SOLANACE.E. I. SOLANUM. 



407 



Flowers small, secund, whitish-blue. Corolla 5-lobed. Berry 

 white, size of an olive. 



Conica/-fruited Nightshade. PI. 2 feet. 



12 S. DIFFU'SUM (Ruiz, et Pav. 1. c. p. 37. t. 171. f. b.) 

 stem suffruticose ; branches twiggy, diffuse ; leaves impari-pin- 

 nate ; leaflets oblong; racemes axillary, few-flowered. Ij . S. 

 Native of Peru, in groves in the province of Huanuco. Plant 

 with the habit of Jasmine. Stem branched, angular. Petioles 

 and peduncles downy. Corollas violaceous, 5-lobed. 



Diffuse Nightshade. Shrub. 



13 S. SEAFORTHIA'NUM (Andr. bot. rep. t. 504. Dun. syn. 

 p. 7.) suffruticose, scandent ; leaves pinnate, undulated : supe- 

 rior ones simple, lanceolate; racemes racemosely-panicled, some- 

 times longer than the petioles. I? . w . S. Native of Barba- 

 does. Flowers pink. Leaves sometimes ternate. 



Seaforth's Nightshade. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. Shrub 

 climbing. 



14 S. TERNA'TUM (Ruiz, et Pav. 1. c. p. 38. t. 172. f. a.) 

 stem suffruticose, tetragonal, scandent, radicant; leaves ternate; 

 peduncles few-flowered. Tj . v-) . S. Native of Peru, in humid 

 parts of woods. Plant glabrous. Leaves on long petioles. 

 Leaflets oblong-lanceolate : middle one large. Peduncles many 

 together. Flowers sub-umbellate. Calyx 5-crenated, small. 

 Corolla purplish-violet. Deeply 5-parted. 



Ternate-leaved Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



4. Leaves pinnatifid and entire. 



15 S. LACINIA'TUM (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 47.) shrubby or 

 herbaceous, quite glabrous ; leaves pinnatifid ; segments linear- 

 lanceolate : terminal one elongated ; or the leaves are entire, 

 linear-lanceolate, elongated ; racemes lateral, corymbose, simple 

 or bipartite, shorter than the leaves ; calyx half 5-cleft ; seg- 

 ments of corolla emarginate ; berry oval. %. G. Native of 

 New Zealand ; New South Wales, about Port Jackson ; and 

 of Van Diemen's Land. Curt. bot. mag. t. 349. R. Br. prod. 

 p. 415. S. pinnatifidum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 292. Poir. diet. 4. 

 p. 287. but not of Ruiz, et Pav. S. aviculare, Pers. syn. 1. 

 p. 225. Forst. prod. no. 107. ? pi. esc. no. 12.? S. reclinatum, 

 Hort. Plant quite glabrous, as in Lactuca perennis. Stem 

 juicy. Racemes corymbose. Corollas blue, size of those of 

 Geranium pratense. Anthers separated, not cohering, as in the 

 rest of the species. Berry nearly globose, depressed, greenish- 

 yellow, edible, size of a plum. 



Var. a ; shrubby ; leaves pinnatifid. 

 Far. ft ; shrubby ; leaves undivided. 

 Var. y ; herbaceous ; leaves pinnatifid. 



Jagged-]ea\ed Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1772. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



16 S. QUERCIFOUUM (Lin. spec. p. 264.) stem sub-herba- 

 ceous, angular, flexuous, scabrous ; leaves pinnatifid ; racemes 

 corymbose or cymose. Tf.. H. Native of Peru; and of Chili, 

 about Valparaiso. Dun. sol. 139. Pers. ench. 1. p. 225. ex- 

 clusive of the syn. of Fl. per. Feuill. obs. 2. p. 722. t. 15. ? 

 Habit of S. Dulcamara. Stem erect. Branches angularly 

 winged ; wings minutely toothed. Leaves ciliated a little, with 

 usually 5 ovate segments, scabrous beneath, pilose in the young 

 state. Corolla violaceous, with 2 green marks at the base of 

 each segment. Berry ovate. Feuille's figure is referred to 

 Witheringia multifida by Poir. in his encyl. 4. p. 287. and suppl. 

 3. p. 739. According to Dunal, S. runcinatum, Ruiz, et Pav. 

 fl. per. 2. p. 36. agrees well with this species, but is perhaps 

 distinct. 



Oak-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1787. PI. 3 

 to 5 feet. 



17 S. TRIFLORUM (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 128.) stem un- 



armed, herbaceous, procumbent ; leaves denticulately-pinna- 

 tifid, glabrous ; segments acute, subundulated, having the mar- 

 gins more or less revolute ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-3- 

 flowered. Q. H. Native near Fort Mandan, and elsewhere ; 

 and on the banks of the river Platte, commencing near the 

 Pawnee village, and continuing to the mountains. Flowers 

 small, white, revolute. Fruit size of a cherry, green in the 

 mature state. Stems very hairy, diffuse. Leaves subrunci- 

 nate. 



Three-flowered Nightshade. PI. procumbent. 



18 S. RADI'CANS (Lin. fil. dec. 1. t. 10. Dun. sol. p. 140.) 

 stem herbaceous, smooth, nearly terete, prostrate, radicant ; 

 leaves deeply pinnatifid; racemes cymose, about equal in length 

 to the petioles. ]/ . S. Native of Peru. S. quercifolium, 

 Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. p. 36. exclusive of the syn. of Lin. and 

 Feuille. Stems at length ascending, and angularly winged from 

 the decurrent petioles. Leaves with 5 ovate, acute, or lanceo- 

 late segments. Racemes sometimes opposite the leaves, but 

 not always. Corollas small, violaceous. Berry globose, size of 

 a pea, red. 



Roofing-stemmed Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1771. 

 PL creeping. 



19 S. GLABE'RRIMUH (Dun. sol ed. 2d. ined. t. 133. syn. p. 

 9.) stem quite glabrous, furrowed ; leaves rarely entire, usually 

 pinnatifid : the terminal segment elongated ; racemes aggre- 

 gate, many-flowered; segments of corolla acute. Tf.. S. Na- 

 tive of the Island of Timor. Habit of 5. laciniatum ; but dif- 

 fers in the racemes being larger ; in the flowers being more 

 copious ; in the calyxes being 5-parted ; and in the segments of 

 the corolla being acute, not emarginate. 



Quite glabrous Nightshade. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



20 S. RECLINA V TUM (Lher. ined. ex bot. cult. ed. 2. vol. 3. 

 p. 168. Dun. syn. p. 8.) stem quite glabrous, thick, juicy; 

 leaves pinnatifid, sometimes entire ; racemes lateral, shorter 

 than the leaves ; corolla semiquinquefid, with emarginate seg- 

 ments. \i . S. Native of Peru, Dombey. S. pinnatifidum, 

 Lam. ill. t. 115. f. 4. Cav. descr. 111. S. laciniatum, Dun. 

 sol. p. 139. exclusive of the syn. Stem furrowed. Leaves 

 tapering into the petioles ; segments linear. Peduncles 2-S- 

 flowered. Calyx deeply 5-toothed. Corollas azure-blue. Berry 

 green, globose, edible, an inch in diameter. 



Reclinate Nightshade. Shrub 3 feet. 



21 S. SEPTE'MLOBUM (Bunge, in mem. acad. petersb. 2. p. 

 122.) stem herbaceous, erect, angular ; leaves pinnatifid; lobes 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, or deeply toothed, downy on both 

 surfaces ; panicles dichotomous, divaricate, lateral, exceeding 

 the leaves ; corollas 5-cleft. If. . H. Native of China, in 

 waste places about Pekin. Leaves obscure, green, with usu- 

 ally 7 lobes. Corollas deep violet, like those of S. Dulca- 

 mara, 



Seeen-lobed-leaved Nightshade. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



5. Leaves ternate or simple. Leaves and leqflett ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate. 



22 S. HEBE'PHORUM (Dun. syn. p. 7. H. B. et Kunth. nov. 

 gen. 3. p. 21.) herbaceous, much branched ; branches angular, 

 puberulous ; leaves ternate, clothed with silky down on both 

 surfaces ; leaflets oblong, acute, entire ; peduncles long, lateral ? 

 flowers subracemose. 1] . H. Native of Peru, near Caxa- 

 marca, in frigid places, at the altitude of 460 hexapods. Leaflets 

 about 2 inches long. Flowers subumbellate, ex Bonpl. Calyx 

 5-parted. Corolla quinquefid. The hairs in this and the 4 fol- 

 lowing species are simple. 



Dorvn-bearing Nightshade. PI. 2 feet. 



23 S. MURICA'TUM (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 250. Dun. sol. p. 



