348 solanace^:. (nkiiitsiiade family.) 



seeded capstile or berry, Placenta? adnate to the partition and projecting 

 into the cells. Seeds campylotropous or ampbitropous. Embryo mostly 

 Blender aud curved in fleshy albumen. — Chiefly narcotic poisons. 



Synopsis. 



§ 1. Fruit a berry. 



• Corolla wheel-shaped or short bell-shaped. 



+- Anthers oonnlrent. Calyx unchanged iu fruit. 



1. POLANFM. Anthers opening by terminal pores. Berry juicy. 



2. CAPSICUM. Anthers opening lengthwise. Berry juiceless. 



*- -i- Anthers separate, opening lengthwise. Fruiting calyx inflated. 

 •",. I'UVSALIS. Berry juicy. Calyx entire at the base. 

 1. NICANDBA. Berry dry. Calyx 10-toothed at the base. 

 » * Corolla funnel-shaped. 



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



§ 2. Fruit a capsule. 



6. DATURA. Calyx prismatic or terete, circuuiscissile. Capsule spiny. 



1. SOLANUM, L. Nightshade. 



Calyx 5-toothed or 5-cleft. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-lobed, valvate, with the 

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

 scrted ; the filaments very short : anthers opening by 2 terminal pores, conni- 

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

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

 axils, or above them. 



* Unarmed: cymes or racemes conjmhed : corolla f>-part<d. 



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

 erect, branching ; the branchlcts wing-angled, and more or less tooth id ; leaves 

 petioled, oblong-ovate, toothed or entire ; flowers somewhat umbellcd, drooping, 

 small, white; berry black. — Damp soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 

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

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



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

 rigid rusty stellate hairs ; leaves oblong, entire, acute, tapering into a short ]«-t\- 

 ole; cymes Blender, long-peduncled, once or twice forking, many-flowered, 

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

 parted, 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 hair- ; leave, large, ovate oblong, aeiile at each end, entire ; eynies 



on long and very stout peduncles, forking, compactly many-flowered j Bowers 

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

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



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

 rolla V wide 



