302 SOLANACEAE. [ Olea. 
elliptico-oblong or lanceolate, 3!/2—6' >< 1—2‘, on petioles of 6”, acute. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, in axillary racemes of 1—2‘ in length, on pedicels 
of 2—3”, the short lanceolate bractlets soon deciduous. Calyx 3/2", obtu- 
sely 4-toothed. Corolla 2, pale yellow, with brownish streaks, rotate, 
parted to near the base into 4 rather obtusely ovate lobes which are imbricate 
in the bud. Anthers always 4, alternate with the lobes of the corolla 
and nearly of their length, sessile on the short tube, oblong, obtuse, 
dehiscing laterally. Ovary conical, elongate; stigma subsessile, 2-lobed. 
Drupe ovoid, peaked, 6—8“ long, rather dry, bluish when mature, with 
an osseous putamen and a single seed. Embryo straight in the axis of 
horny albumen and 1/2 its length, the obtuse foliaceous me turice 
as long as the superior radicle. — Wawra, in Flora, 1874, 
Scattering in _ oti and pags aig of allislands; a souvsdibick cae in S. Kona, 
Hawaii! Nat. e: «Pua» or «Ulupu 
B var. — Leaves ovate-oblong, sometimes ovate and somewhat obtuse, 
with broad-margined petiole and the lowest nerves pedate, the youngest 
leaves puberulous underneath along the costa. Racemes often branching 
from the base and their bracts foliaceous. Drupes large, 8—11" long, 
obtuse. 
Kauai! Waimea (Kn., and M. & B. in herb, Cornell Uniy. without number). 
Orper LVII. SOLANACEAE. 
Flowers regular or nearly so. Calyx usually with 5 or 4 teeth or seg- 
ments. Corolla with 5 or rarely 4 teeth or lobes, valvate and folded or 
rarely imbricate in the bud. Stamens as many as lobes of the corolla 
and alternate with them. Ovary superior, 2-celled or rarely incompletely 
4-celled, with several ovules in each cell. Style simple, with an entire 
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or lobed stigm ruit an indehiscent berry or a capsule, with several 
seeds. Albumen copious, mbryo usually curved or spiral, 
surrounding the albumen, less frequently straight and centra Herbs, 
igh 
shrubs or soft-wooded trees, Leaves alternate, without stipules. 
A large Order, principally inhabiting the warmer regions of the globe. 
Fruit a 
Calyx not inflated, though often enlarged after 
Limb of corolla valyate-plaited in the bud; rises mage than their filaments: 
a rotate, 5- ; anthers connivent a. anum 
5 ote oth salvershaped, 4-lobed ; anthers sessile at the throat 2 Nothocestrum. 
an their - filaments 3. Lycium. 
Calyx nope afer flowering; corolla campanulate 
Calyx shortly 5- .  . 4 Physalis. 
Calyx of 5 fey cordate sepals . Fp en at eae. 
Fruit a a Capsule: 
Capsule prickly, spuriously 4-celled 
6. D 
ae smooth, 2-celled 7. posters 
‘0 these bag 
culentum, meegagea ener Lycopersi sicum, represented by the Tomato, L- 
y nbded the ¢ 
Mill., and Capsicum, the End. Popper with C. frutescens, L., €. baccatum, 
