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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



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CHAP. LXXXIV. 



OF TriF. HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER 50LANA^CEjE. 



The few ligneous or suffruticose hardy plants contained in this order are 

 included in the genera i'olanum, Lyciuni, and Crabowskia, which are thus 

 characterised : — 

 .S'ola'num PUm/. Calyx .5-cleft, rarely i-cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely campanu- 



late, usually .5-clcft. Anthers connivcnt, dehiscing by pores at the apex. 



Berry 2-celled, rarely +-celled. {Boil's Mill., iv. p. 398.) 

 L\'v\VM L. Calyxo-toothed, or3 — .5-lol)cd. Corolla funnel-shaped or tu- 

 bular. Anthers usually exsertcd, and not connivent, opening lengthwise. 



Berry 2-celled. {Don's Mill., iv. p. 398.) 

 Craho'wski./ Schlccht. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped. Limb 



convolute in estivation, reflexed. Drupe containing two, 2-celled, bony 



carpels. Cells 1-seedcd. {Don's Mill.,\\. p. 400.) 



Genus I. 



m 



50LA'NUM Pliny. The Nightshade. Lin. Sj/.it. Pentandria Monogynia_ 



Identification. Toum. Inst, p. H9. t. r.2. ; Lin. Oen., No. 251. ; Schreb Gen., No. 337. ; Juss. Gen., 

 1S>6 ed Usteri, p. Ul. ; Moench Meth., p. 473. ; R. Br. Prod., 444.; Dunal Mon. Sol., 11a ; 

 Lindl. Nat. Sv.st. Bot, p. SJ)."). ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 400. 



Synonymes. Melon^ena Toum. Inst., p. 151. t. 65. ; Psetido-Capsicum Mcmch Mfth., p. 47fi. ; 

 Nyctferium f'cnt. Jard. Malm., p. 85. ; Aquart/n Jacq. Amer., p. 15. t. 12. ; Morelle, Fr. ; NachU 

 schatten, Ger. ,. j •- . 



Derivatiun. The first use of the word Solanum occurs in the writings of Tragus, who applied it to 

 Chenopr.dium hyliridum. It is said to be derived from ,«o/n?-/, to console. The Greeks called our 

 European solanums .<itntcii7ioi, a name which Linnsus transferred to the genus of tropical shrubs, 

 Str^chnos, to which the nux vomica belongs. (Bot. Rcji., t. 1516.) 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Calif 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-cellcd, 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 leaves, or scattered, or terminal. The pedicels 

 in S. tuberosum are articulated under the flower. The fruit of S. esculen- 



tum is large and 5-celled. 

 6— 9-cleft. 



In some species, the flowers are sometimes 



1 1. S. DuLCAMA^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.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonynu-s. S". scftndens, Neck. (iatln-Hcl., 119. ; Dulcamara flex- 



uiisa Mwnch Mcth. ; p. 514. ; S. scaiidens seu Dulcamara Toum. 



Iml. , p. 149.; Amira diilcis Grrard Emac, 350. ; Diilcis amJlra 



Trag., 816. ; Glycypicros seu Dulcamara Hau/i. Hist., 2. p. 109. 



icon. ; la Morelle grimpante, l{<!gnault Bot. Icon. 

 Eneravinss. Engl. Bot.,t. .56.5. ; Kaxl. Brit. Fl. PI., vol. 2. t. 110. ; 



Curt. Fl. Lond., 1. 1. 14. ; Fl. Dan., t. 607. ; Woodv. Med. Bot, 



97. t 33. ; Stev. et Church. Med. Bot Icon. ; and our fig. 1 104. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Shrubby, scandent, flexuous. 

 Leaves ovate-cordate ; superior ones hastate. 

 Corymbs almost opposite the leaves. Shrub 

 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. 



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