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herbaceous, and is, as well as the branches, angular and toothed ; 

 leaves subovate, sinuately angular ; flowers subumbellate. 0. 

 H. Native of South America, in various places; and of New 

 Holland. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 25. S. nigrum, 

 var. t, Virginicum, Lin. spec. 266. Aubl. guian. 1. p. 215. 

 Swartz, obs. p. 83. R. Br. prod. p. 445. S. scabrum, Mill, 

 diet. no. 6, but not of Vahl. nor Jacq. S. alatum, Moench. 

 meth. p. 474. Dill. elth. p. 367. t. 275. f. 256. Branches 

 puberulous ; angles somewhat ciliated, rather prickly at the base 

 of the cilia. Leaves glabrous. Calyx downy. Corolla white, ex 

 H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. pale violet at first, at length pale, ex 

 Dun. Berries round, black at maturity, size of peas. Anthers 

 yellow. 



Wing-stemmed Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. ? PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



70 S. JUDA'ICUM (Schultes, sestr. fl. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 393. 

 Bess. fl. gall. p. 183. no. 278. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 589.) stem herbaceous, almost unarmed ; branches angular, 

 muricated ; prickles incurved ; leaves ovate, sinuately-angular ; 

 corymbs distich, nutant. Q. H. Native of Austria and Gali- 

 cia, &c. by way-sides. S. nigrum, c, Judaicum, Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 1035. S. nigrum Virginicum, /3, Judaicum, Pers. syn. 1. p. 

 224. Stem nearly terete. Leaves almost glabrous. Corollas 

 white. Anthers distinct, yellow, connivent. Pedicels deflexed. 

 Berries black. 



Jewish Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



71 S. SUFFRUTICOSUM (Schousb. ex Willd. enum. p. 236. 

 Dun. sol. p. 154. syn. p. 13.) stem unarmed, suffruticose; 

 leaves ovate, dentately angular, nearly glabrous, ciliated ; flow- 

 ers sub-panicled, ex Dun. ; umbels extra-foliaceous, pedun- 

 culate, ex Willd. J; . H. Native of Barbary. Branches 2- 

 edged, or quadrangularly-winged from the decurrence of the 

 petioles ; angles toothed. Leaves large, glaucous, covered 

 with soft hairs above while young. Flowers white. Berries 

 black. Very like S. nigrum, but the stem is shrubby, the leaver 

 larger, and the flowers more numerous, &c. ; it also differs 

 from S. quadrangulare, in the leaves being always dentately 

 angular, and in the flowers being white, not violaceous. 



Suffruticose Nightshade. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1804. Shrub 

 4 feet. 



72 S. QUADRAKGULA'RE (Thuub. prod. 36. Lin. suppl. p. 

 147.) stem shrubby, tetragonal; leaves ovate, entire, and angu- 

 lar ; flowers panicled. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. This species is readily recognized by its tetragonal, 

 hairy, scabrous stem ; angles curled. Branches scabrous. 

 Leaves glabrous. Flowers terminal, bluish. 



Vur. ft ; leaves lanceolate, entire. 

 Quadrangular-stemmed Nightshade. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



73 S. TRIANGULATE (Lam. ill. no. 2342.) stem herbaceous, 

 trigonal ; leaves oblong-ovate, quite entire, naked ; flowers 

 panicled. Q. H. Native of the East Indies. Poir. encycl. 

 4. p. 290, exclusive of the synonyme of Rumph. S. quadran- 

 gulare, var. triangulare, Pers. ench. 1. p. 225. Stem trigonal, 

 not winged. Leaves soft, acute. Corolla small, pale violet, 

 with reflexed segments. Berries size of peas, greenish. 



TYiangu/ar-stemmed Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 PI. 1J to 2 feet. 



74 S. BRACTEA'TUM (Thunb. in act. gorensk. 1812. fl. cap. 2. 

 p. 57.) stem unarmed, shrubby, tetragonal ; leaves ovate, ser- 

 rated ; racemes leafy. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Stem stiff, glabrous ; angles curled. Leaves glabrous. 

 Bracteas similar to the leaves, convolute, serrulated. Calyxes 

 acute. Berries black. It differs from S. quadrangulare in the 

 calyx, inflorescence; and leaves. 



Bracteate Nightshade. Shrub. 



75 S. HU'MILE (Bernh. ex Willd. enum. p. 236. Dun. sol. 

 p. 156.) stem herbaceous ; branches rather angular, toothed, 

 downy ; leaves ovate, sub-repand : superior ones almost entire ; 

 flowers subumbellate. () H. Native of the South of Europe. 

 S. ofKcinarum acinis e luteo-virescentibus, Tourn. inst. p. 148. 

 Stems prostrate. Leaves rather downy, with a few teeth. 

 Alternate pedicels drooping. Corolla small, white. Berry 

 nearly globose, size of a pea, green, or yellowish green, smaller 

 than in S. nigrum. 



Humble Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. pros. 



76 S. FLA'VUM (Kit. in Schulies, austr. ed. 2d. vol. 1. no. 

 871.) stem herbaceous ; branches angular, toothed, clothed with 

 strigose down ; leaves ovate-oblong, angularly-stnuated, rather 

 hairy ; flowers subumbellate. Q. H. Native of the South of 

 Hungary, and of France, about Andegaveny. S. ochroleucum, 

 Dun. syn. p. 14. Bast, in Desv. journ. bot. 3. 1814. p. 20. 

 D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 418. Dun. sol. ed. 2d. ined. Nearly 

 allied to S. tUtitsum, but the leaves are narrower, and more 

 sinuately-toothed ; the corollas are cream-coloured ; the umbels 

 fewer-flowered. Berries yellowish, at length dark brown. 



Yellow-fruited Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 



2 feet. 



77 S. VILLOSUM (Lam. ill. no. 2338. Dun. sol. 157. syn. p. 

 14.) stem herbaceous, villous ; leaves ovate, angularly-toothed, 

 villous ; flowers subumbellate. O- H. Native of Europe, 

 in cultivated and waste places. Willd. enum. 1. p. 236. S. 

 luteum, Gmel. fl. bad. 1. p. 521. Mill. diet. no. 3. S. nigrum, 

 y, villosum, Lin. spec. 266. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1035. Bieb. 

 fl. cauc. 1. p. 165. S. nigrum villosum moschatum, Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 224. S. jEgyptiacum, Forsk. descr. p. 46. 

 Hall. helv. no. 576. Sabb. hort. rom. 2. p. 12. t. 61. Dill, 

 elth. 366. t. 274. f. 353. S. officinarum acinis luteis, Tourn. 

 inst. p. 148. The whole plant is canescent from soft hairs. Ber- 

 ries at first green, but of a dirty copper colour, or almost red 

 at maturity, nearly globose. Corollas white, larger than those 

 of S. nigrum, to which it is nearly allied. 



f'Ulotu Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. PL 1 to 



3 feet. 



78 S. HIRSU'TUM (Dun. sol. p. 158. syn. p. 14.) stem and 

 branches terete, hairy ; leaves quite entire, hairy ; flowers sub- 

 umbellate. . H. Native of Egypt, in gardens. S. nigrum, 

 o, hirsutum, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 40. S. ^gyptiacum, b. Forsk. 

 fl. aegypt. p. 46. S. Memphiticum, Gmel. syst. p. 385. S. 

 nigrum hirsutum, Forsk. descr. p. 46. Enab eddib. i. e. 

 Fox grape in Arabic. Umbels nutant. Berries edible. This 

 species differs from S. villosum in the berries being black, and 

 the leaves quite entire. 



Hairy Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1817. PL 1 to 

 2 feet. 



79 S. KITAIBE'LI (Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 395.) 

 stem herbaceous, and is, as well as the leaves, clothed with 

 tomentose pubescence; corymbs few-flowered. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of Hungary, Kitaibel. S. incanum, Kit. mss. This spe- 

 cies differs from S. hirsutum, in the leaves being hardly an inch 

 long, and sinuated only at the base. Berries fuscescent, 4-5 

 together. 



KitaibeVs Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1822. PI. 1 

 foot. 



80 S. BESSE'RI (Weinm. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 593.) stem herbaceous, rather angular ; leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, quite entire, downy ; racemes subumbellate, extra-folia- 

 ceous, pendulous. 0. H. Native of America. Leaves 5-6 

 incites long. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla white or bluish, with 

 reflexed segments. Berries size and colour of those of 5. 

 nigrum. 



Better' t Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 



