SOLANACEE. 
synonymes. S. trilobatum, Lin. spec. ed. Ist. p. 188. S. 
trilobàtum, floribus parvis albis, Lin. spec. 270. S. subbifló- 
rum, Orteg. dec. 9. p. 118. S. Schiru Schuna, Mill. dict. no. 32. 
This species differs from S. trilobàtum in the leaves being pin- 
natifidly 5-lobed ; in the flowers being much smaller, and white. 
Stem shining, glabrous. Cauline prickles a little recurved. 
Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary, twin, or tern. Lobes of leaves 
repand, obtuse. Berry roundisb, glabrous, reddish-yellow, 
drooping, size of a pea, ex Jacq.; but the plant of Miller is 
annual, and the berries are red, and size of a pea. 
Miller's Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1762. 
to 3 feet. 
323 S. TRILOBA TUM (Lin. spec. 270.) stem frutescent, scan- 
dent, prickly ; prickles hooked ; leaves panduriformly 3-lobed, 
or 3-lobed, obtuse, glabrous, and are, as well as the petioles and 
peduncles, prickly ; racemes subumbellate, terminal and lateral ; 
corollas deeply 5-cleft. h.. S. Native of the East Indies ; 
as of Coromandel, Java, &c. ; and of Jamaica, ex Plukn. Dun. 
sol. p. 225. Burm. ind. p. 57. t. 22. f. 2. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 
253. Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 59. S. acetossefólium, Lam. 
ill. no. 2341. Poir. dict. 4. p. 306. Dun. sol. p. 226. S. 
füscum, Heyn. herb. ex Wall. cat. no. 2622, B.—Plukn. alm. 
Shrub 2 
p. 351. phyt. t. 316. f. 5. Corollas large, white. Berries 
small, globose, red, drooping. 
Three-lobed-leaved Nightshade. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1759. 
Shrub climbing. 
324 S. sanMENTOsUM (Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 58.) her- 
baceous ; stem procumbent, sarmentose, prickly ; leaves gemi- 
‘nately sub-opposite, oblong, repandly sublobed, rather prickly, 
clothed with stellate hairs; peduncles extra-foliaceous, usually 
1-flowered, prickly, as well as the calyxes; calyx turbinate, 5- 
cleft, with subulate segments. ©.? S. Native of Penang. 
S. Melongéna, Wall. cat. no. 2628.? F. Leaves a little cut, and 
nearly opposite. It differs from Melongéna in the inflorescence 
and leaves. 
Sarmentose Nightshade. Pl. sarmentose. 
825 S. rier’scens (Jacq. schoenbr. 1. p. 19. t. 42.) stem 
prickly, suffruticose ; leaves sinuately-lobed, rough from fasci- 
cles of stellate pili, prickly ; prickles straight; racemes few- 
flowered. b. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dun. sol. 
p. 226. exclusive of the syn. of Lam. and Poir. suppl. p. 44. 
S. hümile, Lam. ill. no. 2374. Branches rather villous. Leaves 
green; lobes obtuse. Prickles straight, long, subulate, shining, 
yellow. Racemes lateral, simple. Pedicels drooping. Pedun- 
cles, pedicels, and calyxes, rather tomentose, sometimes unarm- 
ed, and sometimes prickly. Corollas violaceous. Berry glo- 
bose, size of a pea, glabrous. 
Stifish Nightshade. Fl. June, July. 
feet. 
326 S. Axcur vi (Lam. ill. no. 2375. Poir. dict. 4. p. 304.) 
stem shrubby, prickly ; leaves ovate, sinuately angular, tomen- 
tose beneath ; racemes short; calyx unarmed. b. S. Native 
of Madagascar. Dun. sol. p. 227. syn. p. 44. sol. ed. 2d. ined. 
t. 74. Berries small, glabrous, red, esculent. 
Anguivi Nightshade, or Madagascar Potatoe. 
Sept. Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
327 S. CanoLiINE' NsE (Lin. spec. 268.) stem prickly, herba- 
ceous; leaves ovate-oblong, tomentose, sinuately lobed, acu- 
minated ; racemes simple, loose. %4. H. Native of Carolina; 
and on the banks of the Missouri, along the Platte to the moun- 
tains. Jacq. coll. 2. p. 287. icon. rar. t. 331. Michx. fl. bor. 
amer. 1. p. 150. Dun. sol. p. 227. syn. p. 44. but not of Mill. 
which is S. Dilléniit.—Dill. elth. p. 362. t. 269. f. 348. Root 
creeping. Stem pale green, beset with stellate pili. Segments 
of leaves acutish. Leaves prickly on the midrib above, and on 
the principal veins beneath. Prickles straight, subulate, yellow. 
Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 
Fl. May, 
I. Sovanum. 437 
Racemes simple, lateral and terminal, elongated. Corolla white 
or pale blue. Berry globose, larger than a chick-pea, yellow at 
maturity. Calycine segments lanceolate, acuminated. 
Carolina Nightshade. Fl. July, Sept. Clt, 1732. 
2 feet. 
398 S. vioLa`ceum (Jacq. fragm. p. 82. t. 132. f. 1.) stem 
shrubby, prickly ; leaves lobately sinuated, tomentose, unequal 
at the base: superior ones twin; racemes nearly simple; calyxes 
prickly. h.S. Native of Ceylon, Malabar, China, New South 
Wales. Ortega, dec. 5. p. 56. Dun. sol. p. 228. syn. p. 44. 
Poir. suppl. 3. p. 743. S. cunedtum, Moench. meth. p. 476. 
S. Indicum, Lam. ill. no. 2366. Poir. dict. 4. p. 300. exclu- 
sive of the syn. of Plukn. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1042. exclusive of 
the syn. of Roxb., Dill, and Lin. fl. zeyl. Lour. coch. 1. p. 
163.—Burm. thes. zeyl. 220. t. 102. S. fruticósum l'ndicum, 
fructu rubro, Tourn. inst. p. 149. Scheru-Schunda, Rheed. 
mal. 2. t. 36. This species differs from S. Indicum in the 
leaves ; in the sinuses being obtuse, larger, and less numerous ; 
lobes entire, not dentately angular; cauline prickles compressed, 
recurved; calycine segments not reflexed ; corollas smaller ; 
berries globose. Leaves green above, and canescent beneath. 
Down stellate. Prickles brown at the base, and yellow at top ; 
those of the leaves straight, unequal. Racemes few-flowered, 
tomentose, prickly, sometimes forked at the base ; the other di- 
vision 1-flowered. Corolla pale violet; segments lanceolate, 
acute, spreading. Berry copper-coloured, size of a chick- 
pea. 
Violaceous-tlowered Nightshade. 
Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
399 S.PvRAcA'NTHUM (Lam. ill. no. 2364. Poir. dict. 4. p. 
299.) stem shrubby, prickly; leaves oblong, narrow, acute, 
sinuately pinnatifid, tomentose, prickly; prickles straight, red. 
hk. S. Native of Madagascar. Cav. descr. p. 114. Willd. 
enum. l.p. 238. Dun. sol. p. 229. syn. p. 44. S. pyracántha, 
Smith, exot. bot. 2. p. 9. t. 64. S. runcinàtum, Wendl. obs. 
p. 43. ex Willd. l. c. S. pyracánthon, Jacq. schoenbr. 4. p. 
36. t. 470. S. spinosissimum, Lodd. cat.? Young branches 
tomentose. Down all stellate. Leaves having the middle nerve 
red above; lobes almost entire, acutish ; recesses obtuse. 
Prickles straight, subulate, red. Petioles, peduncles, pedicels, 
and calyxes, dotted with white tomentum, prickly. Racemes 
simple, many-flowered. Calyx rusty, with ovate-subulate seg- 
ments. Corolla bluish-violet, marked by a paler star inside in 
the centre, and by a pale green star outside. Berry globose, 
yellowish-green, at length fuscous, twice the size of a pea. A 
specimen received from Agardh by Schultes, under the name of 
S. undatum, does not differ from S. pyracánthum, unless in the 
prickles being yellow, not red. 
Var. B, inérmis (Sims, bot. mag. 2547.) peduncles and ca- 
lyxes unarmed. kh.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Fire-spined Nightshade. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1789. 
3 to 4 feet. 
330 S. Vircrnia'num (Lin. spec. 267.) stem annual, erect, 
prickly ; leaves pinnatifidly sinuated, prickly on both surfaces, 
glabrous, with ciliated margins : lobes sinuated, obtuse; racemes 
prickly, simple. ©.H. Native of North America, from Vir- 
ginia to Carolina. Dun. sol. p. 230. syn. p. 45. but not of 
Jacq. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. p. 156.— Dill. elth. p. 350. t. 267. 
f. 346.—Plukn. alm. p. 351. phyt. t. 62. f. 3. Tourn. inst. p. 
149. Stem rather angular. Leaves green. Prickles strong, 
subulate, straight, whitish, Racemes 6-7-flowered. Calyx 
prickly. Corolla large, violaceous. Berry small, roundish-ob- 
long, variegated with white and green before maturity. 
Virginian Nightshade. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1662. 
to 2 feet. 
331 S. Jacqui xr (Willd. spec. 1. p. 1041.) stem decumbent, 
Pl. 1 to 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. 
Shrub 
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