SOLANACEZ. I. Sotanum. 
S. Native. of tropical America, and Ceylon. Dun. sol. 219. 
syn. p. 41,—Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 88. exclusive of the syn. of Dill. 
and Plukn.—Ray. 3. p. 353. Prickles subulate, unequal, 
mixed with villi. Pcduncles almost unarmed, very short, few- 
flowered. Flowers usually abortive. Corolla white, with acute 
segments. Berry globose, size of a small cherry, at first spotted 
with green and white, but at length pale yellow. 
Very prickly Nightshade. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 
2 to 4 feet. 
302 S. PLATANIrÒLIUM (Hook. in bot. mag. t. 2618.) stem 
hairy, sparingly prickly; prickles straight; leaves 5-lobed : 
lobes deeply toothed, acute ; peduncles lateral, aggregate, gene- 
rally 1-flowered, drooping; berry variegated. h.S. Native 
of South America. Corolla deeply 5-cleft, revolute, pale vio- 
let, with hairy margins. Stem hairy. Leaves downy. Berry 
large, almost globular, beautifully variegated with green and 
white. The plant is said to have considerable affinity with 
S. Campechiénse and S. aculeatissimum, but differs from both 
in being less prickly. 
Plane-leaved Nightshade. 
to 4 feet. 
303 S. incarcera‘tum (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 40. t. 176. 
f. a.) stem prickly, villous, suffruticose; leaves usually twin, 
cordate, sinuately-angular, acuminated, prickly ; flowers secund ; 
berry clasped by the segments of the calyx. h.S. Native of 
Peru, in groves at Chincao. Dun. sol. p. 219. syn. p. 41. 
Prickles unequal, broad at the base, and subulate at the apex, 
and others filiform, minute. Leaves unequal in size, clothed 
with white hairs. Peduncles villous, nearly unarmed; pedicels 
cymosely umbellate. Calyx villous, with linear, reflexed seg- 
ments. Corolla pale violet. Berry white, oblong, size of a 
cherry. 
Incarcerated-fruited Nightshade. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
304 S. mammosum (Lin. spec. p. 267. Aubl. guian. 1. p. 
216.) herbaceous; stem villous, sparingly prickly ; leaves sub- 
cordate, lobed, villous, prickly on both surfaces; berry large, 
teated at the base. (2. S. Native of Virginia, Guiana, and 
the West India Islands, Cape of Good Hope, ex Thunb. prod. 
1. p. 86. fl. cap. 2. p. 58. Dun. sol. p. 220. syn. p. 41. 
Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 156. S. villosíssimum, Zuccag. 
cent. 1. no. 48. Pómum Soddmz Merian, sur. 27. t. 27, ex 
Sloane. S. Americanum molle, foliorum nervis et aculeis fla- 
vescentibus, fructu mammoso, Tourn. inst. p. 149.— Sloan, hist. 
p. 38. t. 12. f. ].— Plum. mss. t. 4. f. 37.—Plukn. alm. p. 350. 
phyt. t. 226. f. 1. The plant is called by the French Pomme à 
chauve-souris, Pomme teton, and Poire de Bachelier. Prickles 
compressed, yellow, broad at the base, subulate at the apex, 
straight, or incurved. Leaves large, the breadth almost equal 
to the length; lobes acute, sinuately-toothed. Peduncles un- 
armed, 3-4-flowered, short. Calyx very villous. Corolla vio- 
laceous, or blue, with almost linear segments. Anthers corni- 
culate. Berry large, yellow, teated, or mammose round the 
base, conical. 
Teated-fruited Nightshade. 
2 to 4 feet. 
305 S. acicuna‘re (Swartz. in litt. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 
4. p. 647.) stem prickly, shrubby ; prickles subulately acerose ; 
leaves roundish-cordate, repandly acute-angled, prickly on 
both surfaces, clothed with stellate hairs above, and tomentum 
beneath ; peduncles axillary, terminal, very long, many-flow- 
ered. b. S. Native of Brazil. Prickles straight. Pedun- 
cles solitary, length of leaves, pilose, bifid at apex. Flowers 
large, blue. Calyx beset with bristly hairs. 
Acicular-spined Nightshade. Shrub. 
306 S. citia‘tum (Lam. ill. no. 2360.) stem herbaceous ; 
leaves subcordate, sinuately lobed, ciliated : lobes obtuse ; pe- 
Fl. July. Cit. 1823. Shrub 2 
Fl. June, Aug. Clit. 1699, Pl. 
435 
duncles short, few-flowered ; corollas 5-parted ; berries globose, 
almost dry. ©. H. Native country unknown. Dun. sol. p. 
221. t. 18. syn. p. 41. S. ciliàre, Willd. enum. 1. p. 237. S. 
capsicoides, Hort. par. ex Lam. This species differs from S. 
Campechiénse in the leaves not being toothed, in the hairs being 
simple, in the stem being prickly, not hispid. Corymbs 2-3, 
rarely 5-flowered. Flowers white, nutant. Berry smaller than 
a walnut, globose, brick coloured. It is distinguished from $$. 
Sodómeum in the racemes being small, and always 2-3-flowered. 
Ciliated-leaved Nightshade. FI. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. 11 to 2 feet. 
307 S. ui'vipum (Willd. herb. ex Link, enum. 1. p. 188.) 
leaves subcordate, sinuately-pinnatifid, rather tomentose above, 
but green : tomentose, and canescent beneath; prickles dilated 
at the base. h.S. Native country unknown. Branches and 
petioles tomentose. Leaves equal, or unequal at the base, fur- 
nished with prickles on the nerves. Peduncles 4-5-flowered, 
tomentose. Calyx tomentose, and furnished with long prickles. 
Corolla white. 
Livid Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. Shrub. 
308 S. sanzisE TUM (Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 51.) fascicu- 
lately hairy; stem herbaceous, prickly; prickles. straight ; 
leaves twin, elliptic, sinuated, rather hairy on both surfaces, and 
prickly, having the segments angular; racemes lateral, simple, 
many-flowered, secund, prickly ; berry glabrous, covered by a 
bristly calyx, ©.? H. Native of Silhet; on the banks of 
the river Atran, in Martaban, and Tavoy. S. Melongéna, Wall. 
cat. no. 2628. e. part. Habit of S. aculeatissimum, but is easily 
distinguished from that species in the racemose inflorescence, 
and in the berry being covered by the calyx. 
Bristly-bearded Nightshade. PI. ? 
§ 2. Leaves villous, or tomentose from usually stellate hairs. 
Berries hairy. 
309 S. srRAMoNIFOLIUM (Jacq. misc. 2. p. 298. icon. rar. 1. 
t. 44.) stem shrubby, prickly; leaves cordate, sinuated, or 
acutely lobed, villous, and prickly on both surfaces; peduncles 
and calyxes unarmed. h.S. Native of the East Indies. Dun. 
sol. p. 222. syn. p. 42. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1044. exclusive of 
the syn. of Ait. but not of Lam. nor Poir. S. mammósum, 
Lour. coch. 1. p. 162. exclusive of the syn. of Burm. Leaves 
a foot long, on long petioles, soft, beset with large, straight, and 
recurved prickles. Pedicels cymose. Calycine segments small, 
roundish. Corolla white, or purplish, with lanceolate segments. 
Stigma subcapitate. 
Stramonium-leaved Nightshade. 
Shrub 6 feet. 
310 S. rrave’scens (Dun. syn. p. 42. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 67. 
f. 2.) stem shrubby, prickly, canescent; leaves cordate, sinu- 
ated, obtuse, prickly, and tomentose on both surfaces, yellowish 
beneath; peduncles, calyxes, and bracteas very hairy. h. S. 
Native of Trinidad. S. férox, f), flavéscens, Nees in Lin. trans. 
17.p. 52. Stem very prickly. Prickles on the leaves long 
and strong, and the pili stellate; but the pili on the pedicels, 
calyxes, and berries are simple. Berry yellowish-brown. Seg- 
ments of the calyx ovate, acute. Nearly allied to S. lasiocár- 
pum, but differs in the leaves being sinuated, and in the recesses 
and lobes being very blunt. 
Yellomish-fruited Nightshade. 
Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
311 S. rE'nox (Lin. spec. 267. Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 
52.) stem perennial, prickly, herbaceous, woody at the base, 
clothed with woolly tomentum; leaves cordate, sinuately-angu- 
lar, clothed with woolly tomentum, and prickly; peduncles 
intrafoliaceous, and are, as well as the pedicels, short; berry 
hairy, covered by the hairy calyx. %. S. Native of the East 
9x2 
Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1778. 
Fl. June, July. Cit. 1826. 
