254 CONVOLVULACEAE • SOLANACEAE 



Family 71. CONVOLVULACEAE. K (5), C (5), A5, G (2) 



* Convolvulus Cneorum (C. argenteum). 3. May-August. E. Whole plant 

 covered with silky hairs. Ls. alternate, lane, 2, entire, tapered at base. Fls. i|, 

 white or pinkish, trumpet-shaped, in a terminal cluster. Fruit a pod splitting into 

 four. South Europe. (Fig. 125 D.) 



Family 72. SOLANACEAE. K (5), C (5), A2-5, G (2) 



(Potato, Tomato) 



CESTRUM. Ls. alternate, lane, 5, short-stalked. Fls. fragrant at night, in 

 axillary or terminal panicles. Fruit a berry cupped in persistent calyx. 



* C.elegans {C.fasciciilatum). 8. June-July. D. Rambler. Ls. hairy. Fls. f , 



rosy crimson. Mexico. (Fig. 125 K.) 

 Variety Newelli. Fls. larger. 



* C. Parqui {C. virgatum). 8. June-July. D. Ls. hairless. Fls. i, yellowish 



green. Chile. (Fig. 125 L.) 



FABIANA. False Heath. Ls. alternate, minute, scale-like, completely covering 

 branchlet. Fls. f , tubular, solitary at end of side shoots. Fruit a capsule. 



* F. imbricata. 8. June. E. Narrow habit of growth. Fls. white. South 



America. (Fig. 49 c.) 



* F. violacea. 12. June. E. Spreading habit of growth. Fls, pale mauve or 



pale blue. South America. 



LYCIUM. Box Thorn. Ramblers. Branches with a few spines. Ls. alternate 

 or in clusters, ov., lane, short-stalked. Fls. |, solitary or in few-flowered clusters 

 in 1. -axils. Fruit a red berry. 



L. chinense (L. barharum). Chinese Box Thorn, Cottage Tea Tree. May- 

 July. D. Ls. 4. Fls. purple. China. (Fig. 125 e.) 

 L. pallidum. Fremont's Box Thorn. June-July. D. Ls. 2. Fls. greenish 

 white. South United States. 



SOLANUM. Climbers or ramblers. Ls. alternate, entire. Fls. blue, purple, 

 or white, with conspicuous yellow stamens, solitary or in branched clusters in 

 1. -axils. Fruit a berry. 



* S. crispiim. Potato Tree. 10. June-September. \ E. Ls. ov., lane, 5, 



pointed, tapering or rounded base. Fls. i, blue. Chile. (Fig. 125 B.) 

 iS. Dulcamara. Woody Nightshade, Bittersweet. 8. July-September. D. 

 Ls. ov., 4, heart-shaped at base, often 3-fol. or 3-lobed, pointed, 

 bright green. Fls. purple, drooping. Berry red. Europe (including 

 Britain). (Fig. 125 f.) 



* S. jasminoides. 10. July-September. | E. Ls. deeply lobed or pinnate, 3. 



Fls. pale blue. Brazil. (Fig. 12 c.) 

 Variety album. Fls. white. 



* Streptosolen Jamesonh. 6. June-July. D. Ls. alternate, ov., 2, thin, rough 

 above, downy below. Fls. i, orange-red, tubular (tube twisted), A4, in pairs of 

 different lengths, in terminal clusters. Fruit a capsule. South America. (Fig. 125 c.) 



