SOLANACE#, 
with deep, acute segments. Corolla white, with ovate-oblong, 
bluntish segments. Berry globose. 
Hernandez’s Nightshade. Shrub. 
269 S. rricuseipa‘rum (Rich. herb. ex Dun. syn. p. 36. sol. 
ed. 2d. ined. t. 60.) stem shrubby, sometimes prickly; leaves 
sinuately angular at top, acute, scabrous above, and tomentose 
beneath, and rather prickly on the midrib beneath; cymes sim- 
ple, tomentose. h. S. Native of Guiana, Poir. suppl. 3. 
p. 771. Branches tomentose, rusty at top. Leaves large, 
ovate-oblong, on long petioles, subcordate. Hairs and tomentum 
stellate. Calycine segments 5, acute. Corolla large, deeply 5- 
cleft. It differs from S. tórvum in the form of the leaves, and 
simple racemes. 
Tricuspidate-leaved Nightshade. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
270 S. Macca't (Rich. herb. ex Dun. syn. p. 37. sol. ed. 2d. 
t. 61.) stem shrubby, hardly prickly ; leaves subcordate at the 
base, sinuately lobed, canescent beneath : sinuses rounded; 
lobes sinuately angular; cymes simple. b. S. Native of 
Cayenne. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 771. Maccai, Merian, surin. t. 6. 
Branches white, powdery. Prickles straight. Leaves on long 
petioles, broad, furnished with a few prickles on the midrib be- 
neath, beset with distant, stellate pili above. Peduncles, pedi- 
cels, calyxes, and under surfaces of leaves tomentose. _Inflores- 
cence and flowers similar to those of S. tricuspidàtum. Berry 
red, globose, edible. 
Maccai Nightshade, Shrub 4 to 6 feet? 
271 S. ovatiroLium (Dun. syn. p. 37. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 
128.) stem shrubby, prickly ; branches villously tomentose, un-* 
armed ; leaves obovate-elliptic, acute, rounded at the base, and 
almost unarmed, clothed with stellate tomentum beneath ; ra- 
cemes lateral, subdichotomous, short, and are, as well as the ca- 
lyxes, unarmed. ^. S. Native of New Granada, in the valley 
of the Magdalena, near Honda. Leaves repand, and somewhat 
undulated, furnished with 1 or 2 straight prickles on the mid- 
rib beneath, 3-4 inches long. Racemes, outside of calyxes and 
corollas clothed with white, stellate tomentum. Calyx 5-parted ; 
segments obovate, acute. Segments of corolla oblong, linear, 
acute. 
Oval-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
272 S. urspipum (Pers. ench. 1. p. 228. Dun. sol. p. 204. 
syn. p. 37.) stem shrubby, prickly, very hairy ; leaves lobed, 
acuminated ; racemes lateral, dichotomous, unarmed. p. S. 
Native of Peru, among rubbish at Pillao and Panao, where it is 
called Campucasa and Huircacasa. Plant beset with stellate, 
rusty hairs all over. Some of the superior leaves are ovate, and 
quite entire, acute, and a few are repand; the rest are cordate, 
7-11-lobed : lobes acutish, a span long, very hairy. Racemes 
axillary and terminal, many-flowered. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 
white, clothed with rusty, stellate tomentum outside, somewhat 
5-parted. Berry globose, yellowish. 
Hispid Nightshade. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
273 S. tana‘tum (Dun. sol. p. 305. syn. p. 37.) stem prickly, 
arboreous; leaves oblong, solitary or twin; corymbs rameal, 
subdichotomous. ^ ^.S. Native of Peru, at Huassanassi. S. 
ásperum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 229. but not of Vahl. S. aspero- 
lanàtum, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 39. t. 174. f. b. Shrub 
clothed with rough, stellate, rusty wool. Leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, angular, shining. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla white, woolly 
outside. Berry yellow, about the size of a filbert. 
Woolly Nightshade. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
274 S. PANICULA TUM (Lin. spec. 267.) stem and petioles 
prickly ; leaves sinuately angular, glabrous above ; flowers pa- 
nicled, terminal. h.S. Native of Brazil, and the West India 
Islands, where it is called Croc de Chien by the French. Aubl. 
guian. 1, p. 216. Dun. sol. p. 203. syn. p. 27. Stems and 
petioles clothed with white tomentum. Prickles few, straight, 
naked. Leaves tomentose, broad, cordate, unarmed, glabrous 
I. Sovanum. 431 
above. Panicles terminal, compound, tomentose, and are, as 
well as the calyxes, unarmed, 
Panicled-flowered Nightshade. Shrub. 
275 S. acutrtopum (Dun. syn. p. 37. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 
63.) branches almost unarmed, clothed with powdery tomen- 
tum ; leaves on long petioles, cordate, sinuately angular, clothed 
with powdery tomentum on both surfaces; racemes cymose, 
almost terminal. h. S. ‘Native of Para, in Brazil. Poir. 
suppl. 3. p. 772. Nearly allied to S. paniculàtum ; but differs 
from it in the leaves being clothed with powdery tomentum. 
Branches almost unarmed ; prickles few, small, and acute. To- 
mentum yellowish, stellate. Leaves greenish-yellow above, and 
whitish beneath. Racemes multifid, tomentose, as well as the 
calyxes. Corollas large. 
Acute-lobed-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
276 S. a’tBipum (Dun. sol. p. 206. syn. p. 37.) stem arbo- 
reous, prickly ; leaves sinuated: lower ones lobed, hoary be- 
neath ; racemes axillary, many-flowered, subcorymbose. h. S. 
Native of Peru, among broken rocks on the edges of torrents ; 
at Huanuco, Acomayo, Chulquillo, and Camuha, where it is 
called by the inhabitants Yurahuacta and Yurahusa. S. inca- 
num, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 40. t. 175. f. b. but not of Lin. 
spec. ed. 1st. Young leaves 7-9-lobed: adult ones sinuated, 
glabrous above. Racemes tomentose. Calyx small. Corolla 
white. Berry globose, small, yellow, sometimes black, 
Whitish Nightshade. Shrub 20 feet. 
277 S. sarona'ceum (Dun. sol. p. 206. syn. p. 37.) stem 
shrubby, prickly ; leaves sinuately angular, scabrous ; corymbs 
lateral, dichotomous ; flowers secund. p. GG. Native of Pern 
and Chili, in waste places. S. scabrum, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 
2. p. 39. t. 175. f. a. but not of Vahl. In Peru the plant is 
called Casiamuru. Prickles few, remote, straight, fulvescent. 
Leaves solitary, but sometimes twin, beset with small stellate 
hairs on both surfaces. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla bluish- 
violet, with acute segments. Berry orange-yellow, size of a 
chick pea. Said by Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 54. to be the 
same as S. tórvum, Swartz. The S. sapondceum, Hook. bot. 
mag. t. 2697. is S. dealbàtum, Lindl. 
Soapy Nightshade. Fl. July. Clt. 1825. 
feet. 
278 S. eLATYPHY' LLUM (Dun. syn. p. 38. sol. ed. 2d. ined. 
t. 130.) suffruticose5 branches prickly? leaves broad-oblong, 
sinuately lobed, rounded at the base, beset with stellate pili on 
both surfaces, prickly on the midrib beneath ; flowers racemose; 
pedicels and calyxes unarmed, and are, as well as the corollas, 
clothed with fuscous tomentum. h.S. Native in woods on 
the banks of the Orinoco, between the confluence of the Meta 
and the Cataract of Maypures. S. undecimangulare, Willd. 
rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 669. Leaves purplish 
Shrub 4 to 6 
beneath, ex Bonpl., 7-8 inches long, and 5-6 broad. Flowers 
unilateral. Calyx 5-cleft; lobes acute. Corolla violaceous, 
white inside ; segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminated. Perhaps 
only a var. of S. saponàceum. 
Broad-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
279 S. VairrLA'wTI (Dun. syn. p. 38. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 
64.) stem glabrous, prickly ; prickles reversed; leaves ovate, 
acuminated, sinuately-lobed, pilose above, scabrous beneath ; 
racemes bifid, cymose. h.S. Native country unknown. Poir. 
suppl. 3. p. 772. This species differs from S. sapondceum in 
the characters indicated above ; and in the leaves being beset 
with simple hairs on the upper surface, instead of stellate ones ; 
and in the flowers being fewer. 
Vaillant’s Nightshade. Shrub. 
280 S. procu’mpens (Lour. coch. ed. Willd. 1. p. 163.) 
stem shrubby, procumbent, prickly ; prickles recurved; leaves 
small, twin, on short petioles, ovate, obtuse, repandly lobed, 
clothed with stellate tomentum on both surfaces, glaucous, 
