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lar. Peduncles glabrous. Calyx glabrous, 10-cleft ; the alter- 

 nate segments smaller. Corolla with a 5-rayed star. Stamens 

 equal. Berry globose, mucronate, size of a small cherry. 



One-Jlorcered Nightshade. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



162 S. MOSA'STHUM (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 608.) 

 leaves usually twin, almost sessile, elliptic ; peduncles axillary, 



1 -flowered ; calyx 1 0-cleft. If. . S. Native of New Spain. 

 S. uniflorum. Lag. gen. et. spec. nov. p. 10. no. 142. Herba- 

 ceous, roughish from scattered, short, stellate hairs. Corolla 

 dark purple, or blue, 3 times as long as the calyx. Calycine 

 segments oblique, short. Berry ovate, quite smooth, size of a 

 small hen's egg. 



One-jlorrered Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 



2 to 3 feet ? 



163 S. SPECIOSUM (Dun. sol. p. 179. syn. p. 23.) arboreous ; 

 branches flexuous ; leaves oblong, acuminated, solitary, or twin ; 

 peduncles solitary, axillary ; margins of corolla crenulated. Jj . 

 S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. Burm. amer. p. 242. t. 

 245. f. 5. Plum. cat. p. 4. Tourn. inst. p. 150. Leaves veiny : 

 superior ones twin. Flowers showy. Corolla large, expanded, 

 semiquinquefid, rather pentagonal. Berry spherical, erect, droop- 

 ing at maturity. 



Shorty Nightshade. Tree. 



164 S. XEGLECTUM (Dun. sol. p. 177. syn. p. 23.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves ovate, undulated ; peduncles solitary and twin ; 

 calycine segments reflexed. Ij . S. Native of the West India 

 Islands. Burm. amer. p. 242. t. 245. f. 4. Plum. mss. vol. 4. 

 f. 34. ex Aubl. guian. 1. p. 217. Tourn. inst. p. 150. Much 

 branched. Leaves quite entire. Lower peduncles solitary: 

 upper ones twin, or tern. Calyx denticulated, according to the 

 figure 10-16-toothed. Berry roundish, scarlet. This species 

 is nearly allied to S. geminaJum, but differs in the stem not 

 climbing, and in the more numerous retroflexed calycine teeth. 



Jfclcd Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 4 to 5 feet ? 



165 S. TRICOLOR (Moc. et Sesse. pi. tnex. icon. ined. Dun. 

 syn. p. 24. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 41. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 756.) 

 stem terete, dichotomous ; leaves twin, one of them smaller 

 than the other, ovate, acutish, clothed with shining tomentum ; 

 peduncles 4, together ; anthers 5, one of which is twice as long 

 as the others. J? . S. Native of Mexico. Nearly allied to 

 S. lentum, but differs in there being 3 green spots at the base of 

 each segment of the corolla, and in the anthers being unequal, 

 &c. Stem woolly. Peduncles villous. Calyx 10-toothed. 

 Corolla white, somewhat reflexed, with a violaceous star in the 

 middle. Berry globose, red. 



Three-coloured- flowered Nightshade. Shrub. 



166 S. PAUCIFLORDM (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 21. Dun. sol. p. 

 1 76. syn. 24.) branches villous, tomentose above ; leaves ovate, 

 quite entire, glabrous above, tomentose beneath : rameal ones 

 twin, unequal ; peduncles twin, unequal. I? . S. Native of 

 Martinico. Branches herbaceous, clothed with rusty tomen- 

 tum, as well as the under sides of the. young leaves. Leaves 

 fc3_inches long. Flowers drooping, clothed with rusty tomen- 



short, truncate, 10-toothed; teeth linear. Corolla 

 glabrous, length of peduncles. 

 Fete-Jtotrered Nightshade. PI. ? 



167 S. SYLVA'TICUM (Dun. syn. p. 24. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 114. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 37.) shrubby, 

 scandent ; leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded at the base, sub- 

 repand, glabrous, but hairy on the veins beneath : superior ones 

 twin, unequal ; flowers extra-axillary, usually by threes ; calyx 

 10-toothed: teeth subulate. ^ . ^J. S. Native near Cumana 

 and Bordones, in woods. Branchlets hairy. Leaves about 2 



inches long. Corolla large, pentagonal, marked by a 5-rayed 

 star. Stamens 5, one longer than the others. Berry globose, 

 glabrous, size of a sloe. 



Wood Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



168 S. LYSIMACHIOI'DES (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 257. 

 cat. no. 2609. Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 44.) herbaceous; 

 stem creeping at the base, but ascending at the top, as well as 

 the branches ; leaves usually twin, nearly equal, ovate, acute at 

 both ends, quite entire, pubescent ; flowers solitary, smoothisb, 

 placed between the leaves; calyxes 8- 10-toothed : teeth subu- 

 late, equal in length to the fruit. If. . G. Native of Sheopore, 

 Chundragiri, and Chitlong. Corollas white. Berries globular, 

 size of a gooseberry, scarlet, or red. 



Loostrife-like Nightshade. PI. creeping, 1 foot long. 



169 S. RETROFRA'CTCM (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 21. Dun. sol. 176. 

 t. 5. syn. p. 24.) stem shrubby, flexuous ; axillary branches 

 retrofracted ; leaves ovate, glabrous : upper ones twin, unequal ; 

 peduncles filiform, many together, umbellate, axillary and termi- 

 nal ; calyx truncate, toothless, glabrous. Ij . S. Native of 

 tropical America. Shrub twining. ? Leaves petiolate, quite 

 entire, H inch long. Calyx 10-cleft; segments linear, subulate, 

 unequal, joined by a pellucid membrane, whence it appears 

 toothless. Corolla as in S. tirgatum, but smaller, 3 times 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens equal. 



Retrofracted Nightshade. Shrub twining ? 



170 S. GLANDDLOSUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 35. t. 167. 

 f. b. Dun. sol. p. 180. syn. p. 25.) stem suffruticose, scandent ; 

 leaves twin, ovate-cordate ; peduncles 3-5 together, interfolia- 

 ceous ; calycine teeth gland-formed, b w S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves at Vitoc, in the province of Tarma. Leaves 

 on short petioles, very veiny, unequal at the base. Calyx 

 turbinate, angularly striated, usually 10, rarely 12-14-toothed. 

 Corolla white, spreading; limb plicate. Berry globose, pale 

 red. 



(7&zw2u&ir-toothed-calyxed Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



171 S. CUTACE'SSE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 38.) shrubby, scandent ? ; branches clothed with downy tomen- 

 tum ; leaves twin, ovate, sub-acuminated, quite entire, clothed 

 with silky hairs on both surfaces, canescent beneath ; flowers 

 extra- axillary, twin, or terminal, by threes; calyx 10-toothed. 

 Tj . ^. S. Native of Pern, in woods near Ayavaca and Rio 

 Cutaco. Branchlets angular. Leaves petiolate, one a little 

 smaller than the other. Corolla sinuately 5-lobed, white, 

 with a violaceous star, downy outside. Hairs simple, not 

 stellate. 



Cutaco Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



172 S. MA'CRODO.V (Wall. cat. no. 2621.) shrubby, erect; 

 lower leaves solitary : superior ones twin, the one 2 or 3 times 

 smaller than the other, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both 

 ends, quite entire, hairy above, as well as the branchlets ; flow- 

 ers solitary, or in fascicles placed between the leaves ; calyx 

 furrowed, 10-toothed : teeth subulate, longer than the fruit. 

 Jj . S. Native of the Pundua mountains. Similar to S. denticu- 

 latum in habit, but differs in the teeth of the calyx being very 

 long. 



Long-toothed-calyxed Nightshade. Shrub. 



173 S. DECEMDEXTATUM (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 247. Wall, 

 cat. no. 2614.) herbaceous, erect, perennial ; lower leaves soli- 

 tary : superior ones twin, ovate, acute at both ends, hairy, the 

 one smaller than the other ; flowers fasciculately aggregate at 

 the sides of the leaves ; calyx 10-toothed, and is, as well as the 

 pedicels, glabrous : teeth linear -subulate, equal. 0. G. Native 

 of China and Singapore. Berries the sice of a pea, smooth, 

 bright red when ripe. 



Ten-toothed Nightshade. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



