SOLANACEJE. (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY). 567 



inserted at throat of tube, very short, with connivent or coherent an- 

 thers opening at tip by two pores or chinks. Style simple. Seeds 

 granular or scrobiculate. 



* Unarmed. Anthers opening hy introrse pores or chinks. 



1. S. nigrum, L. ''Inab-ed-Bib. .3 to .6, glah'ous or pu- 

 ierulent; angles of branches prominent, often tubercied. Leaves ovate 

 or deltoid-rhomboid, entire, angled, or coarsely sinuate-serrate. Co- 

 rymbs o-6-flowered, umbellate, short-peduncled ; fruiting pedicels 

 thickened at tip, reflexed; calyx-lobes rounded ; corolla white, pubes- 

 cent, twice as long as calyx ; berries 5Zac/t, .006 in diameter — AH the 

 year — Roadsides and waste places ; common everywhere. 



Var. liicliiratURii, Boiss. Branches perennant, indurated at base 

 — Jordan Valley. 



Var. chSorocarpusn, Boiss. Berries yelloio — with type. 



Var, lumiiile, Boiss. Berries yellow. Branches less angled than 

 in type — Runs into preceding. 



2. S. miuiatuin, Berb. .3 to .5, ^??^&(?s^e?if ^o ^'^^Z(?■M.s; angles 

 of branches prominent, often tubercied. Leaves ovate-deltoid, sinuate- 

 serrate. Corymbs few-flowered, short-peduncled; fruiting pedicels 

 thickened at tip, reflexed ; corolla white, pubescent, twice as long as 

 calyx; berries 7'ed — December to September — Central Palestine; Le- 

 banon. Seems only a variety of last. 



3. S. Tillo§uiii, Lam. ^Inab-ed-Dib. .3 to .4, mlUus looolly ; 

 angles of branches nearly obsolete. Leaves ovate-deltoid, sinuate- 

 dentate. Corymbs few-flowered, short-peduncled; fruiting pedicels 

 thickened at tip, deflexed ; corolla white, pubescent, twice as long as 

 calyx or longer ; berries yellow — All the year ; common. Seems but a 

 variety of 8. nigrum. 



4. S. §iiiatciiin, Boiss. ^ .3 to .4, s7w'2/^&5?/ «^ &fl5se;newertwigs 

 herbaceous, green, appressed pubescent; branches thick! sh, ascending. 

 Leaves oblong to rhombic, irregularly sinuate, dentate-lobed or un- 

 divided, the lower long-petioled the upper short-petioied. Cjmes 2-5- 

 flowered; pedicels deflexed, scarcely thickened at tip, elongated; 

 calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse; corolla white, thrice as long as calyx; 

 berries black — March — Sinai. 



5. S. !>ulcamara, L. 5 -Stol, glabrescent or puberulent, 

 shrubby below, new branches herbaceous. Leaves oi:>ate to ovate-cordate 

 and ovate-lanceolate, undivided, hastate, or loith one to Jive, small, ovate 

 lobes at base. Cymes long-peduncled, several times dichotomously hunch- 

 ing, many-flowered; pedicels jointed; calyx-lobes triangular, broad, 

 short; corolla purple, 6-7-times as long as calyx; berry ovate, .008 in 

 diameter, scarlet — Summer — Common to alpine regions. 



* * Prickly. Anthers opening by vertical or extrorse pores. 



6. S. coagulans, Forsk. Khddak. 5 -6 to l.^,ap)2'>ressed-woolly, 

 canescent. Prickles .002 to .004 long, recurved. Leaves ovate, entii-e, 

 repand or sinuate-iobed. Cymes short-peduncled, bijid, the lower pedicel 



