Solanum.] SOLANACEAE. 303 
and one or two other species which, being of universal cultivation, are often found on 
refuse heaps or Pepin oadsides. Ornamental shrubs belonging to this Order and not 
mentioned below are: Cestrum Ses ee Lin iurnum, L., C. nocturnum, a 
setae elegans and H. cyaneus, Brunfelsia "Americana, Sw., and B. Hopea 
1. SOLANUM, L. 
Corolla rotate or a cup-shaped, the limb 5-angled or 5-lobed, 
folded in the bud. Anthers on very short filaments, oblong or linear, 
erect and conniyent in a cone round the style, oi ing at the top by 
8, wit connectiv between the cells. 
1 or 2 por hout any promine 
Ovary 2-celled, with placentas attached to the ween and many- 
ovuled. Style simple; stigma obtuse. Berry 2-celled. Seeds compressed, 
b bs or 
reniform or sundial Embryo spiral, peripherical. erbs, shr 
low trees. Leaves entire or irregularly sped lobed or Ge cided alternate, 
often in pairs, without stipules. Flowers in dichotomous or unilateral 
stip 
racemose or umbellate cymes, at first terminal but lateral at last, often 
disposed in a corymbose panicle. 
A very large genus with the eer ta range of the Order. 
Anthers attenuate toward the Gis 
The whole plant prickly with pods. pale spines . : ‘ 1. S. aculeatissimum. 
Plant without spines: 
Leaves cordate or orbicular, with jinned te ntum 2. S. Nelson. 
Leayes ovate, white underneath ; agus pat Siveeenae’ 
fid to the middle; 3. S. Sandwicense. 
Leaves oblong, ferrugi ag wy gE Sie branches erect; 
coro rted to near t 4. S. Kauaiense. 
: ae 
nflorescence cymose; corolla patted: berry orange; see. 
eat piven with short r 6. 8. ee ee 
Inflorescen ‘acemose; corolla deeply nee not plaited 6. S. puberulum 
Fe eesioanoe @ umbellate, many-flowered 7. S. nodifloru 
Flo 2 on a common Bn gece ate a 8. _ rendocapicum. 
Here also the Potato, S. tuberosum, L., must be me dita h has maintain 
itse! some patches on the slopes of Haleakala and ae monntains - Hawaii, where 
lf i 
it Was cultivated years ago. The Egg-Plant, S. Melongena, L., in several varieties, is a 
common 
m garden vegetable. 
f1. S. aculeatissimum, Jacg. — DC. Prod. XIII, 244. — Suffruticose, 
erect, 1—3 ft. high, hispid, he stem, leaves and calyx armed with long 
slender (2—7") stramineous thorns. Leaves ovate-oblong in outline, 
te 
3—T‘ X L1/2—6‘, on petioles of 1/2—3‘, deeply cut into 2 or 
lobes on each side besides a broad terminal one, rounded at the base, 
membranous, hispid on both faces with re simple spreading hairs, 
nce. 
Seni’ 5-fid into triangular lobes. Corolla 5” ike whitish, ispid 
to near the base into narrow lanceolate lobes. Anthers elongate, 3’, sbeiulew. 
with 2 round apical pores, inserted near the base of the corolla with 
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