SOLANACES. 
sterile flowers the style is the length of the filaments. Corollas 
4-5-6-cleft. Berries 4-celled. a. Anthers unequal. 
251 S. Bonarte’nse (Lin. spec. 264, exclusive of the syn. of 
Plum.) shrubby, almost unarmed; leaves ovate-oblong, sinu- 
ately repand, smoothish ; racemes corymbose, lateral, or extra- 
foliaceous. h. H. Native of Buenos Ayres. Dun. sol. 198. 
syn. p. 24.— Dill. elth. p. 364. t. 272. f. 351. Stem green, 
prickly at the base: adult ones unarmed. Leaves sometimes 
entire, rarely prickly. Corymbs large. Calyx 4-3-cleft; seg- 
ments subulate. Corolla large, white, downy outside. Berry 
globose, yellow ? 4-celled, size of a chick pea. Root creeping. 
Buenos-Ayrean Nightshade. FI. June, Sept. Clt. 1727. 
Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 
252 S. rasticia‘tum (Willd. enum. p. 235.) shrubby, almost 
unarmed ; leaves ovate-oblong, entire, or sinuately repand, 
downy ; racemes corymbose, terminal. h.G. Native country 
unknown. Dun. sol. p. 198. t. 16. t. 2. p. D. syn. p. 34. 
Poir. suppl. 3. p. 770. Jacq. eclog. t. 6. Stem usually un- 
armed, but sometimes prickly. Branches green. Leaves rarely 
prickly, sometimes entire, scabrous from short stellate pili. 
Flowers large, some fertile, and some sterile. Calyx 4-5-6- 
cleft; segments acute. Corolla large, 4-5-6-cleft, pale blue, 
marked by a yellow star inside. Anthers 4-5-6, yellow. Berry 
globose, 4-celled, orange yellow at maturity, size of a chick pea. 
Fastigiate-flowered Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 
Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
253 S. Poxa (Dun. syn. p. 34. ed. 2d. ined. t. 56.) branches 
nearly glabrous, prickly; leaves ovate-lanceolate, almost entire, 
or sinuately angular, scabrous on both surfaces, rather tomentose 
beneath, unarmed ; racemes short, lateral, few-flowered. h.S. 
Native of Java, Leschenault. Branches prickly towards the 
top; prickles short, straight, slender, rarely recurved. Ra- 
cemes bifid, unarmed, beset with rusty hairs. Calyx 5-cleft. 
Corolla woolly outside, 5-cleft ; with lanceolate, acute segments. 
Down and hairs stellate. 
Poka Nightshade. Shrub. 
254 S. orérinum (Willd. enum. 1. p. 238. Poir. suppl. 3. 
p. 768.) stem shrubby, prickly at bottom ; leaves oblong-lance- 
olate, repandly angular, or entire; racemes cymose, lateral, and 
terminal. h.G. Native of Mexico. ? S. macrophyllum, 
Hort. monsp. Dun. sol. p. 199. t. 16. syn. p. 34. S. grandi- 
florum, Desf. arb. 1. p. 169, but not of Ruiz. et Pav. S. 
cymósum, Ort. dec. 1. p. 12.—Zucc. cent. 1. p. 47. Tops of 
branches beset with powdery tomentum ; hairs short, stellate, 
cinereous. Prickles somewhat recurved at apex. Leaves 
large, a foot long, unequal, somewhat cordate at the base, 
having the midrib and petioles sparingly prickly: upper leaves 
nearly entire: young ones canescent beneath, with convolute 
edges. Peduncles 2-3-parted, green, scabrous from short stel- 
late hairs, as well as the pedicels, and calyxes, and outside of 
corollas. Calyx 5-parted; segments broad at the base, and 
subulate at the apex. Corolla large, blue, marked with a yellow 
star inside, 4-5-cleft, plicate, spreading, afterwards reflexed. 
Stigma somewhat 2-lobed. Berry globose, 4-celled, yellowish 
when ripe, size of a chick pea. This species differs from S. 
fastigidtum in all its parts being larger and more pilose ; corol- 
las deep blue ; racemes leafy. 
Autumnal Nightshade. FI. July, Sept. 
5 to 6 feet. 
255 S. SUBINE'RME (Jacq. amer. p. 50. t. 40. f. 3, a leaf 
only.) stem shrubby, nearly unarmed ; leaves lanceolate, elliptic, 
quite entire, glabrous above, but rather tomentose beneath; 
cymes mealy; calycine segments obtuse. h. S. Native of 
the West Indies, among bushes; Mexico, &c. Dun. sol. p. 200. 
syn. p. 34. Swartz. prod. 1. p. 453. Lin. mant. 8. p. 253. 
Clt. 1820. Shrub 
I. SoraANUM. 499 
S. laurifólium, Mill. dict. no. 20. Leaves 3-4 inches, glabrous 
above, and more or less tomentose beneath. Racemes cymose. 
Calyx 5-cleft, with obtuse segments. Corolla blue, with lance- 
olate segments. Berry globose. This species differs from S. 
lanceolàtum in the racemes being smaller, and in the calycine 
segments being obtuse. 
Nearly-unarmed Nightshade. 
Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
256 S. gra ruM (Link. enum. 1. p. 186.) stem furnished with 
reflexed prickles, which are tomentose at the base ; leaves lance- 
olate, rather tomentose, unarmed, when young hoary beneath ; 
peduncles lateral, bifid ; calycine segments linear. b. S. Na- 
tive country unknown. Prickles numerous, short. Leaves 
acute, repand. Tomentum stellate. Pedicels crowded, tomen- 
tose, as well as the calyxes. Corolla blue, tomentose outside. 
Tall Nightshade. FI. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 
8 feet. 
257 S. OCHRONEU`RUM (Link. l. c.) stem furnished with re- 
curved prickles; branches clothed with rusty tomentum ; nerves 
of leaves prickly ; cymes terminal; calycine segments short ; 
corolla 5-parted. h. S. Native of Brazil. Leaves tomen- 
tose, not hoary. Tomentum stellate. Corolla blue. Anthers 
distant. 
Var. B ; stem furnished with more numerous, larger prickles. 
Leaves smaller, and more finely tomentose, and the nerves 
more prickly on both sides. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Yellow-nerved-leaved Nightshade. Clt.? Shrub. 
258 S. asrroires (Jacq. eclog. t. 65. Link. enum. 1. p. 186.) 
stem almost unarmed ; or the branches are furnished with a few 
short, recurved prickles; leaves ovate-oblong, sinuated or re- 
pand, beset with stellate hairs on both surfaces ; corymbs intra- 
foliaceous, dichotomous ; calyxes acuminated, clothed with stel- 
Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1752. 
late pili. kh.G. Native of Chili or Peru. Leaves 9 inches 
long. Corollas 5-lobed, of a violaceous blue colour. Petioles 
furnished with 1 or 2 short, recurved prickles. Berry globose, 
orange-coloured, 2-celled. This species comes very near to 
S. Bonariénsis and S. fastigiatum. 
Star-like Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 
3 to 4 feet. 
259 S. Mexica‘num (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
Dun. syn. p. 34. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 56.) stem shrubby, tomen- 
tose, unarmed, or nearly so; leaves ovate-oblong, tomentose, 
canescent beneath; racemes subcymose ; calycine segments 
subulate ; corolla 5-cleft, with acute segments. h. S. Native 
of Mexico. Stem prickly at the base. Racemes lateral and 
terminal. Corolla violaceous. Berry globose, orange-coloured, 
size of a pea. 
Mexican Nightshade. 
to 4 feet. 
260 S. raNcEorA'ruw (Cay. icon. 3. p. 23. t. 245.) stem 
shrubby, tomentose, prickly at the base; branches clothed with 
hoary tomentum ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, quite entire, clothed 
with canescent down on both surfaces, unarmed: lower ones 
sinuate; racemes cymose, lateral, almost terminal; calycine 
segments subulate; corolla semiquinquefid, angularly plicate. 
h.G. Native of Mexico. Dun. sol. p. 200. syn. p. 34. 
Pseudocápsicum lancifólium, Moench. meth. suppl. p. 180. 
Down and hairs stellate. Leaves greenish above. Corolla 
pale blue. Berry globose, 4-celled, size of a chick pea, orange- 
yellow. 
Lanceolate-leaved Nightshade. 
Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
261 S. crurindsum (Dun. syn. p. 35. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 54.) 
stem shrubby, erect, sparingly prickly; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, cordate at the base, acute, tomentose, clammy and soft on 
both surfaces ; racemes cymose, lateral, clammy. h.S. Na- 
Shrub 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. Shrub 3 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. 
