SOLAXACKJE. (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY.) 3.31 



5-lobed, fruiting calyx oblong-ovate, wing-angled, depressed at the base. — 

 Low sandy places along the coast, West Florida. July— Sept. — Stem c>'-12' 

 high. Leaves 2' - 5' long, equal at the base, somewhat fleshy. Curolla some- 

 times 1' in diameter. Fruiting calyx 9" -12" long. Anthers yellow. 



* * Annual: peduncles shorter than tit,- petiole: corolla 4' - G" in diameter, yellow, 



spotted in the throat with green or brown. 



4. P. angulata, L. Smooth throughout ; stem sharply 4-anglcd, en 



at length diffusely procumbent; leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, sharply toothed, 



long-petioled, slightly unequal at the base, the lower ones often somewhat cor- 

 date : calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate, as long as the tube; corolla pale-yellow, 

 5-tOOthed, spotted with green in the throat; filaments smooth ; anthers purple ; 

 fruiting calyx globose-ovate, equally 10-angled, reticulated with purple veins, 

 depressed at the base. — Fields and waste ground, Florida, and northward. — 

 July- Oct. — Stem l°-4° long. Leaves 2' -3' long. Fruiting calyx 1' long. 



5. P. pubescens, L. Tomentose or villous with soft often viscid hairs, 

 rarely smoothish ; stem diffusely branched, 4-angled, with one side rounded; 

 haves long-petioled, mostly acute, obtusely toothed, wavy-margined, or entire, 

 ovate, and mostly slightly cordate and unequal at the base; calyx-teeth subulate, 

 twice as long as the tube; corolla bright yellow, 5- or somewhat 10-toothcd, 

 brown in the throat ; filaments hairy; anthers purplish; fruiting calyx oblong- 

 ovate, sharply 5-angled, truncate at the base. (F. hirsuta, Dunal. P. pruinosa, 

 Ell. P obscura, Michx.) — Fields and waste grounds, common. July - Oct. — 

 Stems l°-3° long. Leaves l'-2' long. 



4. NICANDRA, Adans. 



Calyx 5-parted, inflated, 10-toothcd at the base. Corolla bell-shaped, plaited, 

 obscurely 5-lobed. Stamens 5: anthers separate, opening lengthwise. Perry 

 juiceless. — A smooth erect branching annual, with ovate-oblong toothed or 

 lobed petioled leaves, and solitary axillary nodding purple flowers. 



1. N. physaloides, Gcert. — (Atropa physaloides, L.) — "Waste and cul- 

 tivated ground. Introduced. July- Sept. — Stem l°-3° high, with angled 

 branches. Leaves 2' - 5' long, decurrent on the petiole. Corolla white in the 

 throat. Fruiting calyx 5-angled, enclosing the globose berry. 



5. LYCIUM, L. 



Calvx 4-. r i-c1eft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-10-cleft or toothed. Stamens 

 4-5. anthers opening lengthwise, separate. Stigma capitate. Berry not en- 

 closed in the calyx. — Erect or twining often spiny shrubs, with entire alternate 

 or clustered leaves, and axillary or terminal flowers. 



1. L. Caroliniaiium, Michx. Stem erect, spiny, much branched ; haves 

 small, clustered, club-shaped, fleshy; flowers solitary, axillary, purple ; calvx and 

 corolla 4-cleft; stamens 4, exsertcd. — Salt marshes, Florida to South Carolina. 

 July -Sept. — Shrub 3° -5° high. Leaves 1^' long. Corolla small, hairy 

 within. Berry red. 



