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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  in. 
  long, 
  flat, 
  ovate 
  or 
  obovate-lanceolate, 
  obtuse. 
  Flowers 
  crowded 
  

   in 
  spikes 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  branches. 
  Corolla 
  rose-purple, 
  |-| 
  in. 
  

   long. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  2. 
  T. 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  GARDEN 
  THYME. 
  More 
  erect 
  than 
  No. 
  1. 
  

   Leaves 
  somewhat 
  curled 
  under 
  at 
  the 
  edges. 
  Flower 
  clusters 
  shorter 
  

   and 
  not 
  all 
  terminal. 
  Corolla 
  pale 
  purple. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe 
  

   as 
  an 
  herb. 
  

  

  89. 
  SOLANACEJE. 
  NIGHTSHADE 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Mostly 
  tropical 
  herbs 
  or 
  shrubs 
  (rarely 
  trees). 
  Leaves 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  alternate, 
  without 
  stipules. 
  Flowers 
  actinomorphic, 
  borne 
  

   on 
  bractless 
  pedicels 
  at 
  or 
  above 
  the 
  leaf 
  axils, 
  or 
  in 
  cymes. 
  

   Calyx 
  hypogynous, 
  5-cleft, 
  usually 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  hypogy- 
  

   nous, 
  wheel-shaped, 
  bell-shaped, 
  or 
  salver-shaped, 
  5-lobed. 
  Sta- 
  

   mens 
  5, 
  short, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  corolla 
  tube. 
  Ovary 
  2-celled 
  or 
  

   imperfectly 
  4-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  simple 
  ; 
  stigma 
  simple 
  or 
  lobed. 
  

   Fruit 
  a 
  many-seeded 
  capsule 
  or 
  berry. 
  

  

  I. 
  SOLANUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Herbs 
  or 
  shrubs 
  ; 
  sterns 
  often 
  prickly, 
  sometimes 
  climbing. 
  

   Leaves 
  alternate, 
  often 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  opposite. 
  Flowers 
  clus- 
  

   tered, 
  the 
  peduncles 
  often 
  opposite 
  or 
  above 
  the 
  axils. 
  Calyx 
  

   spreading, 
  5-toothed 
  or 
  5-cleft, 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  wheel-shaped, 
  

   5-lobed. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  projecting, 
  the 
  filaments 
  very 
  short, 
  the 
  

   anthers 
  long 
  and 
  meeting 
  about 
  the 
  style. 
  Ovary 
  2-celled 
  ; 
  

   style 
  slender. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  many-seeded, 
  juicy 
  berry.* 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  Dulcamara 
  L. 
  BITTERSWEET. 
  Perennial; 
  stems 
  rather 
  

   shrubby, 
  long, 
  and 
  climbing. 
  Leaves 
  heart-shaped, 
  or 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   with 
  irregular 
  lobes, 
  or 
  ear-like 
  leaflets 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Flowers 
  blue 
  or 
  

   purple, 
  somewhat 
  cymose. 
  Berries 
  showy, 
  of 
  many 
  shades 
  of 
  orange 
  

   and 
  red 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  cluster, 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  maturity. 
  Naturalized 
  

   from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  2. 
  S. 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  NIGHTSHADE. 
  Annual; 
  stem 
  smooth, 
  or 
  downy 
  

   with 
  simple 
  hairs, 
  erect, 
  diffusely 
  branched; 
  branches 
  wing-angled, 
  

   1-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  ovate, 
  irregularly 
  toothed 
  or 
  entire, 
  somewhat 
  

   inequilateral, 
  petioled. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  lateral, 
  peduncled 
  umbels, 
  small. 
  

   white, 
  drooping. 
  Calyx 
  lobes 
  obtuse; 
  corolla 
  \-l 
  in. 
  wide; 
  filaments 
  

   downy 
  ; 
  berries 
  globose, 
  smooth, 
  black 
  when 
  ripe. 
  Common 
  in 
  culti- 
  

   vated 
  fields 
  and 
  \\;tote 
  places.* 
  

  

  