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SOLANACEJE. I. SOLANUM. 



37 CRABOWSKIA. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 limb convolute in aestivation, reflexed. Drupe solitary, con- 

 taining 2 2-celled bony putamens ; cells 1 -seeded. 



TRIBE VII. 



CESTRINE/E. Limb of corolla plicate, valvate, or induplicate 

 in aestivation. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5- 

 lobed, regular ; tube elongated ; limb usually spreading. Sta- 

 mens equal in number to the lobes of the corolla. Anthers 

 dehiscing lengthwise. Ovarium seated on a cupulate disk. 

 Pericarp capsular, or baccate, 2-celled. Placentas adnate to the 

 dissepiment, or free. Embryo nearly straight. 



1. Fruit baccate. 



38 CE'STRUM. Limb of corolla conduplicate in aestivation, ex 

 Schotte, plicate, ex Kunth. Stamens inclosed. Berry 1-celled, 

 few-seeded. Placentas central, free. 



39 DUNA'LIA. Limb of corolla plicate in aestivation. Sta- 

 mens inclosed ; filaments tripartite. Berry 2-celled ; placentas 

 adnate. Seeds many, lenticular. 



40 MEYE'NIA. Corolla clavately tubular ; limb 5-toothed, 

 contracted, conduplicate in aestivation. Stamens inclosed. 

 Berry 2-celled ; seeds irregularly ovate. Embryo straight. 



41 DA'RTUS. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla with a globose tube, 

 and a 5-cleft limb. Stamens inclosed. Stigma 5-lobed. Berry 

 excoriate, diaphanous, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds small, un- 

 equal. 



2. Fruit capsular. 



42 VE'STIA. Limb of corolla valvate in aestivation. Stamens 

 exserted, bearded at the base. Capsule 2-celled, 4-valved, 

 many-seeded. Placentas adnate. Embryo straight. 



43 SE'SSEA. Limb of corolla plicate in aestivation ; tube 

 globose. Stamens villous, curved at the base. Capsule cylin- 

 drical, 2-celled, 4-valved at apex. Seeds oblong- compressed, 

 with membranous edges. 



44 FABIA'NA. Limb of corolla short, revolute, plicate in 

 aestivation. Stamens unequal, 2 longer. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-valved. Seeds dotted. 



45 LAURE'RIA. Calyx 5-parted, alately pentagonal. Limb 

 of corolla plicate? short, straight. Stamens inclosed, villous 

 at the base. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds copious, full 

 of impressed dots ; placentas adnate, lamelliform. Embryo 

 cylindrical, incurved. 



46 LAMA'RKIA. Calyx tubular, pentagonally-prismatic, half 

 5-cleft. Corolla somewhat funnel-shaped ; limb spreading, 

 equal, blunt. Stamens equal in length to the tube. Capsule 

 oblong, terete, coarctate at top, many-seeded. 



Tribe I. 



SOLA'NE^E. Limb of corolla plicate in aestivation. Stamens 

 equal in number to the segments of the corolla. Embryo 

 curved. Fruit baccate. 



I. SOLA'NUM (a name given by Pliny, but the derivation 

 is uncertain, some derive it from Sol, the sun ; others say it is 

 Sulanum, from Sus, being serviceable in disorders of swine ; 

 and others from Solor, to comfort, from its soothing narcotic 

 effects ; all these conjectures are, however, improbable.) Tourn. 

 inst. p. 149. t. 62. Lin. gen. no. 251. Schreb. gen. no. 337. 

 Juss. gen. 126. ed. Usteri, p. 141. Gaertn. fruct. t. 131. 

 Moanch. meth. p. 473. R. Br. prod. 444. Dunal. mon. sol. 

 115. Melongena, Tourn. inst. p. 151. t. 65. Pseudo-capsi- 

 cum, Moench. meth. p. 476. Nycterium Vent. jard. malm. p. 

 85. Aquartia Jacq. amer. p. 15. t. 12. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx permanent, 5 

 rarely 4-cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely campanulate, 5 rarely 4- 

 cleft. Anthers oblong, connivent, dehiscing by 2 pores at the 

 apex. Berry almost globose, 2-3-4-celled, but usually 2-celled. 

 Herbs or shrubs, unarmed, or prickly, rarely spiny. Leaves 

 undivided, sinuated, lobed, impari-pinnate, or decompound, usu- 

 ally alternate, but in many species twin, rarely tern. Pedun- 

 cles solitary or numerous, simple or multifid, axillary, or extra- 

 axillary, 1, or many-flowered, opposite the leaves, or scattered, 

 or terminal. The pedicles in Sol. tuberosum are articulated 

 under the flower. The fruit of S. esculentum is large and 5- 

 celled. In some species the flowers are sometimes 6-9-cleft. 



SECT. I. INE'RMIS. Unarmed shrubs or herbs. 



SUBSECT. 1. POTATOE. Leaves impari-pinnate, pinnatifid, 

 ternate or entire. Flowers corymbose or racemose, terminal, 

 lateral, and axillary. 



| 1. Leaves impari-pinnate. Racemes corymbose, terminal. 



1 S. TUBEROSUM (Lin. spec. ed. 1st. p. 185.) root bearing 

 tubers ; stems herbaceous ; leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets 

 entire ; pedicels articulated. If. . H. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, on the west coast every where. Bergeret, phyt. 1. p. 231. 

 icon. Blackw. t. 523. Lycopersicum tuberosum, Mill. diet. 

 Sol. tuberosum esculentum, Bauh. pin. 167. Tourn. inst. 149. 

 Papas Americanum, Bauh. hist. 3. p. 621. icon. Batata Peru- 

 viana, Park, theatr. ger. hist. 927. Papas Peruan6rum, Besl. 

 hort. eyst. 3. p. 1. f. 1. Clus. hist. 2. book. 4. p. 79. icon. 

 The common potatoe varies much in the leaves, colour of the 

 flowers, shape and colour of the roots, &c. 



The potatoe is called Pomme de Terre in France, Car- 

 toffel in Germany, Porno de Terra in Italy, Openauk in Caro- 

 lina, and Papas in Peru. It has been found wild in Chili, 

 on the mountains near Valparaiso and Mendosa ; and also 

 near Lima, Quito, and Santa Fe de Bogota ; and lately in 

 Mexico, on the Pic d' Orizaba, by Deppe and Schiede. 

 Sir Joseph Banks considers that the potatoe was first 

 brought into Europe from the mountainous parts in the 

 neighbourhood of Quito, where they were called Papas, to 

 Spain in the early part of the 16th century. From Spain, 

 where they were called Batatas, they appear to have found 

 their way first to Italy, where they received the same name with 

 the truffle, Taratoufli. The potatoe was received by Clusius, 

 at Vienna, in 1598, from the governor of Mons, in Hainault, 

 who had procured it the year before from one of the attendants 

 of the Pope's legate, under the name of Taratoufli, and learned 

 from him that it was then in use in Italy. In Germany it 

 received the name of Cartoffel, and spread even rapidly in the 

 time of Clusius. To England the potatoe found its way by a 

 different route, being brought from Virginia by the colonists 

 sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584, and who returned in 

 July, 1586, and "probably," according to Sir Joseph Banks, 



