348 SOLANACE^. (nightshade FAMILY.) 



seeded capsule or berrv. Placenta; adnate to the partition and projecting 

 into the cells. Seeds canipylotropous or amphitropous. Embryo mostly 

 slender aud curved in lleshy albumen. — Chielly narcotic poisons. 



Synopsis* 



§ 1. Fruit a berry. 



» Corolla wheel-shaped or short bell-shaped. 



H- Anthers connivent. Calyx unchanged in fruit. 



1. SOLANUM. Anthers opening by terminal poresl Berry juicy. 



2. CAPSICUM. Anthers opening lengthwise. Berry juiceless. 



■(- •<- Anthers separate, opening lengthwise. Fruiting calyx inflated. 



3. PIIYSALIS. Bi'rry juicy. Calyx entire at the base. 



4. NICANDUA. Berry dry. Calyx 10-toothed at the base. 



« * Corolla funnel-shaped. 



5. LYCIUM. Anthers opening lengthwise. Berry juicy. Shrubs. 



§ 2. Fruit a capsule. 



6. D-\TDRA. Calyx prismatic or terete, circumscLssile. Capsule spiny. 



1. SOLANUM, L. Nightshade. 



Calyx 5-toothcd or 5-clcft. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-lohcd, valvate, with the 

 margins tinned inward. Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of tlie corolla, ex- 

 serted ; the fihiments very short : anthers opening by 2 terminal pores, conni- 

 vent. Stigma obtuse. Berry juicy, 2-celIed, many-seeded. — Herbs or shrubs, 

 often armed with prickles. Leaves alternate or in pairs. Flowers opposite tiie 

 axils, or above them. 



* Unarmed: ajmes or racemes corymhed : corolla 5-paitcd. 



1. S. nigrum, L. Herbaceous, mosdy pubescent with simple hairs ; stem 

 erect, brandling ; the branchlets wing-angled, and more or less toothed ; leaves 

 petioled, oblong-ovate, toothed or entire ; flowers somewliat umbcllcd, drooping, 

 small, white; berry black. — Damp soil, Florida to Mississi|)pi, and northward. 

 July -Sept. — Stem l°-3° high, diffuse. Leaves 2' - 4' long, when in pairs, 

 unequal. Corolla 4" -6" wide. Berry 2" -3" in diameter. 



2. S. Radula, Vahl. Shrubby, and very rough throughout with sliort 

 rigid msty stellate hairs ; leaves oblong, entire, acute, tajiering into a short peti- 

 ole; cymes slender, long-pedunclcd, once or twice forking, many flowered, 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers small, linear in the bud ; coiolla white, deeply 

 parted, the lobes linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; anthers hairy. — Soutli Florida — 

 Leaves 2' -3' long. Cymes 3' -4' long. Corolla 5" wide. 



3. S. vei'bascifolium, L. Shrubby, and hoary tluoughout with dense 

 soft stellate hairs ; leaves large, ovate-oblong, acute at each ctid, entire ; cymes 

 on long and very stout peduncles, forking, compactly many-flowered ; flowers 

 globosc'obovfttc in the bud ; calyx-lobes ovate, acute ; corolla-lobes oblong, 

 obtuse , anthers oblong, twice as long as the slender filaments ; ovary woolly. — 

 South Florida Uci. -Dec. — Shrub 4° -5° high. Leaves b'-9' long. Co- 

 rolla J' wi<lc. 



