SOLANACE^E. I. SOLAXUM. 



415 



H . vy . G. Native of Mexico, near Cuernavaca. S. dulcama- 

 roides, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 750. Branches rather angular, downy. 

 Leaves 3 or 3\ inches long. Panicles downy. Calyx downy, 

 sinuately 5-lobed. Corolla violaceous, size of those of S. 

 tuberosum, glabrous ; with ovate, acute segments. Berry glo- 

 bose, red, an inch in diameter. Nearly allied to S. pyrifolium. 

 Anthers large, sessile, approximate. 



Large-ant hcrcd Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



95 S. BOMBE'NSE (Jacq. p. 49. eclog. t. 24. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. 3. p. 29. Dun. sol. p. 160. ed. 2d. ind. t. 101. syn. 

 p. 16.) shrubby ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate-oblong, attenu- 

 ated at both ends, acute, subundulated, glabrous ; corymbs ex- 

 tra-axillary, trifid. Fj . S. Native of the Island of Tierra 

 Bomba, about Carthagena ; and of Mexico, near Moran, Regla, 

 and Omitla. Plant glabrous. Leaves about 3 inches long. 

 Peduncles opposite the leaves, an inch long, racemosely umbel- 

 late, ex Dun. Corollas white, size of those of S. mgrum, green 

 outside ; segments ovate-oblong, acute, downy towards the mar- 

 gins. Calyx 5-toothed, a little ciliated. 



Tierra-Bomla Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. 

 Tree 12 feet. 



96 S. PCBI'GERUM (Dun. sol. 160. t. 6. syn. p. 16.) stem 

 erect, shrubby ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuated at both 

 ends, downy ; racemes di-trichotomous. 1^ . G. Native of 

 Mexico. Moc. et Sesse, icon. mex. ined. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 

 751. S. microcarpum, Cerv. clench, hort. matr. 1803. Brouss. 

 cat. hort. monsp. 1804. S. Cervantesii, Lag. gen. et spec. nov. 

 p. 10. no. 145. Stem marked with small tubercles. Young 

 branches green, downy, rather angular. Leaves undulately re- 

 pand. Racemes corymbose, downy. Flowers small, white, 

 drooping. Calyx 5-toothed. Segments of corolla ovate, re- 

 flexed. Berry black, size of a pea. This species differs from 

 S. Bomlense in being clothed with silky tomentum ; and from 

 S. terminale, in the stems being erect, not decumbent ; and in 

 the flowers being cymose, not umbellate. 



Down-bearing Nightshade. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



97 S. TERMINATE (Forsk. aegypt. p. 45. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 

 40.) stem shrubby, decumbent ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, almost 

 quite entire, pilose ; umbels terminal, villous. I? . F. Native 

 of Arabia Felix, on the higher mountains of Yemen, and shady 

 places at Mocha. Dun. sol. 161. syn. p. 17. Stems warted, 

 downy at top. Leaves villous beneath, acute at both ends, with 

 undulately denticulated, ciliated edges. Calyx 5-toothed ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla white. Berries taste ofthose 

 of S. Dulcamara. Anthers yellow. 



Terminal-Ron ered Nightshade. Shrub decumbent. 



98 S. A'SPERUM (Vahl, eclog. 2. p. 17. Dun. sol. p. 164. t. 

 7. syn. p. 17.) stem shrubby; leaves ovate-lanceolate or ellip- 

 tic, rough ; cymes on long peduncles. I? . S. Native of South 

 America, Vahl ; Cayenne, Rich ; Guadaloupe, D. C. herb. 

 Branches scabrous from stellate hairs. Leaves 6 inches long, 

 approximate towards the tops of the branches, attenuated at 

 both ends, scabrous from minute, stellate hairs. Peduncles di- 

 chotomous, clothed with yellowish-white, stellate pili, as well as 

 the peduncles, calyxes, and corollas. Segments of corolla ob- 

 long, acute. Berry almost globose. 



Rough Nightshade. Shrub. 



99 S. RA'DVLA (Vahl, eclog. 2. p. 16.) stem shrubby; leaves 

 oblong-elliptic, acuminated at both ends, quite entire, very sca- 

 brous above, but clothed with canescent down beneath ; co- 

 rymbs terminal, dichotomous, hairy, ex Kunth ; tomentose, ex 

 Vahl. fj . S. Native of Cayenne ; and on the banks of the 

 river Magdalena, near Badilla. Dun. sol. p. 164. ed. 2. ined. 

 t. 35. syn. p. 17. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 29. 

 S. salvifoiium, Lam. ill. no. 2308. S. asperum, Rich, in act. 



soc. p. 19. Branches clothed with stellate pili, as well as the 

 leaves, &c. Leaves 2-4 inches long, scabrous and green above. 

 Cymes clothed with starry down, twice or thrice bifid. Corollas 

 small, white ; with ovate segments, 

 .ftafp-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



100 S. LEPIDOTCJC (Dun. syn. p. 17. sol. ed. 2d. t. 102. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 30.) stem arboreous, terete ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, falcate, rather scabrous above, and 

 clothed with scaly tomentum beneath, shining on both surfaces ; 

 racemes subdichotomous. fj. S. Native of New Granada. 

 Branches, peduncles, pedicels, calyxes, and corollas, rubiginose 

 from minute, scale-like, stellate hairs, as well as the under sides 

 of leaves. Berry globose. 



Scale-dotted Nightshade. Tree. 



101 S. LAURIFOLIUM (Lin. suppl. p. 148. Dun. sol. p. 165. 

 t. 8. syn. p. 17.) stem arboreous; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, 

 glabrous above, and tomentose beneath ; panicles dichotomous ; 

 pedicels cymose. T? . S. Native of South America, in woods. 

 Branches tomentose. Leaves on short petioles, quite entire, 

 yellowish-brown beneath. Panicles tomentose. Calycine seg- 

 ments mucronulate. Corolline segments ovate. 



Laurel-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Cult. 1820. 

 Tree. 



102 S. RIPA'RIUM (Pers. ench. 1. p. 221.) stem shrubby: 

 leaves oblong-acuminated, hoary from powdery, white tomen- 

 tum ; corymbs terminal, dichotomous, many-flowered, peduncu- 

 late. V} . S. Native of Peru, in the province of Huanuco, on 

 the edges of waterfalls. Dun. sol. p. 163. syn. p. 17. S. di- 

 chotomum, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 34. t. 166. f. b. but not 

 of Lour. Almost all parts of the plant are canescent from pow- 

 dery tomentum. Flowers small. Corolla violaceous. Berry 

 yellow, size of a filbert. 



Rirer-side Nightshade. Shrub. 



103 S. VERBASCIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 184. Mill. diet. no. 22.) 

 shrubby ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, quite entire, tomen- 

 tose, white beneath, without any leaves in the axils ; corymbs 

 nearly terminal, dichotomous ; calyx senaiquinquefid. H . S. 

 Native of Asia, America, tropical parts of New Holland, &c. 

 R. Br. prod. p. 444. Dun. sol. 165. syn. 17. Jacq. hort. 

 vind. 1. t. 13. Willem. herb. maur. p. 17. S. pubescens. 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 244. Blum, bijdr. 698. S. erianthum, D. 

 Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 96. S. adulterinum, Hamilt. herb. S. 

 bicolor, Willd. rel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 661. 

 Burm. amer. p. 241. t. 245. f. 2. Plukn. aim. 351. t. 316. f. 

 1. Every part of the plant is clothed with powdery, white to- 

 mentum. Leaves broad, greenish-yellow above, and of a whitish- 

 yellow colour beneath. Corollas small, white. Berries size of 

 small cherries. 



Var. ft, adulterinum (Hamilt. herb.) leaves a little broader, 

 more ovate, and less tomentose. fj . S. India. 



Mullein-kated Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1749. 

 Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



104 S. AURICULA'TUM (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 246.) shrubby; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, quite entire, tomentose, of the 

 same colour on both surfaces : axils furnished with oblique small 

 leaves ; corymbs subterminal, dichotomous, pedunculate ; calyx 

 semiquinquefid. f; . S. Native of the Islands of Madagascar, 

 Mauritius, and Bourbon. Dun. sol. p. 1 66. syn. p. 1 7. Vahl, 

 symb. 3. p. 38. Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 245. S. Mauri- 

 tianum, Scop. del. 3. p. 16. t. 8. Lam. ill. no. 2307. Leaves 

 6-7 inches long. All parts of the plant are clothed with yel- 

 lowish tomentum. Corolla villous outside, violaceous inside. 

 Berry globose, yellowish. Nearly allied to S. cerbascijolium. 



Auricled-leaved Nightshade. FL ? Clt. 1773. Shrub 6 to 

 7 feet. 



105 S. rMBELLiFERUM (Eschscholtz, in mem. acad. st. pe- 



