142 SOLANACEiE. [part i. 



been discovered since the time of that great 

 naturalist ; and I have divided the Order into 

 four tribes, viz. Solanacese, Nicotianese, Verbas- 

 cinese, and Nolanese. All these plants agree in 

 having the stamens, which are generally five, 

 inserted in the corolla, the calyx and corolla 

 inclosing the ovary, and the calyx remaining on 

 the ripe fruit. 



TRIBE L— SOLANACE^. 



The plants included in this tribe are easily 

 recognised by their flowers, which bear a con- 

 siderable resemblance to each other, and by 

 their berry-like fruit, which has always a per- 

 sistent calyx. The corolla is also always folded 

 in the bud ; and the folds, like those of a country 

 woman's clean apron, are often so deeply im- 

 pressed as to be visible in the newly opened 

 flowers. The genera included in this tribe 

 differ widely in their qualities. 



The genus Solanum is easily recognised by a 

 botanist through all its numerous species by its 

 anthers, which open by two pores like those of the 

 Ericaceae, and which differ in this respect, from 

 the anthers of all the other plants contained in 

 the Order, all of which open by a long slit down 

 each cell. The flowers of all the species of Solanum 

 are of the kind called rotate, or wheel-shaped ; 



