Solanum—continued. 
S. n. miniatum (scarlet). fr. scarlet. 7. toothed. Kent. 
(Sy. En. B. 932.) 
S. oxycarpum (sharp-fruited). /. borne in loose, few-flowered 
cymes. fr, ellipsoid, cuspidate. J. distinctly petiolate ; leaflets 
nine to eleven, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Stem short and 
slender, Tubers minute. Mountains of Central Mexico. Hardy 
perennial. This species is not in cultivation. 
S. platanifolium (Plane-leaved). fl., calyx small, five-cleft, 
prickly in fruit ; corolla diluted with violet, seven to eight lines in 
diameter, five-parted ; peduncles usually one-flowered, unarmed. 
Jr. beautifully variegated with green and white, at length yellow, 
ljin. in diameter. Z. petiolate, five-lobed, 3}in. long; lobes ir- 
regularly incised, ciliated on the margins. Stem hairy, sparsely 
prickly. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Northern South America. Greenhouse 
sub-shrub. (B. M. 2618.) 
S. Pseudo-capsicum (false Capsicum).* Jerusalem Cherry. 
Ĵi., corolla white, tive-parted ; pedicels solitary or few in a lateral 
fascicle; common peduncle scarcely any. jr. scarlet, rarely 
yellow, globose, about żin. in diameter. l. oblanceolate or oblong, 
often repand, bright green and shining, narrowed at base into 
short petioles. A. 4ft. Madeira, 1596. Greenhouse. A few 
handsome hybrids have been raised from this species. 
S. P.-c. rigidum (rigid). fr. bright orange-colour, globose. A 
fine, ornamental, garden hybrid. 1868. 
S. P.-c. Weatherilli (Weatherill’s), fr. bright orange-coloured, 
oval, pointed. l. strongly-veined, wavy. 1868. A handsome shrub. 
. pyracanthum (fire-thorn).* fl., calyx five-cleft ; corolla bluish- 
violet, lin. in diameter, the segments cuspidate; peduncles 2in. 
long; racemes cymose, simple, many-flowered. Z. petiolate, 
oblong, acuminate, acute, unequal at base, 5in. to 6in. long, pin- 
natifid, the lobes ovate-lanceolate. Stem 3ft. to 6ft. high, terete, 
leafy. Madagascar, 1789. A handsome, greenhouse, prickly sub- 
shrub, (B. M. 2547; F. d. S. 2411.) R 
S. quercifolium (Oak-leaved). fl., calyx five-toothed ; corolla 
violet, four or five times longer than the calyx, five-cleft, the _ 
segments acute ; racemes terminal, at length lateral, 2in. to 3in. 
long. J. imparipinnatifid, slightly glabrous, five to seven-lobed, 
decurrent into the petioles, slightly ciliated, 24in. to 34in. long ; 
lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute. Stem Sft. to 5it. high, 
scabrous. h. 2ft. Peru, 1787. Hardy perennial. 
S. quitense (Quito). f. pedicellate, clustered ; calyx seven to 
eight lines in diameter, five-cleft; corolla violet and woolly out- 
side, white within, nearly lin. in diameter, tive-parted ; racemes 
lin. long, four or tive-flowered. fr. globose, the size of a small 
orange, fragrant, edible. Z. cordate, sinuate-angled ; lower ones 
lft. to 14ft. long; upper ones in pairs, one being much smaller ; 
all softly woolly ; petioles very hairy, 2in. to 24in. long, ochra- 
ceous-rufescent. Stem suffruticose. h. 4ft.to 6ft. Pern. Green- 
house. . (B. M. 2739.) 
S. robustum (robust).* fl. clustered; calyx cyathiform, nearly 
five-parted ; corolla white, ovoid, lin. in diameter, five-parted ; 
racemes lyin. to 2in. long. fr. globose, hairy, ferruginous-orange. 
l. ovate-elliptic, acuminate, sinuate-lobed, green and tomentose- 
velvety above, ochraceous-ferruginous and woolly-tomentose 
beneath, prickly on both sides, 5in. to 8in. or more long. 
Branches robust, densely woolly-tomentose, prickly. h. 2ft. to 4ft. 
Brazil, 1868. A vigorous and highly ornate, sub-arborescent 
plant, well suited for the sub-tropical garden. (Ref. B. 37.) 
5. runcinatum (runcinate). fl. drooping, forming a compound 
cyme; corolla bright purple, with five blood-red, starry points 
radiating from the base of the lobes; anthers yellow, large. 
l. alternate, 2in, to 3in. long, with five or nine undulated 
segments, waved at the margins, but otherwise entire. Stems 
procumbent or ascending. A. 2ft. Chili, 1839. Greenhouse 
perennial. (B. M. 5222; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 177.) 
S. sa (arany) Ji., calyx cyathiform, deeply five-cleft ; 
corolla bluish-violet or white, thrice as long as the calyx, deeply 
five-cleft, Zin. in diameter; corymbs Zin. to 3in. long and broad, 
dichotomous. fr. orange, globose. l. petiolate, linear-oblong, 
entire. Stem erect, branched, with a few remote prickles. A. 4ft. 
Peru, 1825. Greenhouse. (B. M. 2697.) 
S. Seaforthianum (Seaforth’s).* fl., calyx small, minutely five- 
toothed ; corolla pale red or lilac, deeply five-cleft, scarcely 4in. 
long ; pedicels diverging ; cymes peduncled, lateral, paniculate. 
Jr. yellowish-red, globose. Z. petiolate, ovate, pointed, entire, 
lin. to 3in. long; lower ones (or all) pinnately divided, the 
minal segment ltin. to 3in. era West Indies, 1804. Stove 
trailer. (A. B. R. 504; B. M. 1982; B. R. 969; L. B. C. 971; 
B. M. 5823, under name of S. venustum.) 
8. sisymbriifolium (Sisymbrium-leaved).* fi. racemose ; calyx 
Nt partet; corolla light blue or white, lin. or more in diameter, 
five-lobed. fr. red, globose. l. deeply pinnatifid; lobes oblong, 
Sinuate, or even again somewhat pinnatifid. A. 4ft. Braz 
North America (escaped from cultivation), Greenhouse annual 
or perennial, much armed with prickles. (B. M. 2568; B. 49, 
pa name of S. Balbisii ; B. R. 140, under name of S. decur- 
rens. 
s. acutilobum purpureifiorum (acutely-lobed, purple- 
flowered). f. purple. l. pinnatifid. (B. M. 2828. under name 
of S. Balbisit purpurea.) 
AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
S. t. demissum (humble). fl 
S. t. verrucosum t 5 
all over with white, raised points. 
OF HORTICULTURE. 455 
Solanum—continued. 
. S. bipinnatipartitum (bipinnatipartite). fi. white or le. 
l. bipinnately parted. (B. M. 3954, under name of S. Ralbisti 
bipinnata.) 
S. somniculentum (sleep-giving). /l., calyx nearly hemispherical, 
small, ten-cleft ; corolla diluted with violet, 2in. broad, five-plicate 
and angled ; peduncles axillary, one-flowered. l. sora | or twin, 
petiolate, ovate, acuminate, oblique and acute at base, 2}in. long. 
oe henge eae pilose. A. lft. Mexico. Greenhouse. 
CE By Re 5) 
S. stelligerum (star-bearing). f. rather small, in lateral ra- 
cemes ; calyx lobes narrow ; corolla blue, deeply divided. fr. red, 
globular, small. Z. petiolate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate, rarely broad and obtuse, usually 2in. to 4in. long. 
h. 6ft. or less. Australia, 1823. An erect, slightly prickly, green- 
house shrub. (S. E. B. ii. 88.) 
te 
S. texanum (Texan). f. drooping; calyx Rg oH yy seven 
or eight-cleft ; corolla whitish-violet, rotate, deeply five-cle(ft ; 
peduncles solitary, one-flowered. fr. scarlet, torulose, depressed, 
lłin. in diameter, resembling tomatoes. J. long-petiolate, un- 
equally sub-cordate, sinuate-repand, 5in. to 8in. long ; lobes short 
and slightly obtuse, with violet prickles beneath. Stem 1ft. or 
more high, simple, almost unarmed, er “ae se Texas, &c., 1861. 
Half-hardy annual. (F. d. S. 1398.) “S. texanum is P sae 
not Texan, although raised from seeds said to have n col- 
legion bern It is probably S. integrifolium of Poiret” (Gray, 
“ Synopsis ”), 
S. Torreyi (Torrey’s). fl. large and handsome; calyx often six 
lobed ; corolla violet, rarely white, 14in. in diameter, the lobes 
broadly ovate; cymes at first terminal, loose, two or three-cleft. 
Jr. yellow, globose, lin. in diameter. Z. ovate, with a truncate 
or .sub-cordate base, sinuately five to seven-lobed, 4in. to 6in. 
long ; lobes entire or undulated, obtuse, unarmed. Prickles 
small and subulate, scanty, sometimes nearly wanting. h. lft. 
pay Texas and Arkansas, 1878. Half-hardy perennial. (B. M. 
S. trilobatum (three-lobed). Jf., calyx small, green; lobes ovate, — 
sub-acute ; corolla lin. to 1Zin. in diameter, violet, blue, or white ; 
lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, the midrib of each white at the base, 
giving a stellate appearance to the base of the corolla ; peduncles 
solitary or accompanied by a single-flowered pedicel, three to six- 
flowered. fr., berry scarlet, Lee size of a large pea. 1. lin. 
to šin. long, oblong, rounded, or ovate, sinuately three to five- 
lobed, smooth, shining. Stem, petioles, midrib, sometimes the 
nerves of the leaf beneath, and often the peduncles, armed with 
stout, recurved prickles. h. 2ft. to 5ft. East Indies, 1759. A 
prostrate, rambling, or climbing, nearly glabrous undershrub. 
(B. M. 6866.) 
S. tuberosum (tuberous-rooted). Potato. f., corolla lilac or 
white, with short, deltoid segments. fr. usually globose. | 
li. shortly petiolate; leaflets eal be yg ovate or ob. : 
acute. Tubers large. h. 3ft. more or less. South Ameri 
(J. H. S. i. 1-4; T. H. S. v. 11.) For culture, enumera: of 
varieties, &c., see Potato, Several so-called tuberous-rooted 
species are referred, by Mr. Baker, to S. tuberosum as mere 
varieties. è 
., calyx five-cleft, the segments 
triangular, acuminate ; corolla violet, circular, ten-toothed. 
fr. spheroid, glabrous. l somewhat interruptedly pinnate; 
leaffets rounded-obovate. Root tuberous. exico, 1846. A 
prostrate, hardy perennial. (J. H. S. iii. 69, under name of 
S. demissum.) 
S: t. etuberosum (non-tuberous). fi. large, borne in rich 
clusters ; calyx segments not pointed ; corolla of a bright purple, — 
with a kolaon selow Gaa k nearly glabrous. piatt want- 
ing. Chili, 1833. (B. R. 1712, under name of S. etuberosum.) 
m (warted).” fl. deeply coloured, large. fr. dotted 
Sted int ea, dewet iin nthe 
type, ovate, acute, densely hairy beneath ; petiole longer. 
adiat SE Uae tants, Sao Sak. Monies. Ch: B: 
1853, 6, under name of S. verrucosum.) 
S. Tweedianum (Tweedie’s). fl. large, nodding, in umbellate 
racemes ; calyx deeply five-cleft; corolla white or pale blue, 
rotate, semi- ES l. sub-cordate, ovate, acute, angular- 
toothed at the base, on long petioles. h. 14ft. Buenos Ayres, 
1833. Greenh perennial, (B. M. 3385.) 
S. uncinellum (slightly hooked). fl., calyx campanulate, with 
four rounded teeth; corolla rose-coloured, at length spreading, 
five-parted ; panicle terminal, simple. /. entire, ovate-lanceolate, 
sub-cordate, obsoletely pubescent. Stem decumbent, filiform, 
pubescent. Brazil, 1837. Stove perennial. (B. R. 1840, 15.) 
S. venustum (charming). A synonym of S. Seaforthianum. 
S. Wallisii (Wallis’). ø. in loose, pedunculate cymes; corolla 
purple, lin. to ljin. in diameter; peduncles blackish - violet, 
Jr. violet, marbled and spotted with a paler colour, large, pm 
shaped, edible. Z. simple, lanceolate, acuminate, entire, Sin. to 
4in, long, lżin. to 2in. broad, dark purplish-green ; petioles and 
nervures (as well as the stem) blackish-violet. A. 2ft. ru, 
1877. A compact and bushy, stove or greenhouse ; 
(R. H. 1877, p. 291.) 
‘(Warscewicz’). f. white, numerous; 1. large, 
midrib 
S. Warsewiczii (V 1 € 
soft, oval sub-cordiform, deeply nine-lobed ; petiole and 
