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436 SOLANEjE. 



and smaller, spotless flowers : Barrelier's figure is tolerable. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl. ; 

 [Guadeloupe !, a weed ; Mexico] . 



24. P. minima, L., Ns. Annual, pubescent ; leaves subcordate or ovate, pointleted, 

 snbentire, or toothed ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate : bladder ^-angular, corolla (2'" 

 long), pale; anthers yellow. — Meed. Malab. 10. t. 71. — P. pruinosa, L. ex desc. (exclus. 

 syn. Bill.). Linnaeus's description is quite clear (" anthene flavae, calyx fructifer 5-angulus"), 

 and the erroneous quotation of Dilleuius's figure was added at a later period. — Hab. Trini- 

 dad !, Cr. ; [East Indies!, trop. Africa]. 



25. P. Iiinkiana, Ns. Annual, glabrescent ; leaves ovate, pointed, coarsely serrate- 

 dentate or remotely toothed; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate : keels of the bladder obso- 

 lete, or none ; corolla (4'" long), pale, or slightly tinged at the throat; anthers violet. — 

 Moris. 3. sect. 13. t. 3./. 22.— Hab. Jamaica !, Al., Dist., a weed ; Antigna !, Wullschl., 

 Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba ! to French islands ! ; southern United States to Brazil]. 



26. P. angulata, L. Annual, glabrescent; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed, 

 sinuate-dentate or subentire; calyx-lobes deltoid: bladder sharply 5-angular ; corolla 

 (4'" long), entirely pale ; anthers violet.— Bill. Elth. t.l2.f 12. — P. capsicifolia, Bun.! 

 ex Sieb. Mart. 69. — Hab. Jamaica (Zwre.) : [Virgin and French islands ! ; United States ! 

 to Brazil ! ; East Indies]. 



10. CAPSICUM, L. 



Calyx 5-dentate or subentire. Corolla rotate : limb plaited, with valvate lobes. Stamens 

 5, inserted into the corolla-throat : anthers longitudinally dehiscent. Stigma blunt. Berry 

 2(-3)-celled. Embryo curved. — Shrubs or herbs ; leaves subentire ; pedicels fascicled, or 

 single in the bifurcations of the stem, or lateral ; flowers whitish in the West Indian 

 species, with verdigris-green anthers. 



27. O. frutescens, L. Shrubby; leaves ovate, pointed, glabrous; calyx at length 

 truncate, 1 0-nerved, tapering into the thickened pedicel ; berry elongated-conical. — Desc. 

 Fl. 6. t. 423.— C. baccatum, Besc. (non L.).— Berry red, or yellow, 6"'-12"' long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica; S. Kitts !, Els., Antigna!, Wullschl.; [all tropical countries]. 



28. C. baccatum, L. Shrubby ; leaves ovate, pointed, glabrescent ; calyx 5-dentate, 

 abruptly passing into the slender, erect pedicel ; berry small, globose or ovoid-globose. — SI. 

 t. 246./. 2.— C. laurifolium, Bun. — Berry red, 3"'-4'" diam.— Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl., 

 Dominica !, Imr. ; [all tropical countries]. 



11. LYCOPERSICUM, T. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate : limb deeply 5-fid, plaited in the bud, with induplicative 

 lobes. Stamens 5, inserted into the corolla- throat : filaments short: anthers cohering, 

 longitudinally dehiscent along the interior side. Stigma blunt. Berry 2(-3)-celled. Em- 

 bryo curved. — Annual herbs; leaves pinnatisect : segments unequal; flowers cpwose, lateral. 



29. I». XXumboldtii, Bun. Pilose; leaves interruptedly pinnatisect : larger segments 

 iuciso-serrate, with a deltoid point ; pedicels ebracteolate ; calyx half as long as the corolla ; 

 berry globose.— Willd. Hort. t. 27- Jacq. H. Find. t.W. Desc. Fl. 5. t. 378.— Solannm 

 Lycopersicum, Jacq. — In the cultivated L. esculent-urn, Mill. (Desc. Fl. 6. t. 405 ; 5. t. 377), 

 the leaf-segments are more acuminate, and the calyx exceeds half the corolla : the larger size 

 and irregularity of its berries is (as in Capsicum) the effect of monstrosity, and said to be 

 wanting in the wild plant (£. cerasiforme, Dun.). — Flowers yellow ; berry red, 4"'-6'" diam. 

 — Hab. Jamaica!, Wullschl.; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



12. SOLANUM,Z. 



Corolla rotate: limb 5(9-4)-fid, plaited at the base, or 5(9-4)-partite : divisions valvate 

 or induplicative. Stamens 5 (9-4), inserted into the corolla-throat : filaments short : an- 

 thers connivent (rarely cohering), devoid of a prominent connective, dehiscent by 2 pores 

 (or at length longitudinally). Stigma blunt. Berry 2(-4)-celled. Embryo curved. 



