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Sect. 1. Megalopokus, Sendtn. — Anthers ovate-oblong or oblong, blunt: pores large, in- 

 trorse-terminal, often at length passing into longitudinal stits. — Stem unarmed ; flowers 

 cymose. 



* Stem herbaceous. 



30. S. nodiflorum, Jacq. Annual, glabrescent : leaves ovate, cuneate at the petioled 

 base, entire, or sinuate-dentate; cymes lateral, umbelliform, peduncled ; corolla 5-fd, twice 

 as long as the 5-fcd calyx ; filaments glabrous : anthers shortly oblong, at length longitudi- 

 nally dehiscent ; berry globose : calyx at length rejlexed. — Jacq. Ic. Ear. t. 326 : a large- 

 leaved form of a. — This weed in the tropics represents S. nigrum, L., of the temperate zones, 

 which latter is slightly distinguished by the calyx merely spreading from the fruit, and 

 villous filaments : both are equally variable, and the said characters, proposed by A. Braun, 

 require further confirmation. 



a. Leaves entire ; berry black. — S. caribseura, Dun. 



j8. oleraceum, Dun. Leaves sinuate-dentate ; berry black. — Desc. Fl. 6. t. 404. — S. 

 chenopodioides, Desc. 



y. rubrum, Mill. Leaves sinuate-dentate ; berry red. — S. erythrocarpum, Mey. Esseq. /.- 

 a form with entire leaves. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Dist., March (fl) ; Antigua !, Nichols., Wullschl. (£, y), S. 

 Vincent !, Guild, (y) ; Trinidad !, Sch., Or. (0, y) ; [all tropical countries, o, e.g. in Cuba ! 

 and the French islands!]. 



** Stem woody. 

 t Leaves glabrous, or nearly so. 



31. S. Seaforthianum, Andr. Shrubby, trailing, glabrous or early glabrate ; leaves 

 ovate, pointed, entire, petioled, inferior, or all pinnately divided : lateral segments smaller, 

 1-2-jugal ; cymes peduncled, lateral, paniculate : pedicels diverging ; calyx small, minutely 

 ^-dentate ; corolla deeply 'h-fid -. segments ovate ; anthers ovoid ; style incurved ; berry 

 gtohose, yellowish-red. — Bot. Rep. t. 504. — S. venustum, Kth. — Leaves, or their terminal 

 segments 3"— 14", calyx 1'" long ; corolla pale-red or lilac, 5"'-6"', berry 4'" diam. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!; S. Vincent!, Guild., Barbadoes ; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Venezuela, Guiana!]. 



32. S. trxste, Jacq. Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 pointed, entire, petioled, usually geminate: one in the pair smaller : vein-axils hairy beneath 

 or glabrate ; cymes peduncled, lateral, scorpioid-nodding ; calyx small, 5-fid ; corolla 

 h-partite : segments ovate-oblong, pointed ; anthers ovoid-oblong, half as long as the 

 corolla-segmeuts ; berry globose.— -Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 49. Desc. Fl. 3. t. 185.- S. nu- 

 dum, Kth., Dun. ! S. hevigatum, Kth., a form with the pedicels less numerous. S. mi- 

 cranthum, W. sec. Schlecht. PI. Mexic. ! — A common species, variable in the breadth of 

 the leaves, the form of the usually bluut, small calyx-lobes, and the style straight or curved : 

 the allied S. oblongum, R. P. (S. friste, Kth.), has longer anthers, and the corolla-segments 

 villous at the margin. — Leaves black in drying, 5"-3", peduncles 8"'-2"', longer pedicels 6"', 

 calyx l'"long; corolla white, 6"'-4"', berry 6"'-4'" diam., "yellow." — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Dist., March ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 22 and 309 ; [Cuba !, Martinique ; 

 Mexico !, Venezuela !, New Granada !, Peru !]. 



33. S. acropterom, Gr. (». sp.). Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, 

 with a bluutish point, entire, petioled; cymes terminal, at length lateral, fastigiate or few- 

 flowered : pedicels winged, with the wings long-decurrent from the calyx ; calyx half as 

 long as the corolla,' deeply h-fid: lobes oblong-liuear, twice as long as their tube ; corolla 

 S-fid: lobes bluntly-deltoid ,- anthers oblong; berry ovoid-globose. — Leaves solitary or 

 approximate, cbartaceons, 5"-3" long, arch-veined : petiole 8"'-4'"long; cymes shortly pe- 

 duncled : pedicels 8"'-10"' long : wings i'" broad at the top, passing into the middle nerves 

 of the calyx ; calyx 2b'" long ; corolla glabrous, 8'" diam. : lobes as long as the obconical 

 tube; anthers H"' long; style straight: stigma capitate ; berry 5'" long, 4'" broad, black 

 in drying. — Hab. Jamaica!, Waters, Wilt., Betty Hope's Estate, near Manchioneal, at 

 2500' alt. 



ft Leaves lepidole. 



34. S. punctulatum, Dun. Arboreous ; branchlcts densely lcpidote with yellowish 



