SOLANACEE. 
African Nightshade. Pl. ? 
373 S. Lusira’yicum (Dun. sol. p. 238. syn. p. 48.) X.H. 
S. Lusitánicum perenne ; foliis amplis profunde crenatis ; fructu 
rubro, Tourn. inst. p. 149. 
Portugal Nightshade. PI. 
374 S. viscosum (Moench. meth. suppl. p. 79. Dun. sol. 
p. 238. syn. p. 48.) stem shrubby, clammy ; leaves large, cor- 
date, sinuated, clammy; sinuses elevated. h. Native 
country unknown. Stem terete, branched at top. Leaves 
petiolate ; lobes roundish, pubescent. Peduncles lateral, shorter 
than the petioles, bearing each 3-4 pedicels, which are reflexed 
in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla white. Berry roundish, 
yellow, striated. 
Clammy Nightshade. Shrub 4 feet. 
375 S. avicuta‘re (Forst. prod. no. 107. pl. esc. no. 12.) 
stem unarmed, shrubby ; leaves sinuately pinnatifid ; corymbs 
terminal. h.G. Native of New Zealand. 
Knot-Grass Nightshade. Shrub. 
376 S. rE‘peNns (Dun. sol. p. 239. syn. p. 48.) stems herba- 
ceous, pilose, tetragonal, membranous, creeping; leaves pinnate 
or decurrent, quite entire, pilose; racemes simple. Y. H. 
Native of Brazil. Vand. spec. fl. bras. in Roem. script. pl. 
hisp. p. 86. 
Creeping Nightshade. PI. creeping. 
877 S. VALENZUE Lx (Palacio, mem. mus. 2. p. 340. Dun. 
syn. p. 48.) root bearing tubers; leaves unequally pinnate ; ra- 
cemes few-flowered ; pedicels articulated ; berries glabrous, ob- 
long, compressed. 2/. H. Native of New Granada, at the 
river Malave, Eloy Valenzuela. Stolons bearing white, nearly 
round, flattened, sapid tubers. Stems procumbent, much 
branched. Corolla with revolute segments. A variety of 
S. tuberosum. 
Valenzuela's Potatoe. Pl. procumbent. 
378 S. Ca‘rt (Mol. chil. p. 109.) stem herbaceous; leaves 
pinnate, entire; nectarium campanulate, exceeding the petal. 
3.?H. Native of Chili. This is certainly no Solanum, and 
perhaps even does not belong to the order. 
Cari Nightshade.  Pl.? 
379 S. susiopa‘rum (Willd. herb. l. c.) stem suffruticose, 
branched; leaves lanceolate, sublobed, naked, obtuse; pedun- 
cles opposite the leaves, sub-trilobed. | b. G. Native of 
Buenos Ayres. 
Sublobate-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
380 S. Caraccasa'num (Reem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 664.) 
stem shrubby ; leaves pinnate, ternate and simple, quite entire ; 
flowers racemose. Hh. S. Native of Caraccas, Bredemeyer. 
S. heterophyllum, Willd. herb. 1. c. Shrub 10 feet high. 
Branches dichotomous, divaricate. Peduncles from the axils of 
the branches, elongated into twin, pendulous racemes. Corolla 
and anthers violaceous. 
Caraccas Nightshade. Shrub. 
381 S. rusca‘rum (Roem. et Schultes, l. c.) shrubby ; leaves 
interruptedly pinnate, tomentose beneath ; stipulas falcate ; 
flowers corymbose, panicled. ^b. S. Native of South Ame- 
rica. Humb. et Bonpl. S. pinnàtum, Willd. herb. 1. c. 
Fuscous Nightshade. Shrub. 
382 S. ruymirérium (Willd. herb. l. c.) stem frutescent ; 
leaves pubescent, auricled at the base, almost sessile ; peduncles 
axillary, 1-flowered. h.G. Native of Buenos Ayres. 
Thyme-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
§ 2. Prickly plants. 
* Leaves entire. 
$83 S. Borz/ruo (Vand. fasc. p.10. Reem. script. pl. hisp. 
p. 85.) stem shrubby, tomentose, rather prickly; leaves ovate- 
VOL, IY. 
I. Soranum. 441 
oblong, quite entire, tomentose beneath ; racemes lateral, droop- 
ing. b. S. Native of Brazil. S. Botelhianum, Dun. sol. p. 
239. Prickles few, very short. Calyxes, peduncles, and peti- 
oles tomentose. Leaves unequal at the base, glabrous above. 
Berry glabrous. 
Botelho’s Nightshade. Shrub. 
384 S. Brasia‘num (Dun. sol. p. 665. syn. p. 48.) h.S. 
Native of Brazil. Solànum Brasiliànum, folio integro mucron- 
ato, glabro, Papas Americani, floribus in summitate caulis, 
Plukn. amalth. append. t. 454. f. 4. Leaves ovate, acuminated, 
unarmed. Flowers corymbose. Corolla pentagonal; anthers 
divaricate. 
Brasilian Nightshade. Fl. Clt. Shrub? 
385 S. corpa‘tum (Forsk. fl. arab. p. 47. no. 56.) stem 
shrubby, rather prickly ; leaves roundish-cordate, entire, un- 
armed. h. S. Native of Arabia, where it is called Hadak. 
Leaves half an inch long, glabrous. Corolla violaceous, de- 
flexed. Berry pulpy, red, size of a pea. 
Cordate-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
386 S. wicoriAN FOLIUM (Lag. gen. et spec. nov. p. 10. no. 
144.) stem prickly, shrubby ; leaves obliquely cordate-oblong, 
and oblong, acute, unarmed, subundulated, very clammy. h. S. 
Native country unknown. 
Tobacco-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 
387 S. rrironia‘tum (Burm. ind. t. 22. f. 8. Gmel. syst. p. 
386. Vittm. summ. 1. p. 493.) stem shrubby; leaves ternate, 
ovate, quite entire. b. S. Native of Coromandel. Stem 
quite glabrous. Prickles few, incurved. Leaves alternate, 
petiolate, glabrous. 
Trifoliate Nightshade. Shrub. 
388 S. Domince’nse (Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 665.) stem shrubby, rather prickly, flexuous ; leaves 
elliptic, petiolate, quite entire, tomentose beneath; flowers axil- 
lary, aggregate. h.S. Native of St. Domingo. 
St. Domingo Nightshade. Shrub. 
* * Leaves sinuated, lobed, and pinnatifid. 
889 S. Cuine’nsz (Dun. sol. p. 240. syn. p. 49.) h. G. 
Native of China. Solanum incanum Chinénse minus spinosum, 
floribus parvis fere umbellatis, fructu majore aureo, Plukn. 
phyt. t. 62. f. 1. Tourn. inst. p. 149. In the figure the leaves 
are represented as twin; the one smaller than the other, sinu- 
ated, having the midrib prickly; the peduncles are numerous, 
aggregate, almost opposite the leaves, and hardly longer than 
the petioles; and the flowers are small. Said to be nearly 
allied to S. violàceum. 
China Nightshade. Shrub. 
390 S. crapra‘trum (Dun. l. c.) stem prickly, shrubby ; 
leaves prickly, oblong, dentately-sinuated, glabrous; calyx 
glabrous ; corolla violaceous, reflexed ; berry globose. h. G. 
Native of Arabia, at Surdud. S. Bahaménse, Forsk. egypt. p. 
46. no. 53, 
Glabrous Nightshade. Shrub. 
391 S. Ara’gicum (Dun. l. c.) stems procumbent, annual, 
very prickly ; prickles straight ; peduncles opposite; the 
leaves racemose. (2. H. Native of Arabia, where it is called 
Bocheme, or Bokom. S. armàtum, Forsk. fl. arab. p. 47. no. 
54, but not of R. Br. Perhaps only a variety of S. glabratum, 
with which it agrees in the leaves, and form and figure of the 
corolla. Prickles numerous, white, straight, spreading. Stems, 
petioles, nerves of leaves, calyxes, and peduncles very prickly. 
Fruit fleshy, obscure green, veined with white. ; 
Arabian Nightshade. Pl. procumbent. 
392 S. srricdsum (Vand. fasc. p. 10. Roem. script. pl. hisp. 
p- sas bo shrubby, strigose; leaves ovate, sinuated, rather 
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