1114 SOLANACEAE 
o Plain, Ga. to Kans. , Minn., and N. B. 
of Eu. —Sum.—fall. 
L. Herbaceous annual, 1-12 
dm tall: leaf-blades ipid to e ‘ovate, 
eeply repand: 
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(COMMON E.) — Fiel thickets, 
cult. POEM and waste- -places, various prov- 
inces, U. S. om S Bi ccn d , Mez., 
C. 4. S. 4. O. ] J.)—Spr.- 
S. gracile Link. Herbaceous annual, 
lu dm pen s blades lanceolate to o d 
or ellipte- ovate, 2.5-11 em. long, u paca repand: e ealyx-lobes fully 1.5 mm. 
long: ate white ee bluish oe lanceolate . elliptic-lanceolate: berry sub- 
globose, 6-10 meter r, blaek.—Pinelands, coastal sand-dunes, and 
Mesa cem near a coe Fla. to Ta and N. C.—Spr.-fall, or all year south- 
ard. 
S. 8 dm 
em unu leaf- hades een suborbic ular, 1-4 em. long, obtuse or acute, 
coarsely eua ipu long-petioled: calyx Ei pubescent; lobes ovate, 
about as long as the tube: cor rolla Bea about 8 mm. wide; lobes ovate, ciliate: 
berry scarlet, 7 A mm. diamete = BORES cult. grounds, and waste- 
places, N Fla. —Nativity uc 
um Moe Annual, erect, villous disse. Stems mostly 2- 
lon 
Ss. sisymbriifolium Lam. Herbaceous annual 3-7 dm. tall, villous: leaf- 
blades elliptic to oval in outline dune -pinnatifid, 8-20 em. long: calyx spinescent; 
id lanceolate, 5-8 mm. long: ws white or light-blue, 3-4 cm. uve lobes 
ovate: gynoeci ium aee ent: berr E 5-20 mm: in diameter, red.—Was te places, 
Mute and river- od Coastal Plain, Fla. to La., and contiguous regions 
Nat. of S. Am.—(W. I.) 
6. S. aculeatissimum Jacq. Partially woody perennial 3-8 dm. tall, often 
sparingly pubescent: leaf- ae pu to suborbieular in outline, angulately 
othed or sinuate-pinnatifid, m. long: poe copiou n spinescent: lobes 
iq iE to elliptic- E. or yeu about 2 mm. long: ded white, 12-18 
— lobes S e: gynoecium Dogs "berr | g 6e in diam eter, 
s s ange, or Er ODE -APPLE.)— Sandy ai, M thickets, pur 
S. des 
roadsides, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex., Bus N. C.— —(W. I., Mex , C. A,, 
Spr.—fall. 
d S. Melon zena L. Partially woody cee or perennial, 3-9 dm. tall, felty- 
mentose: leaf-blades oval to ovate, 8-30 cm. long, sinusted lobed or shallowly 
BR ate- lobed: ealyx-lobes ovate, abruptly pointed, 9. paces m. long, pubescent: 
corolla purplish or violet, except the yellow eye, 40—50 . wide; lobes deltoid: 
berry ellipsoid or obovoi id, 5-30 em. long, ZETA Or gs ' edible.— ( Ecc- 
PLANT. )—Cult. grounds, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. Nat. of Old World trop. 
all. 
. S. carolinense L. Herbaceous perennial, 2- d dm. tall, hirsute or rough- 
pubescent: leaf-blades elliptic to ovate in outline, 5— 12 cm. lon ng, sinuate or 
deri sinuate-lobed, the lobes Ae a triangular E calyx spin ra lobes 
lance late, often narrowly so, acuminate: corolla violet ps rarely white, 25—30 
wide; lobes : berry glo a lar, 10-15 mm. in diameter, orange- ‘yellow. 
Hoe -NETTLE. 7) thickets fields, and roadsides, various provinces, 
Tex., and Ont.— 
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