SOLAN ACH.A. 
Nightshades. 
No 90. 
SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. 
Common Poraro. 
Place—South America, 
Quality—Viscous, : 
Power—Anti-spasmodie, slightly narcotic, 
Use—Chronic rheumatism, scurvy, &c. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Luride.—L. Solanacew.—J. 
Cuiass V. Pentandria. Orver Monogynia. 
Loud. Enc. Pl. 156. Griff. Med. Bot. 482. Per. El. Mat. Med. ii. 336. Wood, 
C. B. 448. 
Genus SOLANUM. 
Etymology uncertain. Some derive it from Lat. Sor, sun, and Greek dvev, { without 
ing reference to the nightshade species. (Others from Lat. Souani, to comfort; 
though the application is not evident. ~ = : 
Synonymes.—Pomme de terre [F.], Die Kartoffeln [Ger], Aardappelen [ Dutch], 
Tertufibianci [/.], Batatas Inglezas [Sp.], Batata de terra [Port.] 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
Catyx. Sepals, four—five, more or less united, mostly per- 
sistent. 
Corotta. Regular. Limb four—five cleft, plaited in wstivation, 
deciduous. 
Sramens. Four—five (sometimes one abortive), insarted on the 
corolla, alternate with its segments. Anthers bursting 
longitudinally, rarely by terminal pores. 
Ovary. Free (superior) two-celled, (four-celled in Datura), with 
the placenta in the axis. Styles and Stigmas united 
into one. as gee 
