SOLANACEAE A415 
the tube. Stamens 5, included, more or less adnate to the corolla-tube. 
Ovary ovate or globose, 2-celled, the ovules few; style simple. Fruit small, 
fleshy, 2-celled. (The ancient Greek name for betony.) 
A large tropical American genus of 160 or more species, a single intro- 
duced one in the Philippines. 
1. C. NocTURNUM L. Dama de noche (Sp.-Fil.). 
An erect or subscandent glabrous shrub usually 2 to 3 m high, with long, 
often drooping branches. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 8 to 
15 em long, acuminate. Corymbs axillary and terminal, lax, 7 to 10 cm 
long. Flowers numerous, slender, yellowish-green, very fragrant at night, 
about 2.3 cm long. (FI. Filip. pl. 151.) 
Frequently cultivated for its very fragrant flowers, fl. at intervals 
throughout the year; in most towns in the Philippines, naturalized in 
some regions. A native of tropical America, introduced here at an early 
date. 
4. NICOTIANA Linnaeus 
Erect, viscid-pubescent herbs (in our species), with ample, entire or 
sinuate leaves. Panicles terminal, or subterminal, compound. Calyx ovoid, 
5-fid. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Ovary 2-celled, many 
ovuled. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, the seeds very numerous, small. 
(From J. Nicot, a French ambassador to Portugal.) 
Species about 35 in America, Polynesia, and Australia, the following 
introduced and cultivated here. 
*1. N. TABACUM L. Tabaco (Sp.); Tobacco. 
A coarse, erect, annual herb 0.7 to 1.5 m high. Leaves elliptic-ovate 
to oblong or obovate, 10 to 30 cm long, the base narrowed, sessile or 
short-petioled. Calyx green, 1 to 1.5 em long, enlarged in fruit. Corolla 
white and pink, about 5 cm long. Capsule ovoid, 1.5 to 2 em long. 
Rarely cultivated in the vicinity of Manila, fl. all the year; cultivated 
throughout the Philippines, in some provinces very extensively. A native 
of tropical America, introduced here at an early date; now cultivated in 
all warm countries. (FI. Filip. pl. 36.) 
5. SOLANUM Linnaeus 
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, glabrous or stellate-pubescent, 
spinous or unarmed. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire or lobed. In- 
florescence lateral or terminal, cymose or racemose. Calyx 5- or 10-lobed. 
Corolla-tube short, the limb 5-lobed. Stamens 4, the filaments short, the 
anthers connivent into a cone. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit a small or large, 
globose or elongated berry. (Derivation of name unknown.) 
A very large genus with more than 700 species, chiefly in tropical and 
subtropical regions, 20 or more in the Philippines. 
1. Unarmed herbs or shrubs. 
2. A shrub 1 to 4 m high, all parts densely stellate-pubescent; flowers in 
dense. cymes; -Wiite...cisi ees. olviessl Sw. 1. S. verbascifolium 
2. Herbs. 
3. A slender herb with white, umbellately arranged flowers and glo- 
bose, black or dark-purple fruits 5 mm in diameter.... 2. S. nigrum 
3. A coarse herb cultivated only; flowers few, axillary, blue or pur- 
plish; fruit very large, 10 to 25 em long............ 3. S. melongena 
