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SOLANACE^E. I. SOLANUM. 



162. syn. p. 8, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 21.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, radicant, ascending ; young branches muricated ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, downy, but sometimes ternate ; 

 racemes terminal, bifid. t? G. Native of Peru, common in 

 cultivated places, ex Feuille ; Teneriffe, in gardens, ex Brous- 

 sonet ; near the city of Mexico, ex Bonpl. S. scabrum, Lam. 

 ill. no. 2344. S. variegatum, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 32. t. 

 162. f. a. Melongena laurifolia, fructu turbinato variegato, 

 Feuill. per. 2. p. 735. t. 26. The plant is called Pepo, and 

 Pcpino de la Tierra, in Peru. Branches trigonal. Leaves 15- 

 24 lines long, furnished \vith 2 small stipnlas at the base. 

 Racemes extra-axillary. Corollas size of those of S. Dulca- 

 mara, white, painted with violaceous veins, puberulous outside ; 

 segments ovate, roundish. Calyx 5-parted, silky. Berry ovate, 

 variegated with purple, drooping, edible ; sarcocarp yellow, very 

 thick. 



Muricated Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1785. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



24 S. DIVERSIFOLIUM (Dun. syn. p. 8. sol. ed. 2d. t. 88. H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 22.) shrubby ; branches puberu- 

 lous ; leaves impari-pinnate, ternate or entire, downy ; leaflets 

 sessile, oblong, acuminated, entire : terminal one large ; racemes 

 extra-axillary, simple ; calyx large, equal in length to the co- 

 rolla. Jj . S. Native near Caraccas. Branches glandular and 

 hairy. Racemes shorter than the leaves. Corolla rotately sub- 

 campanulate, 5-cleft, white, size of those of Borago officinalis ; 

 segments ovate, acute. 



Diverse-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



25 S. CARIPE'NSE (Dun. syn. p. 8. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 89. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. p. 22.) shrubby, scandent ; 

 branches villous ; leaves simple and ternate, elliptic-oblong, 

 acutish, rounded at the base, quite entire, clothed with silky 

 hairs, biauriculate at the base ; racemes extra-axillary, and 

 nearly terminal, simple, or bifid. J} . w . S. Native of the pro- 

 vince of Cumana, near the monastery of Caripe. Leaves 1^ 

 to 2 inches long. Flowers unilateral, size of those of Veratrum 

 nlgrum. Pedicels articulated. Calyx 5-parted, pilose. Corolla 

 rotate, white, ? sinuately 5-lobed. 



Caripe Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



26 S. BULBOCA'STANUM (Moc. et Sesse. fl. mex. icon. Dun. 

 syn. p. 8. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 3.) root tuberous ; stems herba- 

 ceous ; leaves ovate, repand, auricled ; peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 subumbellate. 1{. H. Native of Mexico. Root solitary, 

 globose, like that of S. tuberbsum, mucronate below, without 

 any other radicle. Stem terete. Leaves undulated. Petioles 

 auricled, from 2 sessile leaflets. Peduncles villous, violaceous. 

 Corolla white, with lanceolate, bluntish segments. 



Bulbocastanum Nightshade. PI. 1 foot ? 



27 S. OLIOA'NTHUM (Dun. syn. p. 8. vol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 90.) 

 shrubby, scandent ? ; branches clothed with hoary tomentum ; 

 leaves perhaps always simple, unequal, and cordate at the base, 

 quite entire, glabrous above, but clothed with soft, yellowish, 

 hoary tomentum beneath, auricled at the base ; peduncles term- 

 inal, few-flowered, fj . Q. ? S. Native near Maypure, on the 

 banks of the Orinoco. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 23. Hairs on the plant stellate. Leaves 2 inches long. 

 Auricles sessile, obliquely ovate-sublunate, similar to the 

 leaves. 



Few-flowered Nightshade. Fl. ? Clt. 1824. Shrub 3 feet. 



6. PACHYPHY'LLA (from Tra^c, pachys, thick ; and <j>v\- 

 Xor, phyllon, a leaf.) Leaves pinnate, pinnatifid, or entire. 

 Leaves and leaflets cordate, acute, thick, beset with short simple 

 hairs. Racemes cymose, pendulous. Corollas 5-parted. Ber- 

 ries oval. 



28 S. PE'NDULUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 39. t. 174. f. a.) 

 stem shrubby; leaves simple and irregularly pinnate; leaflets 

 2-6, obliquely cordate ; racemes pendent, forked. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of Peru, in the province of Panatahua, particularly in 

 shady places about Munna. Dun. sol. p. 168. syn. p. 7. 

 Branches hairy, dichotomous. Leaves pubescent on both sur- 

 faces. Corolla elongated, downy, purple, with acute, reflexed 

 segments. Berry large, ovate, yellow, size of a middling pear. 



Pendulous-mcemed Nightshade. Shrub 10 feet. 



29 S. OBLIQUUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 35. t. 165. f. a.) 

 stem suffruticose ; leaves cordate, oblique, acute; racemes 

 cymose, revolute, secund. Tj . S. Native of Peru, in groves 

 at Chincao. Shrub glabrous. Leaves shining above, and downy 

 beneath. Peduncles lateral. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla purplish 

 violet. Berry oblong, acutish at both ends. 



Oblique-\ea.\ed Nightshade. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



30 S. VIRIDIFJLORUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 38. t. 173. f. 

 b.) shrubby ; leaves cordate-ovate, simple, villous ; racemes 

 dependent, about equal in length to the leaves. fj . S. Native 

 of Peru, in groves. Dun. sol. p. 169. Plant villous. Calyx 

 semiquinquefid. Corolla green, almost 5-parted, with reflexed 

 segments. Berry large, oblong, turbinate, villous, yellowish. 



Green-jlomered Nightshade. Shrub 6 feet. 



31 S. BETA'CEUM (Cav. icon. 6. p. 599. t. 524. ann. d'hist. 

 . nat. 1. p. 44.) shrubby; branches and stem thick, succulent; 



leaves large, cordate, ovate-oblong, rather downy on both sur- 

 faces, with undulated margins ; racemes cymose, pendulous, 

 about equal in length to the petioles. \i . G. Native of New 

 Spain. Dun. sol. 169. Andr. bot. rep. t. 511. S. crassifo- 

 lium. Ort. dec. p. 117. Leaves a foot long. Petioles spotted. 

 Racemes axillary and supra-axillary, many times bifid, some- 

 times simple and trifid. Calyx 5-cleft, spotted at top. Corolla 

 white, tinged with red, small, thick, 5-parted. Anthers yellow. 

 Berry ovate, size of a walnut, 2-celled at first, yellowish green, 

 marked with longitudinal brown spots, afterwards reddish. 

 The whole plant has an ungrateful scent, like that of Stramonium 

 or Henbane. 



Beet-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1803. Shrub 

 3 to 5 feet. 



SUBSECT. 2. Leaves lobed, sinuated, angular, toothed, or entire. 

 1 . Leaves lobed, and entire. 



32 S. LEPTA'NTHUM (Moc. et Sesse, icon. mex. ined. Dun. 

 syn. p. 9. Sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 28.) stem terete, herbaceous, 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong, undulately repand, running into the 

 petioles ; racemes dichotomous, cymose at top ; corolla penta- 

 gonal. 1. G. Native of Mexico. Flowers small. Teeth 

 of calyx acute. Berry small, globose, from red to violet. 

 Allied to S. corymbbsum. Plant glabrous, erect, or procum- 

 bent. 



Var. /3, partifblium (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 24.) 

 leaves smaller, nearly sessile ; racemes and pedicels shorter ; 

 corollas pale violet, not white. % . S. Native of Peru, between 

 Caxamarca and Magdalena. 



Slender-flowered Nightshade. PI. procumbent. 



33 S. LINKII ; leaves lanceolate, sub-sinuated, rather tomen- 

 tose, green ; peduncles few-flowered ; calycine segments ovate, 

 acute. \i . S. Native country unknown. S. oliganthum, 

 Link, enum. 1. p. 182, but not of Dun. Branches glabrous; 

 petioles clothed with minute, stellate hairs. Leaves undulated, 

 acute, with 1-3 deep recesses, beset with stellate hairs on both 

 surfaces, which are most dense beneath. Pedicels drooping, 

 and are, as well as the calyxes, rather tomentose. Corolla 

 semi-quinquefid, sub-plicate, white. 



