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6. S. rostratum Dunal. Herbaceous annual, hoary- or yellowish-pubescent, 

 2-7 dm. tall: leaf -blades 1-2-pinnatifid, 5-12 cm. long: calyx spinescent; lobes 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate: corolla yellow, about 25 mm. wide; lobes ovate 

 to lanceolate, shorter than the tube: berries enclosed. Hammocks, Solder Key. 

 Introduced. SAND-BUR. BEAKED-NIGHTSHADE. 



3. LYCOPERSICON Mill. Heavy-scented herbs. Leaf-blades 1-2-pin- 

 nately divided. Flowers in cymes. Calyx not accrescent. Corolla rotate, 

 yellow: lobes longer than the tube. Stamens as in Solanum. 



1. L. Lycopersicon (L.) Karst. Plants clammy-pubescent, 3-12 dm. tall: leaf- 

 blades 1-4 dm. long, the divisions ovate to oblong or lanceolate, coarsely 

 toothed or incised: calyx-lobes narrow, acute: corolla mainly 1.5-2 cm. wide: 

 berries mostly 5-15 cm. wide, red. Pinelands, cultivated grounds, and waste 

 places, U. keys, L. keys. Nat. of Trop. Am. [E. K.] (Ber., Bah., Cuba, 

 Ant.) TOMATO. 



4. CAPSICUM [Tourn.] L. Herbs or shrubs, unarmed. Leaf-blades flat, 

 entire, or repand. Flowers axillary or cymose. Calyx truncate or minutely 

 lobed. Corolla usually white, nearly rotate: lobes nearly as long as the tube. 

 Anthers longer than the glabrous filaments. Stigma minute. PEPPER. 



Calyx-lobes manifest : corolla-lobes broadly acute. 1. C. baccatum. 



Calyx-lobes obsolete : corolla-lobes rather abruptly pointed. 2. O. frutescens. 



1. C. baccatum L. Stems 1-3 m. tall: leaf -blades ovate, oblong-ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long: calyx mainly 2.5-3 mm. long: corolla about 5 mm. 

 long: berries 5-10 mm. long, red. Hammocks, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., 

 Cuba, Ant.) 



2. C. frutescens L. Stems 0.5-2 m. tall: leaf -blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 1-3 cm. long: calyx mainly 1.5-2 mm. long: corolla about 4 mm. long: berries 

 8-12 mm. long, red. Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] (Ber., Cuba, Ant.) 



5. LYCIUM L. Shrubs or woody vines, commonly spiny. Leaf-blades 

 thick, sometimes terete, entire. Flowers axillary, sometimes clustered. Calyx 

 markedly lobed. Corolla white or colored, funnelform, salverform, or nearly 

 campanulate: lobes longer than the usually short tube, or shorter. Anthers 

 shorter than the pubescent filaments. Stigma dilated. 



1. L. carolinianum Walt. Plants 3-15 dm. tall, with recurving branches: 

 leaves succulent, 0.5-2 cm. long: calyx-lobes deltoid or triangular-ovate, acute: 

 corolla blue or lilac, or nearly white ; lobes 3-6 mm. long : berries red, 8-12 mm. 

 long. Hammocks and coastal sand-dunes, U. S. keys, U. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] 

 (Cuba.) 



6. OESTRUM L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers in axil- 

 lary clusters, sometimes aggregated into a panicle or corymb. Calyx markedly 

 lobed. Corolla white or colored, funnelform or salverform: lobes much shorter 

 than the tube. Filaments adnate to the middle of the corolla-tube, or above it, 

 glabrous: anthers globular. Stigma enlarged. 



1. C. diurnum L. Plants minutely pubescent, 1-2.5 m. tall: leaf-blades oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate, 5-12 cm. long; petioles mostly less than 10 mm. long: 

 calyx about 3 mm. long; tube campanulate; lobes broadly ovate: corolla 11-13 

 mm. long; lobes rounded. Hammocks, Key West. Nat. of Trop. Am, (Cuba, 



Ant.) DAY- JESSAMINE. 



