268 NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 



S. tuberbsum, POTATO. Cult, from Chili for the esculent tubers ; leaves 

 pinnate, of several ovate leaflets and .sonic minute ones intermixed ; flower.- bine 

 or white ; berries round, green. 2/ 



S. Dulcamara, BITTEHSWKET. Nat. from Eu. in moist cult, and waste 

 grounds ; smoothish, with tall stems woody at base and di-posl to climb, ovate 

 and heart-shaped leaves, some of the upper ones halberd-3-lohcd, or with one or 

 two pairs of smaller leaflets or lobes at ba-e, enrolla violet-purple with a pair 

 of greenish spots on the base of eaeh lobe, and oval red berries. ^ 



S. jasminoides. Woody-stemmed house-plant from Brazil, tall-climbing 

 by its petioles, very smooth, with oblong ovate or slightly heart-shaped entire 

 leaves, or some of them divided into 3 leaflets, and clusters of white or bluish 

 flowers. 11 



S. Pseudo-Capsicum, JERUSALEM CHERRY. Shrubby house-plant 

 from Madeira, cult, for the ornamental bright red berries, resembling cherries ; 

 smooth, with lance-oblong entire leaves and small white flowers. ^ 



4. CAPSICUM, CAYENNE or RED PEPPER. (Said to come from 

 Greek word meaning to gobble or eat quickly.) Originally all South Ameri- 

 can. Fl. summer. 



C. annuum, COMMON C. Cult, for the large oblong or globular and often 

 angled dry berry (red or green), which is exceedingly pungent, and used as a 

 condiment; leaves ovate, entire ; flowers white, with "truncate calvx. (T) 



C. cerasiforme, is cult, rarely as a pepper, more commonly for the orna- 

 mental cherry-like fruit, either bright red or yellow ; stem shrubby. ^ 



5. PHYSALIS, GROUND CHERRY. (Greek name for bladdery, from 

 the inflated fruiting calyx.) Fl. summer. 



1. Low stems (6' -20' hif/h) from slender creeping rootstocks : anthers yellow: 

 fruiting calyx loosely inflated, ">-</m//?/, mm-li /,t,;/ t -,- t/m /// ///</,' /////. 

 All Imt tli,' first are wild species of the country, in light or samh/ soil. JJ. 



P. Alkekengi, STKAWBKRKY TOMATO. Cult, from S. En., and running 

 wild ]:. rather downy; leaves triangular-ovate, pointed; corolla greenish- 

 white, 5-lobed, not spotted; fruiting calyx ovate, turning red: berrv red. 



P. Pennsylvamca. Smooth or somewhat hairv. but not clammy ; leaves 

 varying from ovate to lanceolate (var. LAN CEOLATAJ, entire or sparingly wavv- 

 toothed; corolla yellowish with a darker throat and slightly 5 - 10-toothed 

 border ; fruiting calyx sunken at the base ; berry red. 



P. Visc6sa. Clammy-pubescent, much branched, bushy ; leaves ovate or 

 heart-shaped and mostly toothed ; corolla light yellow with dark brown centre; 

 fruiting calyx truncate or slightly concave at'base, sharply 5-angled ; berry 

 orange or reddish, glutinous. 



2. Stems l-3 hir/h, from an annual root : flowers matt, light greenish-yellow : 



anthers tinged >nth bine or violet. \Vil,l species in /-< or cult. ; /r,),,nds. ' 

 P. pubescens. Clammy-hairy or downv ; stems much spreading ; leaves 



ovate or heart-shaped, angulate-toothed ; corolla brown-spotted in the throat; 



Sharply 5-angled fruiting calyx loosely enclosing the vello\s or greenish berry. 

 P. angulata. Nearly smooth ; leaves more sharply cut-toothed ; peduncles 



slender, very small corolla not spotted ; fruiting calyx 10-angled. loose at len-'th 



filled by the greenish-yellow berry. 



P. Philadelphica. Almost smooth, erect : leaves ovate or oblong and 



Oblique at base, slightly toothed or angled ; corolla dark colored in the throat, 



over*' wide; fruiting calyx globose, completely tilled bv the large reddish or 



purple edible berry, and open at the mouth. 



6 - NIC ANDRA, APPLE-OF-PERU. (Named from the poet Nicander ?) 

 Only one species : tl. summer. (T) 



N. physaloides. Tall smooth weed from Peru, wild in moist waste 

 grounds; with ovate angled or sinuate-toothed leaves, and solitary peduncles, 

 bearing a rather large pale blue flower. 



