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taken new root, after which they may be treated in 1 tuberous NighiJJjade, commonly called PoLUoe, by the In- 



the fame manner as the former fort. This plant has 1 dians Batatas. 



not as yet "been planted in the full ground in Eng- The firft fort here mentioned is fuppofed to be the 



land, but it lives through the winter under a common I Lycoperficon of Galen. This is an annual plant, wicii 



. frame. ' • ■ 



The other fpecies which were included in this genus, 

 are now removed to Celastrus. 

 LYCOPERSICON. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 150. tab. 

 63. Solanum. Lin. Gen. Plant. 224. [of AlV.©-', a 

 wolf, and Perfica, Lat. a Peach.] Love Apples, or 

 Wolf's Peach. . 



The Characters are, 



■. 'The flower has a permanent empalement of one leaf 



:^'&)hicb is cut into five acute fegments at the top^ and is 



\ permanent. The flower has one petals which is wheel- 



floapcd^ with a very fl)crt tuhe^ and a large five-cornered 



.: ^r/wz, which fpreads open and is plaited. It hath five 



fniall awl'fljapei ftaminay terminated by ohlong flummits 



.. which clofe together. It hath a roundijh germen^ fupport- 



i/jg aflender Jtyle the length of the ftamina^ crowned by 



^ an obtufe ftigma. Thegermen afterward becomes a round- 



' ijh flefrjy fruit or berry ^ divided into fever al cellsy inclofmg 



many flat feeds. 



an herbaceous, branching, hairy ftalk, which will rife 

 to the height of fix or eight feet, if fupjx)rtcd, other- 

 wife the branches will fall to the ground ; thefe are 

 garnifhed with winged leaves of a very rank difaf^rce- 

 able odour, compofed of four or five pair of lobes 

 terminated by an odd one \ thefe are cut on their 



The flowers come 

 out from the fide of the branches upon pretty Ion 

 foot-ftalks, each fuftainin 



edges, and end in acute points. 



or 



feveral yellow flowers, 

 ranged in a fingle long bunch or thyrfe, and are fuc' 

 ceeded by round, fmooth, pulpy fruit, about the fize 

 of a'large Cherry. There are two varieties of this, 

 one with yellow, and the other with red fruitx The 

 plants flower from June till the froft fl:ops them, and 

 the fruit ripens in fuccefllon from the end of July, till 

 the frofl kills the plants •, this fort is ufcd in medicine. 

 The fecond fort is very like the firft, excepting the 

 fruit, which differ greatly ■, for thofe of the fecond 

 fort are very large, comprefl:ed at both ends, and 



This genus of plants is ranged in the feventh feftion I ' deeply furrowed all over the fides. This fort never 

 ^ of Tournefort's fecond clafs, which includes the herbs j varies to the other, fo that it is undoubtedly a diftinct 



with'a wheel-fliaped flov/er of one leaf, whofe pointal 

 -becomes a foft fruit. Dr. Linnaeus has joined this 



fpecies. This is the fort which is commonly c-iihi- 

 vated to put into foups j and the Portugueze, Spa- 

 niards, and fome others, life them in many of their 

 fauces, to which they give an agreeable acid flavour, 

 fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers I ., The third fort is alfo annual •, this rifes with an erect 

 -., have five ftamina' and one fl:yle ; but as there are nu- I . herbaceous ftalk a foot and a half high, dividing into 



genus, and alfo the Melongeha of Tournefort, to the 

 Solanum, which he places in the firft feftion of his 



merous fpecies of Solani, fo it is much better to keep 

 thefe feparate, to avoid confufion, which if we allow 

 the fruit as a chara(5l:eriftic note, fliould be done •, for 



feveral branches, garnifhed with oval angular leaves, 

 from three to four inches long, and almoft three 

 inches broad in the middle ; they are placed alter- 



as the fruit of the Solanum has but two cells, and the | nately upon pretty long foot-ftalks, which have one 



fruit of this many, fo that diftinftion may be'allow^d 



to iepar^te the genera. •'> : i^^Vi- ^^'-^..'iii^^;^"' 



v:,;The Species are, : ' . q:- ^. -c^iku 



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or two Ihort fpines upon them, as there alfo is upon 

 the midrib of the leaves. The flowers come out finglv 



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Lycopersicon (Galeni) caule inermi herbaceo, foliis 



. pinriatis incifisi' frudu l-otundo glabro. Love Apple 



. i;jbith afi herbaceous tinafked ftalk, pinnated cut leaves ^ and 



i^fmooth round fruit. ■^'Lycoperficon Galeni. Aiie. 217. 



TheWolf Peach of Galen. \^ ■ \ .^^ H^i:^^M^ ' 



2. Lycopersicon (£/?«/^;^/«w)-caulc herbaced hirfutif- \\ leaves'are 'tmequally winged, having'^fbme fmafltr 



upon foot-ftalks from the fide of the branches ; they 

 are white, and are fucceeded by red ftriated fruit, 

 which ate firmer than thofe of the other forts, iahd 

 -;ftbout the fize of Cherries. ;, This fruit ripens in the 

 autumn, and the plants decay foon after, -.t . . - I - 

 The fourth fort is fomewhat like the firft, but the 



^fimo, foliis pinnatis, incifis,' frudlu compreflb fulcato. j lobes placed between the larg 



ones 



'Love Apple witb_a very hairy herbaceous ftalk, winged 

 cut leaves, and a compreffed furrowed fruit. Solanum 



, pomiferum,^>frud:u rotundo ftnato molli. C. B. P. 

 •i6j.* Apple-bearing Nightfhade^^ith a foft, round, 

 ftriated frnit, commonly called Tomat as by the Spaniards. 



3. Lycopersicon {^thiopicum) caule inermi herbaceo, 

 ere6lo, foliis ovatis dentato angulatis, fubfpinofis fruc- 



' tu fubrotundo fulcato. Love Apple with an herbaceous. 



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the lobes of 

 this are ftiorter, broader, and not cut like thofe of the 

 firft, but have fome obtufe indentures toward their 

 bafe. The leaves of this fort have not that rank dif- 

 agreeable odour ^hich the two firft have ; the fruit of 

 it is not fo large as thofe of the firft, but they arc 

 round and fmooth, and are very late before they ri-' 

 pen here j fo that unlefs the plants are raifed early 

 in the fpring, they will not produce ripe fruit; .r^.* 



ereSf, unarmed ftalk, oval angular leaves indented, having J - The fifth fort is alfo annual ; this hath a very Branch- 



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a few fpines, with a roundifh furrowed fruit. Lycoper- 

 ficon fru(9ku ftriato duro. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 150. 

 JVolfs Peach with a hard ftriated fruit. 



4. Lycopersicon {Pimpmcllifolium) caule inermi herba- 

 ceo, foliia inasqualiter pinnatis",' foliolis obtufe-dentatis, 

 racemis fimplicibus. ''Love Apple with an herbaceous 



' unarmed ftalk, leaves unequally winged, whofe lobes are 

 bluntly indented, and fmiple bramhes of flowers, - Li- 

 coperlficon inodcrum." Juln JVolfs Peach having no f cent. 



5. Lycopersicon {Peruvidn:i^)^z^yAt\TitTtt{\\it^^ 

 foliis pinnatis tomentofis incifis, racemis bipartitis fo- 

 \\om. Love Apple with an unarmed herbaceous ftalk, 

 winged cut leaves, which are downy,' Und a leafy double 

 f pike of flowers. *' Lycoperficon' pimpTnellae fanguifor- 

 bge foliis. Feuill. Obf. 3."" p. "'37. Wolf's Peaci with 



■ leaves like Burnet. 



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6. Lycopep.sicon {Procumbens) caule herbaceo, 



cumbente, foliis pinnatindis, glabris, floribus fo'lita- 



;:i.^ ahribus. Love Apple with an herbaceous trailing 



wing-pointed fmooth leaves, and flowhs growing 

 finglyfrom the wings of the ft^alk. 



7. Lycopersicon [Tuherofum) caule inermo herbaceo, 

 fgliis pinnatis integerrimis. Love Apple with an unarmed 



ftalk. 



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ing herbaceous ftalk, fpreading out into many divi- 

 fions, and is not fo hairy as the two firft; the leaves 

 are compofed of a greater number of lobes, which arc 

 much fhorter'and more indented on their "edges, 

 [v^hefe they a.re a little waved, and are downy/ '-The 

 ; ;.flp\\:^rs ftand upon very long foot-ftalks, which branch 

 out and fupport a laro-e number of flowers at the top ^ 

 ■ thefe have a longer ftyle than thofe of the other fpe- 

 cies,' which is permanent,' remaining on the top of 

 ^ the fruit. <'^^' This fort is late in ripening the fruit, fo 

 \ ^ that unlefs the plants are raifed early in the fprin 



the fruit will not ripen in England. '7 ' '' ■' ' * 

 ? The ieeds of thefe two forts were fent from Peru by 

 Mr. ^ofeph de Juflieu to the Royal Garden at Paris, 

 p»art of which was fent me by his brother Dr. Ber- 

 nard de JuflieuV'of the Royal Acadefny of Sciences. 

 The fixth fort was raifed by Mr. James Gordom, 

 gardener at Mile-end. who gave me fome of die 

 feeds, but from what country it came I could not 

 learn. ^^This hath' very weak, t^railing, nnooth ftallcs, 

 not'mbre' than a foot long, -garniflied with fmooth 

 leaves, ftanding by pairs oppofite ; thefe are regularly 

 cut on the fides almoft to the midriB, in form of a 



herbaceous ftalk, and winged leaves which are entire. So- j winored leaf; and thefe fegments are alfo indented on 

 lanum tMberofum efculentum. C. B. P. 1C7. Efculent] their edges, ahd at' their points. The flowers come 



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