430 SOLANACEF. 
tive country unknown, Prickles straight, acerose ; hairs stel- 
late and glandular at apex; the leaves, peduncles, and calyxes 
clothed with similar hairs; the upper parts of the branches 
clammy. Leaves undulated, quite entire, or sinuated, yellowish 
on both surfaces, prickly on the midrib beneath. The hairs on 
the petioles, peduncles, nerves of leaves, and calyxes, are 
clammy, and of a rusty-yellow colour. Flowers pentamerous. 
Calycine segments oblong, acute. Corolla blue, with the star 
in the centre villous; lobes mucronate. Berry globose, size of 
a cherry, 4-celled, yellow. 
Clammy Nightshade. 
to 5 feet. 
262 S. rormdsum (Dun. syn. p. 35. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 127. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 44.) stem shrubby, very 
prickly, hairy ; leaves rather cordate, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nated, clothed with woolly tomentum, almost unarmed ; racemes 
lateral, many-flowered, very hairy. h. S. Native on the 
banks of the Orinoco, in woods near Maypures. Branches very 
hairy. Prickles straight, acerose. Hairs rufescent, stellate 
and simple, intermixed. Leaves sinuately-repand, undulated, 
unarmed, of a pale rufescent colour beneath, and greenish-yel- 
low above. Calyx 5-parted, clothed with pale rusty hairs. 
Corolla large, plicate, 5-angled, violaceous, with a star in the 
centre, which is woolly outside. Stigma capitate. 
Showy Nightshade: Shrub. 
263 S. Brown (Dun. sol. p. 201. syn. p. 35.) stem shrub- 
by ; prickles straight, subacerose ; leaves entire or repand, long- 
lanceolate, almost unarmed, rather scabrous above, but clothed 
with grey tomentum beneath ; corymbs lateral, subumbellate, 
on short peduncles, simple ; corolla 3 times as long as the calyx. 
h. G. Native of New South Wales, within the tropic. S. vio- 
làceum, R. Br. prod. p. 446. Leaves often twin. Calyx of a 
greyish-purple colour, with long subulate segments. Corolla 
violaceous. 
Brown's. Nightshade. 
to 4 feet. 
264 S. r'Lecans (Dun. syn. p. 35. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 58.) 
stem tomentose, prickly ; leaves oblong, acuminated, tomentose 
on both surfaces, prickly, sinuately repand, whitish-yellow be- 
neath ; racemes simple, tomentose, prickly. %.G. Native of 
New Holland. This species differs from S. Bréwnii in the 
stem, leaves, racemes, and calyxes, being prickly. Prickly, 
small, acute, straight, yellow at the base, and brown at top, 
tomentose, like the rest of the plant. Leaves often twin, 
prickly on the middle nerve beneath. Calyx 5-parted; with 
subulate segments, greyish-brown, afterwards bluish. Corolla 
violaceous. Style incurved. 
Elegant Nightshade. Shrub. 
Sussect. III. Térvum (from torvus, grim or stern ; in allu- 
sion to the shrubs bearing prickles.) Prickly shrubs. Leaves 
entire, sinuated, or lobed. Flowers corymbose, or panicled. An- 
thers equal, 
Fl. June, July. Cit. 1810. Shrub 3 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 
265 S. cicaNTE UM (Jacq. coll. 4. p. 125. icon. rar. 2. t. 
328.) stem shrubby ; prickles tomentose at the base; leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, acute, unarmed, entire, glabrous above, but 
clothed with hoary tomentum beneath; racemes dichotomous, 
cymose, lateral, many-flowered, clothed with white tomentum. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dun. sol. p. 202. 
syn. p. 36. Sims, bot. mag. 1921. S. niveum, Vahl, symb. 2. 
p. 4l. Thunb. prod. p. 36. S. papilionàceum, Dumont de 
Courset. bot. cult. suppl. p. 153.? S. farindsum, Wall. in 
Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 255. S. argénteum, Heyne, herb. The 
whole plant is clothed with mealy tomentum, except the upper 
surfaces of the leaves. In the axils of the leaves, which are 
large, rise other small ones.  Pedicels pendulous when bearing 
' ed; segments ovate, acuminated. 
I. SoLanuM. 
the flowers. Calyx small, at first 5-toothed, but afterwards 5- 
cleft. Corolla purplish-violet, small, deeply 5-cleft. Berry 
roundish, red, shining, size of a pea. 
Var. B? stem unarmed? leaves thinner, and on longer peti- 
oles; tomentum finer, and more hoary ; calyx deeply divided. 
b. S. Native of Dindygul, in the East Indies. Nees, in Lin. 
trans. 17. p. 47. S. farinósum, Wall. cat. no. 2610. b. 
Var. y? leaves nearly a foot long, and 4 inches broad, form 
of those of the var. 3, as well as the tomentum. h. G. Na- 
tive of the Neelgherry mountains. Nees, l. c. S. farindsum, 
Wall. cat. no. 2510. c. 
Giant Nightshade. 
15 feet. 
266 S. rórvum (Swartz, prod. p. 47. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 456.) 
stem shrubby ; prickles recurved, tomentose at the base; leaves 
twin, subcordate, ovate, sinuated and lobed, or angular, tomen- 
tose, having the midrib prickly ; peduncles extra-foliaceous, co- 
rymbose, many-flowered, and are, as well as the calyxes, unarm- 
h. S. Native of Jamaica; 
Hispaniola; Cuba; Bermudas; and in many parts of the East 
Indies, in hedges. In Cuba it is called Pendejera. Dun. sol. 
p. 208. t. 23. syn. p. 36. exclusive of the syn. of Jacq. S. Pn- 
dicum, Lin. spec. ed. 1st. p. 187. S. stramonifolium, Ait. hort. 
kew. l. p. 252.? Lam. ill. no. 2365. exclusive of the syn. of 
Jacq. Poir. dict. 4. p. 300. exclusive of the syn. of Jacq. S. 
ficifdlium, Ort. dec. 9. p. 116. S. acanthifólium, Desf. hort. 
par. ex Lam. S. scabrum, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 39. t. 
175. f.a. S. pseüdosaponàceum, Blum. bijdr. p. 702.— Plukn. 
alm. p. 350. t. 225. f. 6.2? Stem tomentose, branched, armed 
with a few prickles. Tomentum or down stellate, pale yellow 
orrusty. Leaves often twin. Prickles tomentose at the base. 
Racemes lateral, bifid or trifid, many-flowered ; pedicels cymose. 
Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla white, 5-cleft, marked with a yellow, 
shining star in the centre; segments lanceolate, acute, with un- 
dulated edges. Anthers yellow. Style in the sterile flowers 
length of filaments; in the fertile flowers longer than the an- 
thers. Berry globose, green, 4-celled, size of a chick-pea. 
This species is nearly allied to S. Z'ndicum ; but differs from it 
in the leaves being hardly prickly; in the racemes being multi- 
fid; and in the peduncles, pedicels, and calyxes, being un- 
armed. 
Var. 0 ; unarmed; leaves repand. ^. S. Native of the 
East Indies. Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 54. S. Silànum, Ham. 
herb. ex Wall. cat. no. 2627. D. S. multiflórum, Roth, nov. 
spec. p. 130. 
Grim Nightshade. 
feet. 
267 S. FERRUGÍNEUM (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. p. 46. t. 334.) 
stem shrubby ; prickles glabrous ; leaves ovate, lobed or sinu- 
ated, prickly on the midrib and petioles beneath, acute, tomen- 
tose; racemes corymbose. ).S. Native country unknown. 
Willd. enum. 1. p. 239. Dun. syn. p. 36. sol. ed. 2d. ined. 
Young leaves and branches clothed with rusty tomentum. Co-> 
rolla pale blue or white. Nearly allied to S. tórvum, but differs 
in the racemes being shorter and fewer-flowered. Tomentum 
rusty, stellate. Prickles of the stem glabrous, rarely recurved. 
= by Nees, Lin. trans. 17. p. 53. to be the same as S 
órvum. 
à Tuy Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 4 to 
eet. 
268 S. Hernanpe's (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
Dun. syn. p. 36. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 59.) stem shrubby, prickly, 
tomentose; leaves twin, deeply sinuated, acute, tomentose; ra- 
cemes lateral; pedicels umbellate ; berry 6-celled. h. G. Na- 
tive of Mexico. Prickles few, recurved. Leaves ovate-oblong, 
subcordate. Petioles and peduncles prickly. Calyx villous, 
i: 
Fl.June, July. Clt. 1792. Tree 10 to 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 
