SOLANACE.E. I. SOLANCM. 



411 



ers solitary. Calyx and corolla 6-cleft. Berry spheroid, 6-lobed, 

 large, edible. Perhaps a proper species. 



Var. y, aculedtum (Dun. sol. p. 148.) . H. Native of 

 Europe, in gardens. Stem prickly. Leaves rather tomentose 

 beneath ; umbels axillary. Calyx unarmed. S. integrifolium, 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 301. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 740. Mala jthi6pica, 

 Ray. hist. 673. Dod. pempt. p. 459. icon. S. pomiferum 

 herbariorum, Lob. icon. 264 Mor. hist. sect. 3. p. 525. sect. 

 13. t. 2. Plukn. phyt. t. 226. f. 4. Lycopersicum fructu 

 striato duro, Tourn. inst. p. 150. Perhaps a species. Ber- 

 ries small, yellow, size of peas. 



^Ethiopian Nightshade. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1597. PI. \ 

 to I foot. 



53 S. ZUCCAGNIA'NCM (Dun. sol. p. 149. t. 11. syn. p. 11.) 

 stem sub-herbaceous ; leaves ovate, angularly repand, glabrous, 

 unequal at the base; peduncles usually 1-flowered, drooping; 

 berries nearly globose. I/ . H. Native country unknown, but 

 cultivated in the gardens of Florence and Montpelier. S. 

 scabrum, Zuccag. cent. no. 50, but not of Vahl. or Jacq. Plant 

 green, beset with minute crystalline warts when examined by a 

 lens. Corolla 5-parted, white, with acute segments. Berry 

 cherry shaped, round, sub-umbilicate, mucronate, red when ripe. 

 Peduncles solitary, or twin, 1 rarely 2-flowered. Habit of 

 S. /Ethiopicum, from which it differs in the leaves being minutely 

 waned, in the berries being much smaller, smooth, or deeply 

 furrowed. It also comes near to S. racemiflorum. 



Zuccagni's Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PL 2 

 feet. 



54 S. TRIQUETRUM (Cav. icon. 3. p. 30. t. 259. descr. p. 110.) 

 stem frutescent, triquetrous ; leaves cordate-deltoid, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous ; umbels opposite the leaves, pedunculate, fj . 

 S. Native of New Spain. Dun. sol. 147. syn. p. 11. Stems 

 slender, sometimes erect, and sometimes trailing, triquetrous in 

 the young state. Peduncles very short ; pedicels 3-4 umbel- 

 late, drooping. Corollas small, white, somewhat 5-parted, with 

 linear curled segments. Berry nutant, globose, red, size of 

 a pea. 



Triquetrous-stemmed Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



55 S. MICROCA'RPDM (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 40.) stem shrubby ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, somewhat repand ; racemes lateral. 



fj . G. Native of Egypt. Dun. sol. p. 149. t. 10. S. pseudo- 

 capsicum, var. microcarpum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 224. S. diphyl- 

 lum, Forsk. pi. cat. aegypt. p. 63. no. 134. Leaves 3-4 inches 

 long, green, glabrous. Racemes extra-axillary, 1 inch long. 

 Flowers sub-cymose. Corolla white, 5-parted, pilose outside. 

 Berries smooth, red, size of pepper berries. 

 Small-fruited Nightshade. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



56 S. PSEU'DO-CA'PSICUM (Lin. spec. p. 263.) stem shrubby ; 

 leaves lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, sub-repand ; peduncles 

 generally 1-flowered, extra-foliaceous. 1? . G. Native of Ma- 

 deira ; and in gardens almost every where. Dun. sol. 150. 

 syn. p. 11. Pseudo-capsicum undulatifolium, Moench. meth. 

 p. 477. Sabb. hort. rom. p. 12. t. 59. S. fruticosum baccife- 

 rum, Tourn. inst. 149. Mor. hist. 3. p. 526. S. arborescens, 

 Caesalp. p. 215. Strychnodendros, Bauh. hist. 3. p. 614. 

 Besl. hort. eyst. p. 317. t. 316. Pseudo-capsicum, Dod. pempt. 

 718. icon. S. Americanum, Dalech. lugd. p. 599, icone. In 

 Spain the fruit is called Guindas de las Indias ; in France 

 Morelle cerisette, petit ceresier d'hiter, Amone des Jardiniers ; 

 in England Winter Cherries, or Tree Nightshade. Plant gla- 

 brous. Corolla small, white, 5-parted. Berry globose, red, or 

 scarlet, size of a cherry. 



Var. ft, luteum ; berries yellow, ex Poir. encycl. 4. p. 281. 

 False- Capsicum, or Tree Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 

 1596. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



57 S. PSEUPO-QCINA (St. Hil. pi. usuell. bras. t. 21.) stem 

 arboreous, unarmed ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, narrow, acute, 

 quite entire, glabrous above, but with fascicles of villi in the 

 axils of the nerves beneath ; racemes extra-axillary, short, 

 bearing 1, or few-fruit ; calyx glabrous. I? . G. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the district of Curitiba in St. Paul, without the tropic. 

 The bark is very bitter, and the inhabitants use it with great 

 success in the cure of fevers, and for that reason is called 

 by them Quina, from considering it the same as the Quina 

 of Peru. 



False-quina Nightshade. Shrub. 



4. MORE'LLA (Morelle is the generic name of Solatium in 

 French ; and is from the Celtic word tnor, black. In old 

 French mor is the root of many names, expressing dark or black 

 things.) Stem herbaceous, or sub-herbaceous. Leaves acumi- 

 nated at both ends. Racemes short, panicled, intra-follaceous ; 

 pedicels subumbellale, or panicled, drooping. Flowers small, 

 nhite, or pale violet. Berries small, globose. 



58 S. NODIFLORUM (Jacq. coll. 2. p. 288. icon. rar. 2. t. 326.) 

 stem suffruticose ; branches terete, and are, as well as the 

 leaves, glabrous ; leaves ovate, quite entire ; flowers sub-um- 

 bellate. Jj . S. Native of India, Lin. ; Guiana, Aubl. ; Bra- 

 zil, Piso ; Mauritius, Jacq. &c. Dun. sol. 151. S. strictum, 

 Zucc. cent. 1. p. 49. S. nigrum, /3, patulum, Lin. spec. p. 267. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 1035. Branches thickened at the nodi. Leaves 

 half a foot long. Calycine segments oblong, obtuse. Corollas 

 white, with a yellow base ; segments lanceolate, acute. Berry 

 small, black. 



Knot-flowered Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PI. 

 10 feet. 



59 S. DESVA'UXII (Hainilt. prod. p. 26.) stem about 2 feet 

 high, erect.; leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, or sub-repand ; 

 berries small, globose, black. 0. H. Native of the Island of 

 Nevis. S. nodiflorum, Desv. herb. Stem herbaceous. 



Desvaux's Nightshade. PI. 2 foot. 



60 S. DILLE'NII (Schultes, oestr. fl. ed. 2d. 1. p. 393. Roem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 586.) stem and branches terete, gla- 

 brous ; leaves ovate, spreading horizontally, glabrous ; pedun- 

 cles filiform ; fructiferous cymes erectly spreading. . H. 

 Native of Hungary, in the woods of Matra, Kitaibel. S. 

 nigrum, /3, patulum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1035. Roth, catalect. 2. 

 p. 23. Dill. elth. 367. t. 275. f. 355. Nearly allied to S. 

 patulum, Ruiz, et Pav. Flowers white, much smaller than 

 those of S. nigrum. Berry marked with small white dots before 

 maturity. 



Dillenius's Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1818. PI. 



2 feet. 



61 S. MICROSPE'RHUM (Dun. syn. p. 12. sol. ed. 2d. t. 93. 

 ined.) stem terete, herbaceous, glabrous ; leaves solitary, or 

 twin ovate, subcordate, entire, glabrous, shining ; racemes sub- 

 umbellate. Q. H. Native country unknown. 



Small-seeded Nightshade. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



62 S. GUISEE'NSE (Lam. ill. no. 2339. Mill, diet.) stem 

 herbaceous ; branches glabrous, angularly-toothed ; leaves 

 ovate, glabrous, quite entire ; flowers numerous, somewhat 

 umbellate. Q. H. Native of Guinea. Dun. sol. p. 152. 

 syn. p. 12. S. nigrum, c, Guineense, Lin. spec. p. 266 Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 1035. Dill. elth. 360. t. 274. f. 354. Boerh. 

 lugdb. 2. p. 68. Bross. icon. t. 13. S. Memphiticum, Mart, 

 mss. Nearly allied to S. nigrum. Angles of the stem toothed. 

 Corolla whitish, or pale violet. Berry globose, size of a small 

 cherry, black and shining at maturity. 



Guinea Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1817. PI. 1$ to 



3 feet. 



3 G 2 



