SOT.ANACEJE. (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY.) 3-[[) 



4. S. Blodgettii, n. sp. Stem shrubby? smooth, the branches, like the up 

 per surface of the leaves, roughened with a close stellate (greenish) pubescence ; 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, entire, narrowed into a short petiole, hoary-tomentose 

 beneath, like the rather Bhort-pednncled many-flowered forking cymes; calyx 

 small, obconical, with short rounded teeth; corolla purple i 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. — Leave? 

 3' -4' long. Flowers i-' in diameter. 



* * Prickly: flowers racemed: corolla mostly angularly lobed. 



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

 ovate-oblong, angularly lobed or toothed, abruptly contracted into a short pet- 

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

 racemes simple, slender, 3 - several-flowered ; calyx-lobes acuminate. — Var. Flo- 

 ridana (S. Floridanum, Dunal) is less hairy; stems ascending from a creep- 

 ing base ; leaves narrower, sinuate-lobed or toothed, with more numerous and 

 stronger prickles. — Dry waste places, Florida to North Carolina. June- Sept. 

 y. — Stem 1°- U° high. Leaves 3' -5' long. Corolla 9"- 12" wide, blue or 

 white. 



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

 and stout prickles ; stem diffusely branched ; leaves petioled, ovate or oval, 

 membranaceous, acute, rounded or cordate at the base, acutely lobed or toothed ; 

 racemes lateral, slender, 2 - 5-flowered, shorter than the petioles ; corolla-lobes 

 lanceolate, acute, white; anthers acuminate; berry globose, yellow. — Waste 

 places, Florida to North Carolina. Probably introduced from Mexico. June- 

 Sept. ® — Stem 1°- 2° high. Leaves 3' -6' long. Corolla 6" - 9" wide, the 

 lobes recurved. 



7. S. mammosum, L. Pubescent with stellate hairs, and the stem, pet- 

 ioles, and nerves of the leaves armed with stout flattened prickles ; stem stout, 

 erect ; leaves lai-ge, ovate, sinuate-lobed, slightly cordate ; racemes cymose, 

 long-pcduncled, many-flowered ; corolla large, purple, with ovate spreading 

 lobes ; berry conical-ovate. — Road-sides, and waste ground, Florida and 

 Georgia. July - Sept. © — Stem 2° - 3° high. Leaves 6' - 9' long. Co- 

 rolla \\' wide. Anthers narrowed upward, on slender filaments. Calyx 

 unarmed. 



8. S. hirsutum, Nutt., not of Dunal. Dwarf, hirsute ; leaves broadly 

 obovate, very obtuse, nearly entire, narrowed at the base, prickly on the midrib ; 

 racemes 3-flowered ; peduncles filiform. — Milledgcville, Georgia. — Roots pro- 

 fusely creeping. Stem a span high, beset with yellowish hairs. Calyx very 

 rough. Flowers purple ? (*) 



S. Pseudo-Capsicum, L., the Jerusalem Cherry, is sometimes sponta- 

 neous near dwellings. 



S. tuberosum, L., is the Irish Potato, as it is here called ; S. Melonge- 

 na, L., the Egg-Plant ; and S. Ltcopersiclm, L. (Lycopersieum esculentum, 

 Mill.) the Tomato. 



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