under the name of S. Bahaménse. According to 
Poiret it is perhaps a mere variety of S. igneum. 
Half-armed Nightshade. Fl. May, June. Cilt. 1820. Shrub 
5 to 7 feet. 
211 S. rznsticrórruM (Dun. sol. p. 185. syn. p. 28.) stem 
shrubby ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrow; racemes simple; 
corollas 5-cleft. h. S. Native of the Caribbee Islands.— 
Burm. amer. p. 240. t, 244.— Plum. cat. 4. Stem scabrous, 
unarmed, Leaves prickly on the middle nerve beneath. Calyx 
unarmed. Berry globose, drooping. This species differs from 
S. igneum in the leaves being narrower. 
Peach-leaved Nightshade. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
212 S. BanaME'wsE (Lin. spec. ed. Ist. p. 188. ed. 2d. p. 
270.) stem shrubby ; leaves lanceolate, repand or sinuated, ob- 
tuse, with reflexed margins; corollas 5-parted. h.G. Native 
of Providence, one of the Bahamas. Dun. sol. p. 186. syn. p. 
28. S. fruticósum, Mill. dict. no. 18.—Sloan. hist. p. 236. t. 
145.—Dill. elth. 263. t. 271. f. 250. Stem and leaves prickly. 
Leaves villous. Prickles brownish, straight. Corolla bluish- 
purple, with narrow, reflexed segments. Berry sizeof a pea, 
yellowish. Said to be nearly allied to S. polyacánthum ; but the 
leaves are broader, and the flowers racemose, not solitary, &c. 
Bahama Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1732. Shrub 5 
to 6 feet. 
218 S. GRACILIFLÒRUM (Dun. syn. p. 29. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 
47.) branches smoothish, prickly ; prickles straightish ; leaves 
ovate-oblong, unequal at the base, sinuated, prickly on both sur- 
faces, rather pilose ; pili very minute, stellate, distant ; racemes 
short, cymosely umbellate. h.S. Native of Java. Prickles 
yellowish, rather villous at top. Pedicels and flowers slender. 
Calyx small, 5-toothed. 
Slender-flowered Nightshade. Shrub. 
214 S. Dunazia‘num (Gaud. in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 448. 
t. 58.) shrubby ; leaves elliptic, acute, running into the petioles 
at the base, quite entire, glabrous, spiny on the middle nerve 
beneath, as well as on the branches and petioles; flowers 
corymbose, tetrandrous ; calyx glabrous, with ovate, acute 
lobes; corolla clothed with powdery tomentum outside, with 
ovate-lanceolate segments; berries globose. h. S. Native 
of the Moluccas. 
Dunal’s Nightshade. Shrub. 
215 S. moxie (Dun. syn. p. 28. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 120. H. 
B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 40.) stem suffruticose, prickly ; 
VOL. Iv. 
Fl. March, Nov. Clt. 1714. 
I. Soranum. 495 
branches unarmed, clothed with hoary tomentum, as well as 
the under surfaces of the leaves, but the upper surfaces of the 
leaves are clothed with canescent down, they are oblong, acumi- 
nated, sinuated, prickly on the nerve beneath; racemes almost 
opposite the leaves, subdichotomous, and are, as well as the ca- 
lyxes, unarmed. S. Native of the province of Caraccas, 
near St. Geronimo del Pyrital, on the banks of the river Gua- 
rico. Prickles straight, yellowish. Down stellate. Corolla 
white, clothed with hoary tomentum outside. Berry round, va- 
riegated with white and green, ex Bonpl. 
Soft Nightshade. FI. June, Sept. Clt. 1818. 
5 feet. 
Shrub 4 to 
§ 4. Pory’cama (from rove, polys, many ; and yapoc, gamos, 
a marriage ; in reference to the greater number of male flowers 
than of hermaphrodite ones.) Flowers small: hermaphrodite 
ones solitary, on short peduncles: male ones racemose. Leaves 
entire, or repand. 
216 S. ronyaca' NTHUM (Lam. ill. no. 2377. Poir. dict. 4. 
p. 304.) very prickly ; prickles acicular ; leaves linear-lanceo- 
Jate, nearly sessile, obtuse, villous on both surfaces; peduncles 
axillary, 1-flowered. h.S. Native of the Island of Domi- 
nica. Vahl, eclog. 1. p. 24. Dun. sol. p. 186. syn. p. 29. 
S. parviflórum, Cav. icon. 3. p. 19. t. 236.—Burm. amer. 
218. t. 224. f. 1. exclusive of the syn. of Lin. and Dill.—Plum. 
mss. 5. p. 51. ex Burm. l.c. Villi stellate, yellowish. Prickles 
straight, yellowish-brown at top. Corollas small, white; seg- 
ments linear, villous outside. Berry globose, glabrous, shining, 
size of a coriander seed. 
Many-spined Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1821. Shrub 
3 to 4 feet. 
217 S. MICROPHY'LLUM (Dun. sol. p. 187. syn. p. 29.) stem 
branched ; leaves small, ovate, entire, rather tomentose; flow- 
ers quadrifid, tetrandrous.  &. S. Native of the Caribbee Is- 
lands. Aquártia microphylla, Lam. ill. no. 1604. t. 82. f. 2. 
Poir. suppl. 1. p. 410. Habit of S. lycioides. Prickles acicu- 
lar, sometimes solitary, and sometimes twin at the base of 
the branches, or infrafoliaceous. Leaves size of those of wild 
thyme, or hardly larger, acute or obtuse. Peduncles extra- 
foliaceous, very short, solitary or twin. Segments of corolla 
linear. 
Small-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
218 S. Aqua’rt1a (Dun. sol. 187. syn. p. 29.) stem branch- 
ed, prickly ; leaves subovate, obtuse, entire, tomentose ; flowers 
4-cleft, tetrandrous. h.S. Native of St. Domingo, at Bay- 
aba, on rocks by the sea side. Aquártia tomentósa, Lam. ill. no. 
1603. t. 62. f. 1. Poir. dict. 1. p. 217. Aquártia aculeàta, Jacq. 
amer. t. 15. Branches armed with short, subulate prickles, but 
almost unarmed in the young state. Peduncles lateral, 1-flow- 
ered, very short. Calyx tomentose; segments unequal. Co- 
rolla white, tomentose outside ; segments linear, bluntish, Berry 
globose, yellow, shining, size of a small pea. 
Aquart’s Nightshade. Fl.? Clit. 1819. Shrub 4 feet. 
219 S. croronoiprs (Lam. ill. no. 2383. Poir. dict. 4. p. 
306.) stem shrubby ; leaves discoloured, elliptic-lanceolate, gla- 
brous above, and tomentose beneath, unarmed ; racemes short ; 
flowers quadrifid, tetrandrous. Y. S. Native of the Caribbee 
Islands. Dun. sol. p. 188. t. 13. syn. p. 29. Branches tomen- 
tose, rusty at top. Prickles acicular, few, straight. Peduncles 
lateral, clothed with rusty tomentum, forked and cymose at top. 
Segments of corolla linear. 
Croton-like Nightshade. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
220 S. nETIcULA'ruM (Dun. syn. p. 29. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 
48.) branches tomentose at top, powdery ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, unequal, quite glabrous and reticulated above, nerved be- 
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