SOLANACE). I. SOLANCM. 



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very soft beneath ; flowers sub-umbellate, terminal. J? . '"'. S. 

 Native of Surinam. Dun. sol. p. 179. syn. p. 25. Racemes 

 compound. Corolla rotate, with lanceolate, recurved segments. 

 Berry globose, size of a cherry. 



Climbing Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 twining. 



186 S. SIDEROXYLOIDES (Schlecht. in Linnsea, 8. p. 253.) 

 shrubby ; branches flexuous, tomentose ; leaves ovate, or ob- 

 long-ovate, entire, acute, or sub-acuminated, bluntish at the 

 base, roughish above, and clothed with rough tomentum beneath ; 

 tomentum stellate, of a rusty yellow colour ; calyx hemispheri- 

 cal, 10-toothed: teeth short, obtuse; corollas white, downy 

 outside ; berries globose, glabrous, f? . G. Native of Mexico, 

 near Hacienda de La Laguna. Umbels sessile, axillary. Anthers 

 regular. Pedicels and calyxes tomentose. Leaves very similar 

 to those of the pear tree. There is an unnamed species very 

 like this from Hayti. in Willd. herb. no. 4410. 



Iron-rvood-like Nightshade. Shrub. 



187 S. LAXUGINOSCM (Dun. syn. p. 25. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 116. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3 p. 36.) shrubby; 

 branchlets tomentose ; leaves ovate, acutish, subcordate, quite 

 entire, beset with stellate hair above, but clothed with hoary, 

 villous tomentum beneath ; peduncles tomentose, opposite the 

 leaves, twin, or 3 together ; calyx 10-toothed, tomentose. fj . 

 S. Native of Quito, near Mulalo, at the altitude of 1690 bex- 

 apods. Tomentum stellate. Berry size of a sloe, globose. 



Woolly Nightshade. Shrub. 



188 S. CHRYSOPHY'LLUM (Dun. syn. p. 25. sol. ed. 2d. ined. 

 t. 117. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 39.) shrubby, scan- 

 dent ; branches tomentose ; leaves elliptic, acute, quite entire, 

 clothed with stellate pubescence above, and fuscescent tomentum 

 beneath, of a golden rusty colour when young, as well as the 

 branchlets ; peduncles subaxillary, solitary ; calyx 5-toothed. 

 Tj . w . S. Native of the kingdom of Quito. Tomentum stel- 

 late. Leaves 2 inches long : superior ones twin, unequal in 

 size. Corolla 5-parted, with ovate, oblong segments. 



Golden-leated Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



189 S. LASIOPHY'LLVM (Dun. syn. p. 25. sol. ed. 2d. t. 118. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 39.) shrubby ; branches some- 

 what dichotomous, hispid from pili ; leaves twin, oblong, sub- 

 acuminated at both ends, quite entire, hispid above, but yellow- 

 ish and softer beneath ; peduncles alar and subaxillary, solitary 

 or twin ; calyx 10-toothed. J; . S. Native of New Granada, 

 on the Andes of Pasto, between Menezes and Zeindala, at the 

 altitude of 1400 hexapods. Hairs simple. Calyx hispid ; teeth 

 linear, filiform ; alternate ones a little shorter. Corolla whitish- 

 violet, pilose outside ; with oblong-lanceolate segments. 



Woolly-leaved Nightshade. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



190 S. LINEA'TCM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 31. t. 158. f. 

 b.) stem shrubby ; leaves twin, ovate, acuminated, lined, villous 

 beneath ; berries inclosed within the segments of the corolla, 

 peduncled, interfoliaceous ; calyx 10-toothed. Ij . S. Native 

 of Peru, in groves at Munna. Dun. sol. p. 180. Peduncles 

 hairy. Calyx 10-cleft, hairy; segments linear. Corolla white, 

 length of calyx. Berry fuscous, size of a chick-pea. 



Lined-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



191 S. BIFORMIFOLICM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 32. 1. 161. 

 f. a.) stem suffruticose, flexuous ; leaves twin, oblong-lanceo- 

 late : the smaller ones orbicular ; peduncles interfoliaceous ; 

 calyx 10-toothed ; berry inclosed within the segments of the 

 calyx. I; . S. Native of Peru, in groves at Chincao. Dun. 

 sol. p. 180. syn. p. 26. Peduncles usually twin, but sometimes 

 3-4-5 together. Calyx hispid ; teeth long-linear. Corolla 

 purplish-violet. Berry yellowish-red, size of a pea. 



Tno-formed- leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



192 S. ACUTIFOLICM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 33. t. 162. 

 f. b. Dun. sol. p. 180. syn. p. 26.) stem suffruticose, flexuous ; 

 leaves twin, or 3 together, lanceolate ; peduncles interfoliace- 

 ous ; calyx 10-toothed. Ij . S. Native of Peru, in groves at 

 Munna. Plant hairy. Leaves rather hispid on both surfaces, 

 deflexed. Corolla white, 5-parted. Berry roundish, orange- 

 coloured. 



Acute-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



SECTION II. ACDLEA'TA. Prickly shrubs and plants. 



SUBSECT. I. Leaves entire, repand, or sinualely angular. Pedun- 

 cles or racemes simple, or nearly so. 



1. LEPROPHORA (from \Tpoe, lepros, rough; and yvpfu, 

 phoreo, to bear.) Dun. sol. p. 181. Stems and leaves n-hite 

 from leprous, poredery tomentum. Racemes lateral, seldom axil- 

 lary or opposite the leaves, fen '-flowered. Prickles straight, 

 acerose. 



193 S. ELEAGNIFOLIUM (Cav. icon. 3. p. 22. t. 243.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves discoloured : lower ones sinuated and prickly : 

 superior ones entire, unarmed ; peduncles few-flowered. Tj . G. 

 Native of Chili. Dun. sol. p. 181. syn. p. 26. Old stems prickly : 

 young ones unarmed. Prickles short. Leaves white beneath, 

 and greenish-yellow above. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla blue, large, 

 clothed with powdery tomentum outside, like the rest of the 

 plant. Berry globose, yellow, glabrous, size of a chick-pea. 

 Leaves very like those of Eltagnus angustifblius. 



Elcagnus-leated Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



194 S. DEALBA'TCM (Lindl. hort. trans. 7. p. 52.) suffruti- 

 cose, hoary from stellate, leprous tomentum all over ; leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, obtuse, having the petioles and midrib prickly 

 beneath ; lower leaves subsinuated : superior ones entire ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, few-flowered ; calyxes prickly. f; . G. Na- 

 tive of Chili. Corolla pale lilac. Allied to S. eleagnifolium, 

 and S. leprbsum. 



Whitened Nightshade. Fl. June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 2 to 3 

 feet. 



195 S. LEPROSUM (Ortega, dec. 9. p. 115. Dun. sol. 182. 

 syn. p. 26.) stem shrubby ; leaves discoloured, all sinuated, and 

 prickly on both surfaces, hoary beneath ; peduncles few-flower- 

 ed ; calyx prickly. 11 . G. Native of Chili. The whole plant 

 is canescent from short tomentum. Stem prickly. Prickles 

 small, reddish-yellow ; those on the calyx sometimes stellately 

 pilose at top. Corolla large, pale blue, clothed with powdery 

 down outside. Berry yellowish, size of a cherry. This species 

 differs from S. eleagnifolium in the leaves being all sinuated and 

 prickly ; and in the branchlets, peduncles, and calyxes being 

 also prickly. 



Leprous Nightshade. PI. 2 feet. 



196 S. OBTUSIFOLICM (Dun. syn. p. 26. sol. ed. 2d. t. 119. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 40.) stem shrubby ; 

 branches prickly, and are, as well as the leaves, clothed with sil- 

 very tomentum ; leaves oblong, obtuse, sinuately repand, prickly 

 along the middle nerve beneath ; peduncles lateral, solitary, few- 

 flowered, and are, as well as the calyxes, prickly. V; . G. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, near Regla ; and Totonilco el Grande, at the 

 altitude of 1200 hexapods. Tomentum stellate. Prickles yel- 

 low, short. Calyx 5-6-cleft. Corolla clothed with white to- 

 mentum outside, and blue inside, size of those of the potatoe ; 

 segments oblong, acutish. Stamens 5-6. Fruit unknown. 



Obtuse-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



197 S. FLA VIDUM (Torrey, in ann. lye. 2. p. 227.) suffiruti- 



