268 NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 



S. tuberosum, Potato. Cult, from Chili for the esculent tubers ; leaves 

 pinnate, of several ovate leaflets and some minute ones intermixed ; flowers blue 

 or white ; berries round, green. 11 



S. Dulcamara, Bitteusweet. Nat. from Eu. in moist cult, and waste 

 grounds ; smoothish, with tall stems woody at base and disposed to climb, ovate 

 and heart-shaped leaves, some of the upper ones halberd-3-lobed, or with one or 

 two pairs of smaller leaflets or lobes at base, corolla violet-purple with a pair 

 of greenish spots on the base of each lobe, and oval red berries. 11 



S. j asminoides. Woody-stemmed house-plant from Brazil, tall-climbing 

 by its petioles, very smooth, with oblong ovate or slightly heart-shaped entire 

 leaves, or some of them divided into 3 leaflets, and clusters of white or bluish 

 flowers. 11 



S. Pseudo-Capsicum, Jerusalem Cherry. Shrubby hoitse-plant 

 from Maileira, cult, for the ornamental bright red berries, resembling cherries ; 

 smooth, with lance-oblong entire leaves and small white flowers. 11 



4. CAPSICUM, CAYENNE or RED PEPPER. (Said to come from 

 Greek word meaning to gobble or eat quickly.) Originally all South Ameri- 

 can. Fl. summer. 



C. ^nnuum. Common C. Cult, for the large oblong or globular and often 

 angled dry berry (red or green), which is exceedingly pungent, and used as a 

 condiment ; leaves ovate, entire ; flowers white, with truncate calyx. ® 



C. eerasiforme, is cult, rarely as a pepper, more commonly for the orna- 

 mental cherry -like fruit, either bright red or yellow ; stem shrubby. 2/ 



6. PHYSA.LIS, GROUND CHERRY. (Greek name for bladderij, from 

 the inflated fruiting calyx.) Fl. summer. 



§ 1. Low stems {6' -20' hir/h) from shnder creepinf) root stocks : anthers yelloio : 

 fndtinf] calyx loosely inflated, ^-an(/led, much laryer than the edible berry. 

 All but the first are wild species of the country, in liyht or sandy soil. 2/ 



P. Alkekengi, Strawberry Tomato. Cult, from S. Eu., and running 

 wild IC. : rather downy ; leaves triangular-ovate, pointed ; corolla greenish- 

 white, .5-lobed, not spotted; fruiting caly.x ovate, turning red; bciTy red. 



P. Pennsylvaniea. Smooth or somewhat hairy, but not clammy ; le.iA'CS 

 varying from ovate to lanceolate (var. lanceolXta), entire or sparingly wavy- 

 toothed : corolla yellowish with a darker throat and slightly 5-io-toothed 

 border ; fruiting calyx sunken at the base ; berry red. 



P. visedsa. Clammy-pubescent, much branched, bushy ; leaves ovate or 

 heart-shaped and mostly toothed ; corolla light yellow with dark brown centre ; 

 fruiting calyx truncate or slightly concave at base, sharply 5-angled ; berry 

 orange or reddish, glutinous. 



§ 2. Stems 1 ° - 3° liiyh, from an annual root .-flowers small, liyht greenish-yellow : 

 anthers tinged with blue or vio'et. Wild species in low or cult, grounds. (Y) 



P. pubescens. Clammy-hairy or downy ; stems much spreading ; leaves 

 ovate or heart-shaped, augulatc-toothed ; corolla brown-spotted in the throat ; 

 sharply .5-ang!ed fruiting calyx loosely enclosing the yellow or greenish berry. 



P. angul^ta. Nearly smooth ; leaves more sharply cut-toothed ; peduncles 

 slender, very small corolla not spotted ; fruiting calyx 10-angled, loose, at length 

 fliled by the greenish-yellow berry. 



P. Philad61phica. Almost smooth, erect ; leaves ovate or oblong and 

 oblique at i)ase, slightly toothed or angled ; corolla dark colored in the throat, 

 over ^' wide ; fruiting calyx globose, completely filled by the large reddish or 

 purple edible berry, and open at the mouth. 



6. NICANDRA, APPLE-OF-PERU. (Named from the poet Mcanrfer?) 



Only one species : fl. summer, (i) 



N. physaloides. Tall smooth weed from Porn, wild in moist waste 

 grounds ; with ovate angled or sinuate-toothed leaves, and solitary peduncles, 

 bearing a rather large j)ale blue flower. 



