440 SOLANRffi. 



44. S. ierneum, L. Shrubby, stellate-puberulous, prickly on the stem and often on the 

 midrib of the leaves (or unarmed) : prickles yellow, compressed-conical at the base, straight ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, sharply acuminate, entire or repand, petioled ; cymes lateral, lax, 

 simply racemiform, long-peduncled : pedicels cernuous ; calyx 5-dentate, much shorter than 

 the corolla ; corolla white, 5-partite : segments linear, bluntish, half as long again as the 

 stamens; anthers linear; style thickened at the exserted point ; berry globose, red. — SI. 

 t. 11. f. 3, referred by Linnaeus to the following, but his species is clear from Plukenet, 

 whose figure is the only one which he quotes. J acq. H.'Vind. 1. t. 14. — Prickles 3"'-l'", 

 leaves 6''-2", calyx I"', anthers 2 J-'" long ; corolla 8"'-10'", berry 3'" diam.— Hab. S. 

 Kitts !, Els., Antigua!, Wullschl., Barbadoes (SI.) ; [Cuba to Guiana]. 



45. S. bafcamense, L. Shrubby, stellate-puberulous or pubescent-tomentose, prickly 

 or unarmed on the stem or leaves : prickles tawny, compressed-subulate at the base, straight ; 

 leaves laneeolate-oblong or lanceolate, with a bluntish or deltoid point, sinuate-repand or 

 repand-entire, petioled; cymes lateral, short, simply racemiform, long-peduncled : pedicels 

 at length cernuous ; calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid, much shorter than the corolla ; corolla purple, 

 5-partite : segments linear, bluntish, somewhat longer than the stamens ; anthers linear ; 

 style thickened at the included or shortly exserted point ; berry globose, red. — Dill. Elth. 

 t. 271.— 3'-4' high, variable; prickles thin, 3'", leaves 4"-H", calyx 1"', anthers 3'" long ; 

 corolla 8'", berry 2"'-3'" diam. 



a. Leaves sinuate, lanceolate-oblong : down at length scattered. 



/3. lanceolatum. Leaves subentire, undulate or repand, usually tomentose beneath. — SI. 

 i. 145./. 3. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. Q9) ; Jamaica!, all coll. (o, /3) ; Antigua!, Nichols., Wullschl., 

 S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Mexico]. 



ft Stem furnished with recurved prickles ; corolla 5-partite (Juripeba, Dun.). 



46. S. lanceifolium, Jacq. Shrubby, trailing, scabrous, prickly on the branches, 

 petioles and midribs of the leaves: all prickles short, recurved; down stellate, scarce, 

 minute, leaving all parts green ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, long-acumi- 

 nate, repand-entire or slightly angular, long-petioled ; cymes lateral, lax, few-flowered : pedi- 

 cels and calyx unarmed ; calyx 5-fid, about one.fonrth as long as the corolla : lobes subu- 

 late with a long appendage ; corolla variegated-white, 5 -partite : segments linear, pointed, 

 slightly exceeding the anthers ; berry globose, yellow. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 329. — S. crotonoides, 

 Sieb. (non Dun.). S. insequale, Prl., S. Preslei and calvifactum, Dun., ex syn. Sieb. — 

 Leaves membranaceous, 5"-4", prickles l'"-2'", corolla 6'", anthers 4'" long.— Hab. Domi- 

 nica !, Imr., in mountain-woods ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 132 ; [Martinique ; Venezuela !]. 



47. S. micracanthos, Lam. Shrubby, scabrous, prickly on the branches, petioles, and 

 midribs of the leaves : all prickles short, recurved ; down stellate ; leaves elliptical-oblong, 

 pointed, entire, shortly tapering into the long petiole, dulLgreen above, hoary-velvety be- 

 neath ; cymes lateral, corymbiform, shortly peduncled : pedicels and calyx unarmed, hoary- 

 velvety ; calyx 5-fid, about one-third as long as the corolla : lobes lanceolate-linear, long- 

 acumiuate ; corolla 5-partite : segments subulate, nearly twice as long as the unequal 

 stamens; berry globose, yellow. — S. obscurum, Sieb. Trin. 19! — Leaves 6"-2i", prickle9 

 V"-l"', corolla 5'", anthers 2"'-3"' long ; berry 4"'-5'" diam.— Hab. Trinidad !, Sieb. 

 Lockh., Cr., on rocky hills; [Guadeloupe]. 



48. S. scabrum, V. Shrubby, trailing, scabrous, prickly on the branches, petioles and 

 midribs of the leaves : all prickles short, recurved, compressed below ; down stellate ; leaves 

 elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, sinuate-angular, petioled, concolor, dull-green ; cymes lateral, 

 diverging-racemiform or corymbiform ; calyx prickly, 5-fid, one-third as long as the corolla: 

 lobes subulate with a short point ; corolla bluish, externally tomentose, 5-partite : seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate, little exceeding the anthers; berry globose. — S. volubile, Sw. — 

 Leaves 5"-3", prickles l'"-2'", corolla 6'", anthers 4'" long.— Hab. Carribean Islands {Dun.) ; 

 [Haiti; Panama!, in savannahs, New Granada!]. 



49. S. Juripeba, Rich. Shrubby, prickly ; prickles of the branches recurved, com- 

 pressed at the base, those of the petioles and midribs of leaves straight (or wanting) ; down 

 stellate ; leaves elliptical, subentire or sinuate-angular, petioled, the yonnger ones hoary- 

 pubescent beneath; calyx unarmed, shortly 5-lobed, one sixth to one-tenth as long as the 



