322 SOLAN ACK-'i:. (XKillTSUADK FAMILY.) 



• Cmiimeil: cymes or rarnnes cori/mhed : corolla 5-parted. 

 1. S. nigrum, I- llerliaccous, mostly j)ul)esccut with simjilc hairs; 

 stem erect, liram-hiiig ; the Itrauclilets wing-angled, and often more or less 

 toothed ; leaves petioled, ohlong-ovate, tootlied or entire ; flowers somewhat 

 umbelled,droo])ing, small, white ; berry black. — Around homesteads. .luly- 

 Sept. — Stem l°-3'^ high, diffuse. Leaves 2'-4' long, when in pair.s, un- 

 equal. Corolla 4"- 6" wide. Herry 2"-3" in diameter. 



•2. S. Bahamense, L. Shrubby, and very rough throughout with short 

 rigid rusty stellate hair.s ; leaves oblong, entire, acute, tapering into a short 

 petiole ; cvmes slender, long-pedunded, once or twice forking, many-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers small, linear in the bud ; corolla white, lieeply 

 parteii, the lobes linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; anthers hairy. — South Florida. — . 

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



3. S. verbascifolium, L. Shrubby, and hoary throughout with dense 

 soft stellate hairs ; leave.-; large, ovate-oblong, acute at each end, entire ; cymes 

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

 globose-obovate in the bud ; calyx lobes ovate, acute ; corolla lobes oblong, 

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

 — South Florida. Oct. - Dec. — Shrub 4° - .5° high. Leaves 6' - 9' long. Co- 

 rolla ^' wide. 



4. S, Blodgettii, Chapm. Stem shrubby 1 smooth, the branches, like 

 the upper surface of the leaves, roughened with a close stellate (greenish) 

 pubescence; leaves oblong, obtuse, entire, short-petioled, hoary -tomento.'ie be- 

 neath, like the many-flowered forking cymes ; calyx small, obconical, with 

 short rounded teeth ; corolla purple ? deeply parted, 3-4 times as long as the 

 calyx, with lanceolate acute lobes ; anthers nearly sessile, linear, narrowed at 

 the apex, shorter than the style. — South Florida. — Leaves 3' -4' long. 

 Flowers ^' in diameter. 



* * Prickly : flowers racemed : corolla mostly imrjnlarly lohed. 



5. S. Carolinense, L. Hirsute with stellate hairs; stems erect; leaves 

 ovate-obbnig, angularly lobed or pinnatifid, abruptly contracted into a short 

 petiole ; the veins and petiole, like the stem, armed with straight yellow 

 prickles ; racemes simple, slender, 3 - several-flowered ; calyx lobes acumi- 

 nate. — Dry waste places. June -Sept. [^ — Stem l°-l^°high. Leaves 

 3'- 5' long. Corolla 9" - 12" wide, blue or white. Berry yellow. 



6. S. aculeatissimum, Jacq. Plant beset throughout with bristly hairs 

 and stout prickles ; stem diffusely branched ; leaves ov.ate or oval, membrana- 

 ceous, acutely lobed or toothed; racemes lateral, slender, 2-5-flowered; co- 

 rolla lobes lanceolate, white ; berry globose, yellow. — Waste places. June - 

 Sept. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves 3'-6' long. Corolla 6"- 9" wide, the 

 lobes recurved. 



7. S. Sisymbriifolium, Lam. Glandnlar-villous and prickly; leaves 

 large, deeply pinnatifid, the oblong divisions lobed and toothed; racemes 

 man^'-flowered ; corolla 5-lobed, jjale blue; berry globose, partly included 

 in the hispid calyx. — Waste places, Georgia and Florida. Introduced. — 

 Stem 3° - 5° high. Leaves 4' - 9' long. 



