124 SOLANACEAE. 



5. P. angustifolia Nutt. Stems from slender elongate and creeping rootstocks, 

 with the foliage often glabrous except the margins of the calyx-lobes or rarely 

 sparsely stellate all over when young, diffusely branched, angled: leaf -blades 

 linear or linear- oblanceolate, tapering into the petiole, entire, thickish; nerves 

 except the midrib, generally obsolete: peduncles 2-3 cm. long, filiform, gen- 

 erally erect, 4-5 cm. long and reflexed at maturity: calyx glabrous, except the 

 stellate-ciliate margins of the rounded triangular lobes: corolla about 2 cm. 

 broad, yellow and with purple center : anthers yellow : fruiting calyx 1.5-2 cm. 

 long, ovoid, obscurely angled, scarcely sunken at the base. Pinelands and 

 hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] 



2. SOLANUM [Tourn.] L. Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaf -blades 

 entire, toothed, or lobed. Flowers variously clustered. Calyx sometimes 

 accrescent. Corolla rotate, of various colors: lobes longer than the tube. 

 Anthers narrow, converging or united, much longer than the filaments. 



Berry seated In the calyx. 

 Herbs. 



Corolla mostly less than 8 mm. wide : calyx-lobes spreading at maturity : foliage 



glabrous or nearly so. 1. 8. nigrum. 



Corolla mostly over 8 mm. wide : calyx-lobes appressed 



to the berry : foliage puberulent or pubescent. 2. 8. gracile. 



Shrubs or trees. 



Leaf -blades velvety-tomentose beneath, unarmed. 



Corolla-lobes ovate to oval-ovate : ovary pubescent : 



berries yellow. 3. 8. verbascifolium. 



Corolla-lobes linear to linear-lanceolate or lanceo- 

 late : ovary glabrous : berries red. 4. 8. Blodgettii. 

 Leaf -blades finely and rather harshly pubescent beneath, 



often spiny. 5. 8. bahamense. 



Berry enclosed in the calyx. 6. 8. rostratum. 



1. S. nigrum L. Herbaceous annual, 1-12 dm. tall: leaf -blades ovate to 

 oblong-ovate, 2-8 cm. long, undulate or deeply repand: calyx-lobes fully 1 mm. 

 long: corolla white; lobes lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate: berries subglobose, 

 4-6 mm. in diameter. Hammocks and cultivated grounds, L. keys. [E. K.] 

 (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) COMMON-NIGHTSHADE. 



2. S. gracile Link. Herbaceous annual, 1-14 dm. tall: leaf -blades lanceolate 

 to ovate or oblong-ovate, 2.5-11 cm. long, undulate or repand: calyx-lobes fully 

 1.5 mm. long: corolla white or bluish; lobes lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate: 

 berries subglobose, 6-10 mm. in diameter. Pinelands and waste places, L. keys. 

 [E. K.] (Bdh., Cuba, Ant.) 



3. S. verfoascifolium L. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades oblong to oblong- 

 ovate or ovate, 10-30 cm. long, velvety-tomentose, entire: calyx-lobes ovate, 

 ciliate, obtuse: corolla white, 15-18 mm. wide; lobes ovate to oval-ovate, 

 acutish, ciliate: anthers oblong: ovary pubescent: berries globular, 10-20 mm. 

 in diameter, yellow. Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, 

 Ant.) POTATO-TREE. 



4. S. Blodgettii Chapm. Shrub with simple or sparingly branched stems, 3-18 

 dm. tall: leaf -blades oblong, often narrowly so, 5-15 cm. long, hoary-scurfy 

 and tomentulose, undulate: calyx-lobes oblong: corolla white or bluish, 14-17 

 mm. wide; lobes linear to linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, obtuse: anthers 

 linear: ovary glabrous: berries red, 4-6 mm. in diameter. Hammocks and 

 lime-sinks in pinelands, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah.) 



5. S. bahamense L. Shrub with much-branched stem, 5-20 dm. tall: leaf- 

 blades oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 4-12 cm. long, thinly rough-pubescent, 

 undulate: calyx-lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, as long as the tube or shorter: 

 corolla violet-blue, sometimes pale, 10-12 mm. wide; lobes linear or nearly so, 

 acute or acutish: anthers linear: ovary glabrous: berries red, 6-8 mm. in 

 diameter. Hammocks and coastal sand-dunes, U. S. keys, U. keys, L. keys, 

 L. S. keys. [E. K.] (Baft., Cuba, Ant.) 



