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G. Stokes, July, 1895; Red Reef Canyon, Topatopa Mountains, 
Abrams &F McGregor 147; Rock Creek, altitude 1350 meters, 
Abrams &§ McGregor 560. 
SOLANACEAE. NicutsHapeE Famity. 
Corolla rotate; stamens connivent. 1. Solanum. 
Corolla tubular or funnelform; stamens not connivent. 
Fruit a berry, sometimes becoming nearly dry. 2. Lycium. 
Fruit capsular. 3. Nicotiana. 
1. SOLANUM. NicuTsHape. 
Corolla 5-cleft; peduncles longer than the pedicels. 1. S. Douglasit. 
Corolla 5-toothed or 5-lobed; peduncles shorter than the pedicels. 
Leaves entire; stems glabrate or viscid-pubescent. 
Herbage viscid-pubescent. 2. S. Xantt. 
Herbage glabrate or hispidulous. 2a. S. Xanti glabrescens. 
Leaves crenate; stems long-hirsute. 3. S. Wallacet. 
1. Soranum Douctasi Dunal, in DC. Prod. 13, pt. 1: 48. 1852. 
Solanum nigrum Douglasii A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 538. 1876. 
Solanum umbelliferum trachycladum Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. 7: 17. 
1856. 
Type locality: “In Nova California.” 
Distribution: In the coastal region from Monterey southward 
to northern California. This native plant, more or less woody, 
and perennial, is clearly distinct from the European annual, S. 
nigrum, which occasionally appears as a wayside weed. Upper 
Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Playa del Rey, Abrams 1216; Inglewood, 
Abrams 2488; near Monrovia, Dudley, Dec. 1907; Sulphur Moun- 
tain, Abrams F McGregor 23; Lone Pine Canyon, San Gabriel 
Mountains, Abrams &F McGregor 690. 
2. Sotanum Xanti A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 11: go. 1876. 
Solanum Xanti intermedium Parish, Proc. Calif. Acad. III. 2: 
168. Igol. 
Type locality: Xantus’ specimens were collected at Fort Tejon. 
Distribution: Foothills of the Sierra Nevada, southward chrouee 
southern California. Upper Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Cajon Pass, Hall 3000; Claremont, 
