ORDER 94. SOLANACE^E. 579 



5-lobcd ; stamens 5, connivent ; berry globous, inclosed within the in- 

 flated, 5-angled, colored calyx. Herbs (rarely shrubs). Lvs. alternate 

 or unequally twin. Fls. solitary, nodding, extra-axillary. Pubescence 

 of flattened hairs. 



Anthers yellow. Root (always?) perennial Nos. 13 



Anthers blue or violet-colored. Uoot annual, (a) 



a Peduncles elongated. Fruit not filling the closed calyx Nos. 4 



a 1'eUuueles very short. Fruit filling the ooeu calyx No. 7 



1 P. viscoea L. Pubescent, erect or decumbent; branches somewhat dichoto- 

 mous and angular; Ivs. solitary or in pairs, ovate, more or less cordate, repand- 

 toothed or entire ; fls. spotted or dark purple in the throat; anth. vcllow, 1 or 2 

 often longer. Dry fields and road-sides, Can. and U. S. Plant If high, often vis- 

 cid. Lvs. variable, twice as long (1 -4') as tho petioles ; when in pairs, one of 

 them is much smaller. Cor. twice as long as the calyx, greenish-} ellow, the 5 

 spots often confluent. Fruit yellow or orange-colored, pleasant to the taste. 

 Jn., Jl. (P. Pennsylvania L. P. tomentosa Walt. P. heterophylln Nees.) 



/?. NYCTAGINEA. Calyx hirsute ; corolla not spotted. (P. nyctaginea Dun.) 



2 P. lanceolata MX. (nee Dunal.) Decumbent, branching, hirsute or pubes- 

 cent (at first erect); Ivs. in pairs, unequal, ellptic-lanceolate, tapering a:,d acute at 

 each end, petiolate, entire or repand-denticulate ; ped. filiform, scarcely as long as 

 the slender petiole ; cor. spoiled; stam. yellow, equal ; cal. in fr. rounded and um- 

 bilicate at base. '1\ Dry soils. Car., Tenn., Ga. to La. Sts. 6 to 15' long, often 

 diffuse. Lvs. green, and with their petioles about 3' long, all twins except the 

 lowest. Fls. 6" long, yellow. Jn. Aug. 



3 P. Alkekengi L. STRAWBERRY TOMATO. St. subsimple, pubescent ; Ivs. 

 deltoid-ovate, acuminate, repand; cor. not spotted; cal. in fr. ovoid-g'obous. colored; 

 stam. yellow. 7J. Gardens. Plant less branched than other species, 1 to 2f high. 

 Lvs. 3 to 4' long, including the petiole, attenuated at base. Cor. yellow. Berry 

 greenish yellow or orange, inclosed in the reddened calyx. Fr. eaten raw or 

 cooked. 



4 P. pubeacens L. Much branched, pubescent or tomenlous, viscid, at length de- 

 cumbent; Ivs. ovate or cordate, unequal at base, acute or subacurninate. dentate or 

 nearly entire; ped. shorter than the petioles; cor. spotted with dark brown in the 

 throat; anth. blue. In damp places and shades, S. and ~W. States. Plant 9 to 

 18' high. Sts. angled and furrowed. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, petioles 1'. single on the 

 stem, twin on the flowering branches. Cor. G to 8" long. (P. hirsula Dun.) 

 Among our specimens are somo nearly smooth. 



5 P. angulata L. Erect, often diffusely branched, glabrous ; Ivs. orate or oblong, 

 unequally dentate-serrate; cor. spotless; stam. blue; cal. segm. triangular, subu- 

 late, as long as tho tube, in fruit truncate at base and sharply 5-angled. CD Sandy 

 soils, Va. to Fla. (Savannah, Pond), and westward. Lvs. on long, skiider peti- 

 oles. Cor. less than 6" long. Cal. in fruit longer than broad, or ovoid conical. 



6 P. Linkiana Nees. Diffusely branched, glabrous; Ivs. ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 often long-pointed, sinuate-dentate, with subulate-pointed teeth, base attenuate to the 

 petiole ; cor. slightly spotted ; anth. violet ; cal. in fruits roundish-ovate, pointed. 

 (D S. Car. and Ga. (Fcay). A striking species, 2f or more in height. Sta 

 strongly angled. Lvs. 3 to G' long, including the (1 to 2 ) petiole. Fr. caL 1' 

 diam. 



7 P. Philadelphia Lam. Xearly glabrous, erect, branching, branches forked, 

 strict; Ivs. obliquely ovate, acuminate, angular-repand; ped. much shorter than the 

 petioles; cor. with spots and stripes in throat: cal. filled with the fruit and open 

 when mature; anth. violet. (D Dry banks of streams, Middle and \V. States. Lva. 

 acute at base, twice longer than the petioles. Ped. 2 to 3'' long, pubescent. 



6. AT'ROPA, L. DEADLY NIGHTSHADE. (Name of one of the Threo 

 Fates in Grecian mythology, whose office it was to cut the thread of 

 human life.) Calyx 5-parte;l ; corolla eampamilate, limb 5-cleft, val- 

 vate-plicatc in bud; stamens 5, distant, included; style subexserted* 



