428 SOLANACEZ. 
Lance-leaved Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 
climbing. 
241 S. ampicuum (Dun. syn. p. 32. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 123.) 
branches scandent, pilose ; lower leaves solitary : superior ones 
twin, ovate-elliptic, angular, a little sinuated, rather scabrous 
from pili on both surfaces, having the midrib prickly; racemes 
simple, unarmed. bh. U.S. Native country unknown. 
Ambiguous Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 
249 S. micraca’NtHUM (Lam. ill. no. 2382. Poir. dict. 4. p. 
306.) stem shrubby ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, rather 
tomentose beneath; prickles small, few, recurved; racemes 
short. h. S. Native of Guadaloupe, Brazil, and Cayenne. 
Dun. sol. p. 196, exclusive of the syn. of Vahl, symb. p. 32. 
Branches rather villous, or tomentose at top. Down stellate. 
Leaves green above, but rough from minute stellate hairs, but 
tomentose beneath, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and out- 
side of the corollas and calyxes. Branches, petioles, and mid- 
rib of leaves beneath prickly; prickles sometimes twin. Ra- 
cemes lateral; pedicels cymose. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 
deeply 5-cleft. Berry size of a chick pea. 
Small-spined Nightshade. Shrub. 
243 S. nnacuvA NrRUM (Dun. syn. p. 32. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 
124. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 42.) arboreous ; 
branches prickly; branchlets tomentose; leaves twin, elliptic, 
acute at both ends, quite entire, puberulous above, but clothed 
with hoary fuscescent tomentum beneatb, and prickly on the 
midrib ; racemes lateral, simple; pedicels and calyxes prickly. 
h. S. Native of New Andalusia, on the declivity of Mount 
Cocollar, at the altitude of 480 hexapods. Down and tomen- 
tum stellate. Prickles short, recurved. Pedicels long, uni- 
lateral, and are, as well as the calyxes, prickly. Racemes, 
outside of corollas, and calyxes clothed with hoary tomentum. 
Calyx 5-parted ; segments obovate, cuspidate, cohering. Corolla’ 
5-parted, with linear-oblong, acute segments, about the size of 
those of Ornithógalum lüteum. This species differs from S. 
micracánthum, Lam. in the leaves being tomentose beneath, and 
in the pedicels and calyxes being prickly. 
Short-flowered Nightshade. Tree 30 feet. 
244 S. Jussuz1 (Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 52.) 
leaves solitary, ovate-lanceolate, smoothish above, but rather 
tomentose and prickly on the midrib beneath ; racemes simple, 
cymose longer than the petioles. 5. S. Native of Rio Jane- 
iro, Commerson. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 767. Prickles short, re- 
curved. Down and tomentum stellate. Peduncles, pedicels, 
and calyxes woolly. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla deeply 5-cleft; 
segments ovate-lanceolate. Ovarium tomentose, powdery. 
Jussieu's Nightshade. Shrub. 
245 S. Javite’nse (H. B. et Kunth, rov. gen. amer. 3. p, 42.) 
shrubby ; branches prickly; branchlets clothed with fine hoary 
tomentum ; leaves solitary, oblong, acute, quite entire, clothed ^ 
with stellate down on both surfaces, rather prickly on the mid- 
rib beneath; racemes lateral, simple ; pedicels and calyxes 
unarmed. h. S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, and 
the Tuamino, near Carichana and Javita. S. monachophyllum, 
Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 125. Hairs and tomentum 
stellate. Prickles conical, recurved at top, shining, yellowish. 
Pedicels unilateral, clothed with stellate down, as well as the 
calyxes. Calyx 5-parted ; segments subobovate, cuspidate. 
Corolla and stamens like those of S. brachyánthum. It differs 
from S. Jussic'i in the leaves being on short petioles, entire, 
oblong, downy on both surfaces, often unarmed, with the middle 
nerve rather prickly ; the prickly racemes and flowers smaller. 
Javita Nightshade. Shrub. 
246 S. umprosum (Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 126. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 43.) shrubby, scandent ; 
branches prickly, and are, as well as the under surfaces of the 
J. Soranum. 
leaves, clothed with hoary villous tomentum: upper surfaces 
villous; leaves solitary, or twin, oblong, acuminated, quite en- 
tire; racemes extra-axillary, bifid; peduncles and midribs of 
leaves beneath prickly; pedicels and calyxes unarmed. h.. 
S. Native of New Andalusia, in bushy places near Cumanacoa. 
Hairs and down stellate, simple. Prickles scattered, small, 
subulate, yellowish, recurvedly reflexed. Pedicels unilateral. 
Calyx villous, 5-parted ; segments obovate, cuspidate, cohering. 
Corolla hispid from stellate pili outside, with linear, acutish 
segments. 
Shaded Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. Shrub cl. 
247 S. Jurire’sa (Rich. act. soc. par. p. 107. Dun. sol. p. 
196. t. 15. syn. p. 33.) shrubby ; branches prickly, rather pilose; 
leaves solitary, elliptic-oblong, acute, almost quite entire, clothed 
with stellate pili on both surfaces, prickly on the midrib beneath: 
superior leaves twin; racemes lateral and terminal, almost ses- 
sile, and are, as well as the calyxes, unarmed. h.S. Native 
of Cayenne; and of the Island Pararumo, in the Orinoco, and 
near the cataract of Ature, on the banks of the Orinoco. S. 
obscürum, Vahl, symb. p. 41. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1046. Juri- 
péba prior, Pis. bras. lib. 4. cap. 41. S. styracifolium, Willd. 
rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 663.—Plum. mss. t. 4. f. 
32,ex Dunal. Hairs or down stellate. Leaves canescent be- 
neath. Flowers unilateral. Corolla violaceous, ex Bonpl. 
white inside, and purple outside, ex Plum. Prickles on the 
branches recurved, on the midribs of leaves straight. Calyx 5- 
cleft, with broad, mucronulate segments. Corolla 5-parted, 
with long, linear segments. 
Juripeba Nightshade. Shrub. 
248 S. rupicinosum (Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 17. icon. t. 13.) 
shrubby, clothed with rusty stellate tomentum all over; prickles 
recurved ; leaves elliptic, acute, quite entire, glabrous above, 
and tomentose beneath; cymes terminal. h. S. Native of 
Cayenne. Dun. sol. p. 197. syn. p. 33. Branches, petioles, and 
midribs of leaves beneath prickly. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 
obscure green above. Peduncles bifid; pedicels reflexed at 
first. Calyx 5-cleft, with linear-lanceolate segments. Corolla 
5-cleft, with sublinear segments. 
Rusty Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. Shrub. 
249 S. veLutinum (Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 53.) 
stem scandent, ? tomentose ; leaves ovate-oblong, unequal at the 
base, acute, clothed with silky tomentum, furnished with a few 
prickles beneath ; racemes terminal, few-flowered. bh»? S. 
Native of Cayenne. This species differs from S. rubigindsum 
in the leaves being silky on both surfaces, in the hairs being 
simple, but yellowish. Prickles short, recurved. Leaves yel- 
lowish green above, but whiter beneath. Racemes villous. 
Calycine segments oblong, acute, and are, as well as the corolla, 
villous outside. 
Velvety Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 
250 S. corta'‘ceum (Dun. sol p. 197. t. 14. syn. p. 33.) 
shrubby, scandent; leaves glabrous, lanceolate-elliptic, acute ; 
racemes lateral, simple, equal in length to the leaves. b... S. 
Native of Cayenne. Branches terete, powdery, as well as the 
young leaves, peduncles, and pedicels. Leaves sometimes twin, 
on short petioles 4 inches long, coriaceous, sometimes prickly on 
the midrib. Prickles short, recurved. Peduncles sometimes 
bifid; pedicels secund. Corolla large, blue. 
5-toothed; teeth roundish, mucronate. 
Coriaceous-leaved Nightshade. 
Calyx coriaceous, 
Stigma 2-lobed. 
Shrub climbing. 
, Bunsecr. II. SupiNx nara. Stem prickly at the base. Leaves 
sinuately angular, or entire.  Racemes many-parted ; pedicels 
cymose. Flowers numerous, many of mhich are abortive ; in 
the fertile flowers the style is longer than the anthers; in the 
