﻿NIGHTSHADE 
  FAMILY 
  215 
  

  

  3. 
  S. 
  carolinense 
  L. 
  HORSE 
  NETTLE. 
  Perennial; 
  stem 
  erect, 
  

   branched, 
  downy 
  with 
  star-shaped 
  hairs, 
  armed 
  with 
  straight 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  prickles, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  ovate-oblong, 
  deeply 
  toothed 
  or 
  

   lobed, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  abruptly 
  contracted 
  to 
  the 
  short 
  petiole, 
  

   prickly 
  on 
  the 
  veins. 
  Racemes 
  lateral, 
  few-flowered; 
  pedicels 
  re- 
  

   curved 
  in 
  fruit. 
  Calyx 
  lobes 
  taper-pointed. 
  Corolla 
  deeply 
  angular- 
  

   lobed, 
  blue 
  or 
  white; 
  berry 
  globose, 
  smooth, 
  yellow. 
  A 
  common 
  

   weed.* 
  

  

  4. 
  S. 
  rostratum 
  Dunal. 
  SAND 
  BUR, 
  BUFFALO 
  BUR. 
  Annual; 
  the 
  

   whole 
  plant 
  beset 
  with 
  yellow 
  prickles; 
  stem 
  erect, 
  diffusely 
  branched, 
  

   1-2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  broadly 
  oval 
  or 
  ovate 
  in 
  outline, 
  deeply 
  pin- 
  

   nately 
  lobed 
  or 
  parted, 
  petioled, 
  downy 
  with 
  star-shaped 
  hairs. 
  

   Racemes 
  few-flowered 
  ; 
  pedicels 
  erect 
  in 
  fruit. 
  Calyx 
  very 
  prickly, 
  

   becoming 
  enlarged 
  and 
  inclosing 
  the 
  fruit. 
  Corolla 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  

   5-angled, 
  about 
  1 
  in. 
  broad. 
  From 
  the 
  West, 
  becoming 
  a 
  troublesome 
  

   weed 
  in 
  some 
  places.* 
  

  

  5. 
  S. 
  tuberosum 
  L. 
  IRISH 
  POTATO. 
  Annual; 
  stem 
  diffusely 
  

   branched, 
  downy, 
  underground 
  branches 
  numerous 
  and 
  tuber 
  -bear- 
  

   ing. 
  Leaves 
  irregularly 
  pinnatificl 
  and 
  divided. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  cymose 
  

   clusters, 
  white 
  or 
  purple, 
  with 
  prominent 
  yellow 
  anthers 
  ; 
  pedicels 
  

   jointed. 
  Corolla 
  5-angled, 
  f-1 
  in. 
  broad. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  globose, 
  greenish- 
  

   yellow, 
  many 
  -seeded 
  berry, 
  about 
  i 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  

   Chile.* 
  

  

  II. 
  LYCOPERSICUM 
  Hill. 
  

  

  Annual 
  ; 
  stem 
  diffusely 
  branched. 
  Leaves 
  pinnately 
  divided. 
  

   Flowers 
  in 
  raceme-like 
  clusters 
  on 
  peduncles 
  opposite 
  the 
  

   leaves. 
  Calyx 
  5-many-parted, 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  wheel- 
  

   shaped, 
  5-6-parted. 
  Stamens 
  5-6, 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  short 
  tube 
  

   of 
  the 
  corolla 
  ; 
  filaments 
  short, 
  anthers 
  elongated. 
  Ovary 
  2- 
  

   several-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  and 
  stigma 
  simple. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  many-seeded 
  

   berry.* 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  esculentum 
  Mill. 
  TOMATO. 
  Stem 
  diffusely 
  branched, 
  at 
  

   length 
  leaning 
  over, 
  furrowed 
  and 
  angled 
  below, 
  sticky-hairy, 
  3-5 
  

   ft. 
  long. 
  Leaves 
  irregularly 
  lobed 
  and 
  pinnatifid, 
  petioled. 
  Calyx 
  

   lobes 
  linear, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  yellow 
  corolla. 
  Fruit 
  (in 
  the 
  wild 
  

   state) 
  globose 
  or 
  ovoid, 
  red 
  or 
  yellow, 
  -1 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  but 
  greatly 
  

   enlarged 
  in 
  cultivation. 
  Common 
  in 
  cultivation 
  from 
  tropical 
  

   America.* 
  

  

  III. 
  LYCIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  or 
  woody 
  vines, 
  often 
  spiny. 
  Leaves 
  entire, 
  alter- 
  

   nate, 
  often 
  fascicled. 
  Flowers 
  solitary 
  or 
  clustered, 
  terminal 
  

  

  