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sive of the syn. of Plum. Burm. amer. 241. t. 245. f. 1. 

 SJoane, jam. 1. p. 38. t. 11. f. 3. Plukn. aim. 350. phyt. t. 

 225. f. 5. Solanum fruticosum, lauri foliis, aculeatum, Plum, 

 cat. p. 4. Tourn. inst. p. 149. Shrub sometimes prickly, and 

 sometimes unarmed. Leaves clothed with stellate villi on both 

 surfaces, but most so beneath. Prickles long, of a reddish, 

 fiery colour, subulate, straight. Corolla white or purplish ; with 

 long, narrow, reflexed segments. Berry red, size of a cherry, ex 

 Poir ; yellowish, size of a pea, ex Jacq. 



far" p. partijolium (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 23.) j . S. Native 

 of the Island of Santa Cruz. This differs from the species in 

 habit ; in the stem and branches being more slender ; in the 

 leaves being much smaller, less acuminated ; and in the prickles 

 being 2 or S times longer. 



Fiery-spmed Nightshade. Fl. March, Nov. Clt. 1714. 

 Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



210 S. SUBARMA'TUM (Willd. enum. p. 240.) stem shrubby, 

 rather prickly ; leaves lanceolate, downy beneath, quite entire, 

 having the margins revolute at the base ; racemes simple. T? . 

 S. Native country unknown. Dun. sol. p. 185. syn. p. 28. 

 Down stellate. Leaves glabrous above, having the midrib 

 sometimes furnished with one prickle beneath. Corolla white, 

 with lanceolate segments. This plant is sometimes to be found 

 in the gardens under the name of S. Bahamense. According to 

 Poiret it is perhaps a mere variety of S. igneum. 



Half-armed Nightshade. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 5 to 7 feet. 



211 S. FEBsic-EFOLiCM (Dun. sol. p. 185. syn. p. 28.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrow ; racemes simple ; 

 corollas 5-cleft, H . S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. 

 Burm. amer. p. 240. t. 244. Plum. cat. 4. Stem scabrous, 

 unarmed. Leaves prickly on the middle nerve beneath. Calyx 

 unarmed. Berry globose, drooping. This species differs from 



jneum in the leaves being narrower. 

 Pcath-leared Nightshade. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



212 S. BAHAMENSE (Lin. spec. ed. 1st. p. 188. ed. 2d. p. 

 270.) stem shrubby ; leaves lanceolate, repand or sinuated, ob- 

 tuse, with reflexed margins ; corollas 5-parted. Tj . G. Native 

 of Providence, one of the Bahamas. Dun. sol. p. 186. syn. p. 

 28. S. fruticosum, Mill. diet. no. 18. Sloan, hist. p. 236. t. 

 145 Dill. elth. 263. t. 271. f. 250. Stem and leaves prickly. 

 Leaves villous. Prickles brownish, straight. Corolla bluish- 

 purple, with narrow, reflexed segments. Berry size of a pea, 

 yellowish. Said to be nearly allied to S. polyacdnthum ; but the 

 leaves are broader, and the flowers racemose, not solitary, &c. 



Bahama Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1732. Shrub 5 

 to 6 feet. 



213 S. GRACILIFLORUM (Dun. syn. p. 29. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 47.) branches smoothish, prickly ; prickles straightish ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, unequal at the base, sinuated, prickly on both sur- 

 faces, rather pilose ; pili very minute, stellate, distant ; racemes 

 short, cymosely umbellate. J? S. Native of Java. Prickles 

 yellowish, rather villous at top. Pedicels and flowers slender. 

 Calyx small, 5-toothed. 



Slender-flonered Nightshade. Shrub. 



214 S. DUXALIA'NCM (Gaud, in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 448. 

 t. 58.) shrubby ; leaves elliptic, acute, running into the petioles 

 at the base, quite entire, glabrous, spiny on the middle nerve 

 beneath, as well as on the branches and petioles ; flowers 

 corymbose, tetrandrous : calyx glabrous, with ovate, acute 

 lobes : corolla clothed with powdery tomentum outside, with 

 ovate-lanceolate segments ; berries globose, f; . S. Native 

 of the Moluccas. 



Dunafs Nightshade. Shrub. 



215 S. MOLLE (Dun. syn. p. 28. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 120. H. 

 B. el Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 40.) stem suffruticose, prickly ; 



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branches unarmed, clothed with hoary tomentum, as well as 

 the under surfaces of the leaves, but the upper surfaces of the 

 leaves are clothed with canescent down, they are oblong, acumi- 

 nated, sinuated, prickly on the nerve beneath ; racemes almost 

 opposite the leaves, subdichotomous, and are, as well as the ca- 

 lyxes, unarmed. Jj . S. Native of the province of Caraccas, 

 near St. Geronimo del Pyrital, on the banks of the river Gua- 

 rico. Prickles straight, yellowish. Down stellate. Corolla 

 white, clothed with hoary tomentum outside. Berry round, va- 

 riegated with white and green, ex Bonpl. 



Soft Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1818. Shrub 4 to 

 5 feet. 



4. POLY'GAJCA (from jroXvc, polys, many ; and ya/ioc, gamos, 

 a marriage ; in reference to the greater number of male flowers 

 than of hermaphrodite ones.) Flowers small: hermaphrodite 

 ones solitary, on short peduncles : male ones racemose. Leaves 

 entire, or repand. 



16 S. POLYACA'NTHUM (Lain. ill. no. 2377. Poir. diet. 4. 

 p. 304.) very prickly ; prickles acicular ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, nearly sessile, obtuse, villous on both surfaces ; peduncles 

 axillar}', 1-flowered. I; . S. Native of the Island of Domi- 

 nica. Vahl, eclog. 1. p. 24. Dun. sol. p. 186. syn. p. 29. 

 S. parviflorum, Cav. icon. 3. p. 19. t. 236. Burm. amer. p. 

 218. t. 224. f. 1. exclusive of the syn. of Lin. and Dill. Plum. 

 mss. 5. p. 51. ex Burm. I. c. Villi stellate, yellowish. Prickles 

 straight, yellowish-brown at top. Corollas small, white ; seg- 

 ments linear, villous outside. Berry globose, glabrous, shining, 

 size of a coriander seed. 



Many-tpined Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1821. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



217 S. MICROPUY'LLUM (Dun. sol. p. 187. syn. p. 29.) stem 

 branched ; leaves small, ovate, entire, rather tomentose ; flow- 

 ers quadrifjd, tetrandrous. Tj . S. Native of the Caribbee Is- 

 lands. Aquartia microphylla, Lam. ill. no. 1604. t. 82. f. 2. 

 Poir. suppl. 1. p. 410. Habit of S. lycioides. Prickles acicu- 

 lar, sometimes solitary, and sometimes twin at the base of 

 the branches, or infrafoliaceous. Leaves size of those of wild 

 thyme, or hardly larger, acute or obtuse. Peduncles extra- 

 foliaceous, very short, solitary or twin. Segments of corolla 

 linear. 



Small-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



218 S. AQUA'RTIA (Dun. sol. 187. syn. p. 29.) stem branch- 

 ed, prickly ; leaves subovate, obtuse, entire, tomentose ; flowers 

 4-cleft, tetrandrous. I? . S. Native of St. Domingo, at Bay- 

 aba, on rocks by the sea side. Aquartia tomentosa, Lam. ill. no. 

 1603. t. 62. f. 1. Poir. diet. 1. p. 217. Aquartia aculeata, Jacq. 

 amer. t. 15. Branches armed with short, subulate prickles, but 

 almost unarmed in the young state. Peduncles lateral, 1-flow- 

 ered, very short. Calyx tomentose ; segments unequal. Co- 

 rolla white, tomentose outside ; segments linear, bluntish. Berry 

 globose, yellow, shining, size of a small pea. 



Aquarfs Nightshade. Fl. ? Clt. 1819. Shrub 4 feet. 



219 S. CROTOXOIDES (Lam. ill. no. 2383. Poir. diet. 4. p. 

 306.) stem shrubby ; leaves discoloured, elliptic-lanceolate, gla- 

 brous above, and tomentose beneath, unarmed ; racemes short ; 

 flowers quadrifid, tetrandrous. J? . S. Native of the Caribbee 

 Islands. Dun. sol. p. 188. t. 13. syn. p. 29. Branches tomen- 

 tose, rusty at top. Prickles acicular, few, straight. Peduncles 

 lateral, clothed with rusty tomentum, forked and cymose at top. 

 Segments of corolla linear. 



Crotan-like Nightshade. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



220 S. RETICDLA'TUM (Dun. syn. p. 29. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 48.) branches tomentose at top, powdery ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, unequal, quite glabrous and reticulated above, nerved be- 



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