1266 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART 111. 
CHAP. LXXXIV. 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER SOLANA‘CEZE. 
Tue few ligneous or suffruticose hardy plants contained in this order are 
included in the genera Solanum, Lycium, and Crabéwskia, which are thus 
characterised : — 
Soxa‘num Pliny. Calyx 5-cleft, rarely 4-cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely campanu- 
late, usually 5-cleft. Anthers connivent, dehiscing by pores at the apex. 
Berry 2-celled, rarely 4-celled. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 398.) 
Ly’citum L. Calyx 5-toothed, or 3—5-lobed. Corolla funnel-shaped or tu- 
bular. Anthers usually exserted, and not connivent, opening lengthwise. 
Berry 2-celled. (Don's Miil., iv. p. 398.) 
Craso’wsk14 Schlecht. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped. Limb 
convolute in. zstivation, reflexed. Drupe containing two, 2-celled, bony 
carpels. Cells 1-seeded. (Don’s Miil., iv. p. 400.) 
Genus I. 
TN La 
SOLA‘NUM Pliny. Tur Nigutsnape. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia, 
Identification. Tourn. Inst., p. 149. t. 62.; Lin. Gen., No. 251.; Schreb. Gen., No. 337.; Juss. Gen., 
126., ed. Usteri, p. 141.; Moench Meth., p.473.; R. Br. Prod., 444.; Dunal Mon. Sol., 115. 5 
Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., p. 295.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 400. 
N 
Synonymes. Melongéna Tourn. Inst., p. 151. t. 65.; “Pseddo-Cipsicum Meench Meth., p. 476. 5 
Nyctérium Vent. Jard. Malm., p. 85.; Aquartéa Jacq. Amer., p. 15. t.12.; Morelle, Fr.; Nacht- 
schatten, Ger. 
Derivation. The first use of the word Solanum occurs in the writings of Tragus, who applied it to 
Chenopddium hybridum. It is said to be derived from solar7, to console. ‘The Greeks called our 
European solanums struchnoi, a name which Linnzus transferred to the genus of tropical shrubs, 
Strychnous, to which the nux vomica belongs. (Bot. Reg., t. 1516.) 
Gen. Char., §c. Caly permanent, 5-, rarely 4-, cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely 
campanulate, 5-, rarely 4-, cleft. Anthers oblong, connivent, opening by 2 
pores at the apex. Berry almost globose, 2—3—4-celled, but. usually 
2-celled. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 400.) — Herbs or shrubs, unarmed or prickly, 
rarely spiny. Leaves undivided, sinuated, lobed, impari-pinnate, or decom- 
pound, usually alternate; but, in many species, twin, rarely ternary. Pedun- 
cles solitary or numerous, simple or multifid, axillary or extra-axillary, 1- or 
many-flowered, opposite the Jeaves, or scattered, or terminal. The pedicels 
in S. tuberésum are articulated under the flower. The fruit of S. esculén- 
tum is large and 5-celled. In some species, the flowers are sometimes 
6—9-cleft. 
& 1. S. Dutcama‘ra L. The Bitter-sweet, or woody Nightshade. 
Identification. Lin. Sp.,. p. 264. ; Don’s Mill. 4. p. 409. ; Smith’s 
Eng. FL, 1. p.317.; [fdd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. S. scandefis, Neck. Gaillo-Bel., 119.; Dulcamara flex- 
udsa Maench Meth.; p. 514. ; S. scandens seu Dulcamara Tourn. 
Inst., p. 149.; Amara diilcis Gerard Emac., 350. ; Dilcis amara 
Trag., 816. ; Glyc¥picros seu Dulcamara Bauh. Hist., 2. p. 109. 
icon. ; la Morelle grimpante, Régnault Bot. Icon. 
Engravings. Engl. Bot.,t. 565. ; Baxt. Brit. Fl. Pl., vol. 2. t.110.; 4 
Curt. Fl. Lond., 1. t.14.; Fl Dan., t.607.; Woodv. Med. Bot., 7 
97. t. 33.; Stev. et Church. Med. Bot. Icon. ; and our jig. 1104. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby, scandent, flexuous. i 
Leaves ovate-cordate; superior ones hastate. i: 
Corymbs almost opposite the leaves. Shrub X | 
glabrous. Leaves cordate; superior ones has- 
tate, all quite entire. Corymbs panicled. Co- 
rolla violet-coloured, with reflexed segments, 
each segment furnished with 2 green spots at the 
base. Berries elliptic, red. (Don’s Mill., iv. 
