AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 



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Solannm- 



S. n. miniatum 

 (Sy. En. B. 93) 



(scarlet). Jr. scarlet L toothed. Kent 



(sharp-fruited). X- borne in loose, few-flowered 

 sold, cuspidate. L distinctly petiol 



_ _ , oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Sta 



slender. Tubers minute. Mountains of Central Mexico. 



cymes, fr. ellipsoid, cuspidate. L distinctly petiolate; .^.o 

 nine to eleven, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Stem short and 



perennial. This species is not in cultivation. 



Hardy 



S. platanifolinm (Plane-leaved). 

 prickly in fruit ; corolla dilated wit 

 diameter, five-parted ; peduncles 



JL, calyx small, five-cleft, 

 th violet, seven to eight lines in 



usually one-flowered, unarmed. 

 1 with green and white, at length yellow, 

 petiolate, five-lobed, SJin. long ; lobes ir- 

 regularly incised, ciliated on the margins. Stem hairy, sparsely 

 pnckly. A. 3ft to 4ft Northern South America. Greenhousi 



sub-shrub. (B. M. 2618.) 



(false Capsicum).* X 



Cherry. 



JL, corolla white, five-parted ; pedicels solitary or few in a lateral 

 fascicle; common peduncle scarcely any. fr. scarlet, rarely 

 yellow, globose, about }in. in diameter. L oblanceolate or oblong, 



base into 



often repand, 



globose, abou 

 epand, bright 

 etioles, t 4 



green and shining, narrowed at 



short petioles, t 4ft. Madeira, 1596. Greenhouse. A few 

 handsome hybrids have been raised from this species. 



S. P.-C. rlgldum (rigid), fr. bright orange-colour, globose. A 



fine, ornamental, garden hybrid. 1868. 

 S. P.-C. Weatherilli (Weatherill's). fr. bright orange-coloured, 



oval, pointed. L strongly-veined, wavy. 1868. A handsome shrub. 



S. pyraeanthnm (fire-thorn).* ./I., calyx five-cleft : corolla bluish- 

 violet, lin. in diameter, the segments cuspidate; peduncles 2in. 

 long; racemes cymose, simple, many-flowered. L petiolate, 

 oblSng, acuminat^, acute, unequal at base, Sin. to 6in. long, pin- 

 natifid, the lobes ovate-lanceolate. Stem 3ft to 6ft high, terete, 

 leafy. Madagascar, 1789. A handsome, greenhouse, prickly sub- 

 shrub. (B.M.2547 ; F. d. S. 241L) 



S. qnercifolinm (Oak -leaved). JL, calyx five-toothed ; corolla 

 violet four or five times longer than the eijyx. five-cleft, the 

 segments acute racemes terminal, at length lateral, 2m. to 3in. 

 long. ^impari>innatmd,shgh^gUbroS, five to seven-lobed, 

 decurrent into the petioles, slightly ciliated, Ufa. to ttin. long ; 

 lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute. Stem 3ft to 5ft high, 

 scabrous. A. 2ft Pern, 1787. Hardy perenniaL 



\s*<^gagB5f35r- 



or fiTe-flowered. fr. globose, the size of a : 

 ^ edlWa^eordate^rinn.te^rf^kwir 



1ft. to lift long; 



cion^r^es^t 7 Stem suffruticose. 'A. 4ft to 6ft Peru: Green- 

 house. (B. M. 2739.) 



S. robustum (robust).* JL clustered ; calyx cyathiform, nearly 

 five-parted ; corolla white, ovoid, lin. in diameter, five-parted ; 

 racemes liin. to 2in. long. fr. globose, hairy, ferruginous-orange. 

 L ovate-elliptic, acuminate, sinnate-lobed, green and tomentose- 

 velvety above, ochraceous- ferruginous and woolly-tomentose 

 beneath, prickly on both sides, Sin. to Sin. or more long. 

 Branches robust, densely woeUj-tomentose, prickly. A. 2ft to 4ft. 

 Brazil, 1868. A vigorous and highly ornate, sub-arborescent 

 the sub-tro^cal garden. (Bef. B. 37.) 



plant, well suited for 



J.s: 



with jive 'I.'.. 



i^te7nate7~Sn7~to~Sn. lonfc with are or nine 

 segments, waved at the margins, but otherwise^ entire. 

 procumbent or ascending. A. 2ft Chili, 1839. 



a compound 



procumbent 



perenniaL (B. M. 5222; 



B. F. G. ser. iL 177.) 



py). JL, calyx cyathiform, deeply five-cleft ; 

 j^^ik ^toieeVlo^the'Slyx, deeply 

 2in. to 3m. long and broad, 

 - 



tNMleft, Sin. in 

 dichotomoos. fr. 

 entire. Stem erect brand 

 Pern, 1825. Greenhouse. 

 S. Seaforthlanmn (Seaforth's).* JL. calyx 

 toothed; corolla pale red or 

 long ; pedicels diverging ; cymes r 

 fr. yellowish-red, globose, t petiolate, ovate, 

 liin. to r 

 toted 



to Sin. long ; lower ones (or all) 

 lal segment liin. to Sin. long. We 

 (ATBrB.504 ; B. M. 19& ; R 



trailer. (A. B. B 



M. 



S. sisymbriif 



of & 



ived). JL racemose ; calyx 



ite. lin. or more in diameter, 



sinuate, or even again 



ti&iSFVff 



.- 



undame of & Baibuii ; B. R. 140, under name of S. decur- 

 rent.) 



S. s. acnttloliuin pnTpureiflornm (acntely-lobed, pnrple- 

 flo^ered). rf. purple L pinnatifid. (B. M. 2828, under name 

 of S. Balbitti purpurea.) 



Solannm continued. 



hemispherical, 



S. somniculentmu(sleep-givingX JL, calyx nearl , 



small, ten-cleft ; corolla diluted with violet, 2tn. broad, five-plicate 

 and angled ; peduncles axillary, one-flowered. I. solitary o? twin, 

 petiolate, orate, acuminate, oblique and acute at base, 2 Jin. long. 

 Stem erect, branched, pilose. A. lift Mexico. Greenhouse. 



Ugernm (star-bearingX JL rather small, in lateral m- 

 ; calyx lobes narrow ; corolla bine, deeply divided, fr. red, 

 globular, small. I. petiolate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, rarely broad and obtuse, usually 2in. to 4in. long. 

 A. 6ft or less. Australia, 182i An erect, slightly prickly, green- 

 shrub. (S. E. B. LL. 88.) 



drooping; calyx stellate-pilose, seven 

 hitish-viotet, rotate, deeply five-deft; 

 d, 



; T'' 



Uin. in diameter, resembling tomatoes, 

 equally sub-cordate, sinuate-repand. Sin. to 8m. long*"-' lobes" short 

 and slightly obtuse, with violet prickles beneath. Stem 1ft or 

 more high, simple, almost unarmed, purplish. Texas, Ac., 1S6L 

 Half-hardy annual (F. d. S. 1398.) " S. texamtm is probably 

 not Texan, although raised from seeds said to have been col- 

 lected there. It is probably & inUyrifolium of Poiret - (Gray, 

 "Synopsis"). 



S. Torreyi (Torrey'sX JL large and handsome ; calyx often six 

 lobed ; corolla violet, rarely white, I 3 in. in diameter, the lobes 

 broadly ovate ; cymes at first terminal, loose, two or three-cleft 

 fr. yellow, globose, lin. in diameter. L ovate, with a truncate 

 or sub-cordate base, sinuately five to seven-lobed, 4in. to 6in. 

 long ; lobes entire or undulated, obtuse, unarmed. Prickles 

 small and subulate, scanty, sometimes nearly wanting. A. 1ft 

 to 2ft Texas and Arkansas, 1878. Half-hardy perenniaL (B. M. 

 6461.) 



1 (three-lobedX JL, calyx small, green ; lobes ovate, 

 sub-acute ; corolla lin. to 1 Jin. in diameter, violet, blue, or white ; 

 lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, the midrib of each white at the base, 

 giving a stellate appearance to the base of the corolla ; peduncles 

 solitary or accompanied by a single-flowered pedicel, three to six- 

 flowered. Jr., berry scarlet globose, size of a large pea. I. Ha. 

 to Sin. long, oblong, rounded, or ovate, sinuately three to flve- 

 lobed, smooth, shining. Stem, petioles, midrib, sometimes the 

 nerves of the leaf beneath, and often the peduncles, aimed with 

 stout recurved prickles. A. 2ft to 5ft. East Indies, 1759. A 

 prostrate, rambling, or climbing, nearly glabrous nndershrab. 

 (B. M. 6866.) 



S. tnberosnm (tuberous-rooted). Potato. /., corolla lilac or 

 white, with short, deltoid segments. fr. usually globose. 

 L shortly petiolate; leaflets many-jugate, ovate or oblong, 

 acute. Tubers large. A. 3ft more or fesT South America, 15% 

 (J. H. S. L 1-4; T. H. S. v. 11.) For culture, enumeration of 

 varieties, <tc.. tee Potato. Several so-called Uberous-rooted 

 species are referred, by Mr. Baker, to 

 varieties. 



S. t. demissnxn (humble). JL, calyx five-cleft, ~- ~ ._ 

 triangular, acuminate; corolla violet circular, ten-toothed, 

 /rrspheroid, glabrous. L somewhat interruptedly 

 leaflets rounded-obovate. Boot tuberous. Mexico, 

 prostrate, hardy perenniaL (J. H. S. UL 69, under 

 S. doiif*t*tn.) 



S. t. etnberosom (non-tuberous). JL large, borne in rich 

 clusters ; calyx seirments not pointed ; corolla of a bright purple, 

 with a golden-yellow centre. L nearly glabrous. Tubers want- 

 ing. Chili, 1833. (B. R. 1712, under name of S. etnll in !,) 

 . /. deeply coloured, large, fr. dotted 

 point*/ , leafle^feweTthan in the 

 hairy beneath ; petiole longer. Tubers 

 'excellent taste, with yellow flesh. Mexico. (B, H. 

 1853, 6,' under name of S. 



llaanm (Tweedie's). JL large, nodding, in umbellate 

 ; calyx deeply five-cleft ; corolla white or pale blue, 

 temi-five-cleft L sub-cordate, ovate, acute, angular- 



four rounded teeth ; 



sub-cordate, orate, acute, 

 petiolesT A. Lift ~ 

 ^M.3385.) 

 (slightly hooked), ^caly^campanulate, with 



at length spreading, 

 I. entire, ovate-lanceolate, 



SU^P^SS jnsasr* 



five-parted ; panicle terminal, simple. 

 sub-cwdate, obsoletely pubescent 

 pubescent Brazil, 1837. 



S. wennstnto (charming). A synonym of & 



S. Wallisii (WallisO- JL in loose, pedunculate cymes; corolla 

 purple, lin. to Uin. m diameter; peduncles blackish - violet 

 fr. violet, marbled and spotted with a paler colour, large, plum- 

 shaped, edible. L simple/ lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 3ln. to 



