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stigma obtuse, rarely lobed. Fruit either a capsule, which is 

 2 4-celled, 2 4-valved, with a double dissepiment, parallel 

 with the valves, or a berry with the placentae adhering to the 

 dissepiment. Seeds numerous, sessile ; embryo more or less 

 curved, often eccentric, lying in fleshy albumen; radicle next 

 the hilum. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate. 



Div. I. Fruit a berry. 



1. SOLANUM. Linn. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Carol rotate, 5-cleft, spreading. Anthers 

 5, erect, connivent, opening with 2 pores at the extremity. 

 Berry subglobose, 2- rarely 4-celled. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



1. <S>. dulcamara Linn. : stem fruticose, flexuous, without thorns, 

 smooth or pubescent ; leaves qvate-cordate, smooth ; upper ones has- 

 tate ; flowers in lateral clusters. 



HAB. Low grounds. N. S. July, Aug. T?. Stem climbing. 

 Flowers purple, with 2 green tubercles at the base of each seg- 

 ment. Berries red, oval. Woody Night-shade. Bitter-sweet. 



2. S. nigrum var. virginianum Linn. : stem herbaceous, without 

 thorns, angular, toothed ; leaves ovate, obtusely toothed and waved ; 

 flowers subumbelled. S. nigrum Big. 



HAB. Old fields. Can. to Car. July, Aug. 0. Stem erect, 

 2 3 feet high, angles roughened. Floivcrs nodding, white, 

 3 6 in an umbel. Berries spherical, black, 2-celled. 



Common Night-shade, 



3. 8. carolinense Linn. : stem annual, aculeate ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 tomentose, hastate-angled, prickly on both sides ; raceme simple, lax ; 

 berries globose. 



HAB. Road sides, &c. Penn. to Car. W. to Miss. June. 1. 

 Stem erect, branched, a foot high, armed with sharp prickles. 

 Flowers white, in lateral racemes. Berries yellowish. 



Horse Nettle. 



2. PHYSALIS. Linn. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corol rotate, 5-cleft. Anthers 5, oblong, 

 erect, connivent. Berry globose, covered by the inflated ca- 

 lyx. Pentandria. Monogynia, 



1. P. viscosa Linn. : leaves in pairs, subcordate-oval, repand, obtuse, 

 subtomentose, a little viscous ; stem herbaceous, paniculate above ; 

 fruit bearing calyx pubescent. 



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