442 SOLANE.E. 



and calyx, prickly on the leaf-ribs and branches : prickles slender, straight, compressed (or 

 recurved on the branches) ; leaves subcordate-roundish or broadly ovate, sinuate-angular, 

 scabrous above, hoary -tomentose beneath ; cymes lateral, subsessile, scorpioid-contracted ; 

 calyx deeply 5-fid, half as long as the corolla: lobes ovate-oblong, pointed; corolla o-par- 

 tite, externally hirsute ; anthers ovate-lanceolate, incurved ; berry globose, long-hirsute. — 

 Vahl, Ic. t. 21.— S. flavescens, Dun. ! (exclus. P). S. Richardi, Sieb. Tr. 24 !— Leaves 8"- 

 3", prickles 3"'-l'", calyx-hairs 3'", corolla 4"'-6'", anthers 3"'-4'" long ; berry 6'" diam.— 

 Hab. Trinidad !, Sieb., Sch. Cr. 



55. S. mammosum, L. Herbaceous or suffruticose, densely villous with simple 

 jointed hairs, prickly on the leaf-ribs and stem : prickles stout, straight, compressed ; leaves 



ovate, angular, sinuate ; cymes lateral, few-flowered, contracted ; calyx 5-partite, one-third 

 to one-fourth as long as the corolla : segments subulate ; corolla blue, 5-partite, hairy : 

 segments lanceolate ; anthers oblong-lanceclate, tapering from the middle ; berry large, 

 conical, glabrous, yellowish, supported by the small calyx. — Si. t. 12./. 1, the fruit. Desc. 

 Fl. 3. t. 186.— S. pectinatum, Bun. !— 3'-4' high ; leaves 4"-6", yellow prickles 10"'-4"', 

 corolla 8"'-6'", anthers 5'", berry 2" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Dist., Al., a nuisance 

 in meadows; Antigua!, Wullschl. ; [Haiti!, French islands!; Carolina and Mexico to 

 Peru ! and Guia»a !]. 



56. S. aculeatissimum, Jacq. Suffruticose, pilose with simple jointed hairs, or at 

 length glabrous, except on the leaf-margin, very prickly on the leaf-ribs, the stem, and often 

 on the calyx : prickles slender, straight ; leaves ovate, pinnatifid, rarely repand-entire, long- 

 petioled : lobes ovate-oblong, often sinuate-dentate ; cymes lateral, few-flowered ; calyx 

 5-fid, one-third as long as the corolla : lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; co olla white, 

 5-partite, glabrescenl -. segments oblong- lanceolate ; anthers ovate-lanceolate ; berry globose, 

 glabrous, scarlet, supported by the small calyx. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 41. Dun. Solan, t. 18. 

 — S. ciliatum, Lam. S. myriacanthum, Dun. : the form with subentire leaves. S. reflexum, 

 Schrk. ; the same.— 2'-4' high ; leaves 6"-4", yellow prickles 4"'-7'" (-2'"), corolla 4"'-5'", 

 anthers 3'" long ; berry 6"'-8'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., in waste ground; Trinidad!, 

 Cr. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico to Brazil !] 



57. S. fuscatum, L. Suffruticose, scabrous-puberulous with stellate down, prickly. 

 prickles stout, straight on the leaf-ribs and often on the calyx, shorter and often recurved on 

 the stem ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pinnatifid-sinuate with deltoid lobes, long-petioled, 

 the younger ones somewhat hoary beneath ; cymes lateral, few-flowered ; calyx 5-fid, half 

 as long as the corolla : lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla bluish, externally pube- 

 rulous on the angles: limb sinuate, shortly 5-fid ; anthers oblong-lanceolate; berry globose, 

 glabrous, surrounded by the excrescent calyx. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 42. — S. campechiense, L. 

 ex Dill. FJth. t. 268./. 347.— 4'-5' high ; leaves 7"-3", yellow or tawny leaf-prickles 4'"- 

 3'", anthers 3"'-4'" long ; corolla 1", berry about 1" diam. — Hab. Antigua !, Nichols., 

 Wullschl. : [Yucatan]. 



Sect. 5. Melongena, Ns. — Anthers of Leptostemon, but their terminal pores forming 



transverse slits. 



58*. S. Melongena, L. Herbaceous or suffruticose, pubescent or tomentose with stel- 

 late down, prickly or unarmed : prickles distant, straightisli (or recurved), short, compressed ; 

 leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, repand or sinuate, long-petioled ; cymes lateral, few-1-flowered, 

 peduncled ; calyx 5-9-fid : lobes ovate, pointed ; corolla blue, 5-9-fid, 5-9-androus : lobes 

 deltoid; anthers oblong-lanceolate; berry large, ovoid (or subglobose), supported by the 

 excrescent calyx. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 224./. 2. Desc. Fl. 3. /. 187. — S. insanum, L., 

 Sw. S. esculeutum, melanocarpum, and Plumieri, Dun. — Corolla 5"'-8'", anthers 3"'-2'", 

 berry l£''-6" long. — Hab. Naturalized and cultivated in Jamaica {Lun.) and the Caribbean 

 islands; [introduced from trop. Asia]. 



Sect. 6. Hetekaquartia. — Anthers oblong, bluntish, with minute pores at the 

 truncate point. 



59. S. polygamum, V. Shrubby, trailing, prickly or nnarmed : prickles on the 

 branches and leaves slender, straight ; branches tomentose : down stellate ; leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong, bluntish, repand-entire, shortly petioled, scabrous above, tomentose or scabrous- 



