SOLANACES. 
furnished with scattered prickles on both surfaces; racemes 
sessile, cymose; segments of corolla sub-lanceolate. h. S. 
Native of Guiana. Richard. act. soc. par. ex Poir. suppl. 3. p. 
764. S. Juripéba posterior, Pis. bras. book 4. chapt. 41.? 
Prickles of the stem large, recurved. Leaves usually twin. 
Peduncles, pedicels, calyxes, and outside of corollas clothed 
with stellate tomentum, like the under surfaces of the leaves. 
Root poisonous. 
Poisonous Nightshade. Shrub. 
232 S. cuNEIròLIUM (Dun. sol. p. 193. t. 22. syn. p. 31.) 
stem shrubby; leaves twin, long-cuneated, sinuately angular 
above; angles acute, but sometimes the leaves are nearly entire, 
with obtuse angles; racemes short. h. S. Native of Cayenne. 
S. cróceum, Dun. sol. 241. S. dübium, Dun. sol. p. 240. S. 
Jamaicénse, Mill. dict. no. 71.—Sloan. hist. p. 236. t. 144. f. 8. 
—Plukn. phyt. t. 226. The whole plant clothed with rusty 
stellate tomentum. Branches and base of midrib of leaves 
prickly ; prickles strong, reflexed, tomentose at the base. Leaves 
unequal : largest ones 4-5 inches long, and the smaller ones 2-3 
inches long. Pedicels longer than the peduncle, slender. Flow- 
ers small. Calycine segments long, subulate, prickly. Corolla 
white, 5-cleft. Berry globose, reddish yellow. 
Wedge-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 
3 to 4 feet. 
233 S. HETERÓTRICHUM (Dun. sol. p. 192. t. 20. syn. p. 31.) 
stem tomentose ; leaves twin, sessile, ovate, rather angular, 
tomentose from stellate pili; nerves bullate, beset with simple 
hairs. h.S. Native of tropical America. Branches clothed 
with long yellowish hairs, which are stellate at top. Prickles 
slender, recurved. Leaves yellowish beneath, and rather rusty 
above; nerves furnished with a few small prickles beneath. 
Racemes short, simple, many-flowered, beset with stellate to- 
mentum, as well as the outside of the corollas and calyxes. 
Calycine segments linear-lanceolate, long. Corolla 5-parted, 
with almost linear segments. Berry globose. 
Variable-haired Nightshade. Fl. June, July. 
Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
234 S. WinLLDENOVIA'NUM ; tomentose; stem shrubby, prickly ; 
leaves twin, angular, cuneated ; umbels extra-foliaceous, sessile ; 
peduncles and calyxes hispid. h.S. Native of Porto Rico, 
Desf. S. cuneifolium, Willd. herb, ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 
4. p. 623, but not of Dun. 
Willdenow's Nightshade. 
Clt. 1824. 
Shrub. 
$ 6. MicRAcA'NTHA (from pexpoc, micros, small; and aka»0a, 
akantha, a spine ; in reference to the small, short, recurved 
prickles.) Dun. sol. p. 193. Stem shrubby, prickly ; prickles 
small, short, recurved. Leaves lanceolate, entire, or sinuately 
angular; the middle nerve prickly beneath. Racemes simple, 
cymose, extra-azillary. 
285 S. sca‘srum (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 22.) stem shrubby; 
branches flexuous, prickly, glabrous ; leaves usually by threes, 
oblong, acute, sinuately angular, clothed with stellate down 
above, and stellate pili beneath, having the nerve prickly ; ra- 
cemes lateral, few-flowered, and are, as well as the calyxes, 
prickly. ^. S. Native of Caraccas, near San Juan, and 
other parts of tropical America. Dun. sol. p. 193. ed. 2d. t. 
121. syn. p. 31. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 41. S. 
adherens, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 669. 
Prickles scattered, recurved, yellowish. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 
white, tomentose outside; segments lanceolate-linear. Berry 
small, globose. 
Scabrous Nightshade. Shrub. 
236 S. HETEROPHY'LLUM (Lam. ill. no. 2360. Poir. dict. 4. 
p. 301. no. 64.) leaves by threes, unequal, scabrous above, and 
I. Soraxvw. 427 
rather tomentose beneath ; racemes and calyxes unarmed. h. 
S. Native of Guiana. Dun. sol. p, 205. ed. 2d. t. 62. syn. p. 
32. S. acanthifolium, Hort. Prickles strong, sub-recurved. 
Leaves large, with blunt lobes, prickly on the midrib. Pedicels 
and calyxes villous. Calycine segments ovate, obtuse. Corolla 
large, divided to the base into lanceolate-linear, obtuse seg- 
ments. Fruit-bearing peduncles reflexed. Berry round, size 
of a pea. 
Variable-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
237 S. Arunz' sr (Dun. syn. p. 32. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 122. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 41.) shrubby ; branches 
prickly, and clothed with rusty tomentum ; leaves twin, elliptic- 
oblong, acuminated, quite entire, beset with stellate hairs above, 
and stellate pili beneath; midrib of leaves, as well as the 
calyxes, prickly ; racemes extra-axillary, simple, unarmed. R. 
S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, near the cataract 
of Ature. Prickles compressedly conical, subulate, and re- 
curved at top, shining. Leaves unequal in size, greenish above, 
and fuscescent beneath, 6 inches long. Racemes clothed with 
rusty tomentum, as well as the calyxes and outside of corolla. 
Calyx prickly. 
Ature Nightshade. Shrub. 
238 S. wEMonENsE (Dun. sol. p. 194. syn. p. 32.) stem 
shrubby, scandent ; leaves petiolate, twin, the larger one oblong, 
sinuately angular, and the smaller one ovate, lanceolate, quite 
entire; racemes filiform, very long. h. Native of 
Peru, in groves at Chincao and Cuchero, where it is called 
Rocotito de Monte. S. laciniàtum, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 
. 40. t. 177. f. a. Pers. ench. 1. p. 228, but not of Ait. Branches 
angular, prickly; prickles small, recurved, yellowish. Leaves 
nearly sessile, prickly on the back. —Peduncles prickly, hanging 
in the fruit-bearing state. Calyx small. Corolla blue. Berry 
ovate-globose, size of a small pear, golden yellow. 
Grove Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 
239 S. vorv'eizE (Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 458. Pers. ench. 
l. p. 226, exclusive of the syn. of Lam. and Jacq.) stem 
shrubby, scandent; leaves angular, with denticulated margins ; 
racemes lateral; calyxes prickly. kh. ,,. S. Native of His- 
paniola, in woods. Dun. sol. p. 195. syn. p. 32. S. scandens, 
Swartz. prod. p. 47, but not of Lin. Plum. mss. t. 4. f. 32. ex 
Aubl. guian. 1. p. 217.? Stem prickly; branches terete. 
Leaves 3-4 inches Jong, or a span, ovate-lanceolate, rough above, 
and hispid from rusty hairs beneath ; petioles and midrib prickly; 
prickles small, recurved. Calyx 5-toothed, clothed with rusty 
down, prickly, reflexed. Corolla large, bluish, 5-parted, tomen- 
tose outside, with long segments. Berry umbilicate. 
Twining Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. 
climbing. 
240 S. LANCEEFOLIUM (Jacq. icon. rar. 2. t. 329. coll. 2. p. 
286.) stem shrubby, scandent; leaves twin, lanceolate-oblong, 
attenuated at both ends, rather roughish, prickly on the midrib 
and petioles beneath ; racemes short, unarmed. h.S. Native 
of tropical America. Dun. sol. p. 195. syn. p. 32. S. sar- 
mentósum, Lam. ill. no. 2385. Poir. dict. 4. p. 207, exclusive 
of the syn. of Swartz. Branches sarmentose, green and shining, 
rather villous, as well as the stem and both sides of the leaves ; 
hairs obsolete, starry. Leaves unequal in size, 4-8 inches long, 
sometimes entire, and sometimes sinuately angular, shining 
above, but paler beneath.  Prickles solitary, or by pairs, yel- 
lowish, small, recurved. Racemes rather villous, as well as the 
outside of the calyxes and corollas. Pedicels cymose, approxi- 
mate. Calyx 4-5-parted, with subulate segments. Corolla 
white, 4-5-parted, with lanceolate, acute segments. Anthers 4-5, 
yellow. 
Var. B, tetrándrum ; flowers tetramerous, tetrandrous. k. 
vw S. Native of Cayenne. S. flexuósum, Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 22. 
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