426 



SOLANACEJE. I. SOLANUM. 



neath, and clothed with leprous tomentum ; peduncles 1-flower- 

 ed ; flowers quadrifid ? fj . S. Native of St. Domingo. Poir. 

 suppl. 3. p. 764. Habit of S. crotonoides, prickly or unarmed. 

 Berries globose, mucronate. 



Reticulated-leaved. Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



221 S. POLY'GAMUM (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 39. t. 55. Dun. sol. 

 188. ed. 2d. ined. t. 49. syn. p. 39.) stem shrubby; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, nearly entire, rather scabrous above, but tomen- 

 tose beneath. Tj . S. Native of the Island of Santa Cruz. 

 Branches, and under surfaces of leaves, and peduncles, clothed 

 with rusty tomentum. Prickles straight, reddish-yellow. Leaves 

 subcordate at the base, unequal, 2-3 inches long. Flowers 

 small, cymose. Calyx and corolla tomentose outside, 4-5-part- 

 ed. Stamens 4-5. Some of the flowers are male, and some 

 hermaphrodite, as has been observed by D. West, ex Vahl. 



Polygamous-flowered Nightshade. Shrub. 



222 S. INTEGRIFOLIUM (Poir. diet. 4. p. 301. Dun. sol. p. 

 189.) stem shrubby; leaves ovate, subrepand, rather tomentose 

 beneath ; umbels axillary. ^ . S. Native of the Mauritius. 

 Stem prickly, as well as pilose. Leaves sometimes twin, some- 

 times aggregate, smoothish above, but furnished with distant, mi- 

 nute pili, and prickles ; prickles few, small. Calyx villous, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla small, whitish. Berry globose, yellowish, size 

 of a grape, ex Poir. 



Entire-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



| 5. ERIOPHY'LLA (from epiov, erion, wool; and <j>v\\oi>, phyl- 

 lon, a leaf ; leaves woolly.) Dun. sol. p. 189. Leaves repand, 

 angular or sinuated, woolly on both surfaces. Peduncles solitary, 

 many-fionered ; or aggregate, \-Jlonered, short. Flowers small. 



223 S. HI'RTUM (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 40. icon. 3. t. 21.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves cordate, angular, tomentose, prickly ; pedun- 

 cles lateral, aggregate, and are, as well as the calyxes, hairy. 



17. S. Native of Trinidad. Dun. sol. p. 189. syn. p. 30. 

 Prickles small, straight, acicular. Stem tomentose at top. 

 Leaves a hand long, whitish beneath. Peduncles supra-folia- 

 ceous, 1 -flowered. Calyx and corolla hairy outside; three of 

 the segments of the corolla are longer than the other two. 

 Hairy Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. Shrub. 



224 S. CORDIFOLIUM (Dun. syn. p. SO. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 135.) stem hairy, prickly ; leaves on long petioles, cordate, an- 

 gularly repand, villous on both surfaces, unarmed ; racemes sim- 

 ple, lateral. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, at Rio Janeiro. Poir. 

 suppl. 3. p. 764. The whole plant is clothed with stellate and 

 simple, soft, rust-coloured hairs. Leaves unequal at the base. 

 Segments of corolla equal. This species differs from S. hirtum, 

 in the leaves being unarmed ; in the flowers being racemose \. 

 and in the corolla being regular. 



Heart-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



225 S. ERIOPHY'LLUM (Dun. syn. p. 30. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 50.) branches clothed with white tomentum, prickly ; leaves 

 clothed with white tomentum on both surfaces, ovate, sinuated, 

 obtuse, on short petioles ; calyxes woolly, subcampanulate. J? . 

 G. Native of New Holland. S. lasiophyllum, Poir. suppl. 3. 

 p. 764. Prickles small, slender. Segments of calyx obtuse, 

 rarely prickly. Corolla blue, pentagonal, the star villous out- 

 side. Berry globose. 



Woolly-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



226 S. TOMENTOSUM (Lin. spec. ed. 1st. p. 188. ed. 2d. p. 

 269.) stem shrubby, prickly ; prickles acerose ; leaves cordate, 

 subrepand, undulated, densely tomentose on both surfaces ; ten- 

 der parts clothed with purplish powder, t^ . S. Native of 

 North America, ex Lin. spec. ed. 1st. ; ./Ethiopia, ex Lin. 

 spec. ed. 2d. ; Guiana, ex Aubl. ; Peru, where it is called Hor- 



mis, ex Ruiz, et Pav. ; Cape of Good Hope, ex Thunb. prod, 

 p. 36. Aubl. guian. 1. p. 216. Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 41. 

 Dun. sol. p. 190. syn. p. 30. Sabb. hort. rom. 2. t. 58. 

 Triumf. pra?l. 46. t. 6. Bocc. sic. 8. t. 5. Plukn. aim. 351. t. 

 316. f. 2. ? The whole plant is densely clothed with greenish- 

 yellow tomentum. Leaves usually 3 inches long, and about 1 

 inch broad, sometimes unarmed, sometimes prickly beneath. 

 Prickles straight, yellowish-green. Racemes shorter than the 

 petioles, at length drooping. Corolla bluish-violet. Berry sub- 

 globose, rather tomentose while young ; but glabrous, and of a 

 dirty orange colour, and about the size of a gooseberry when 

 mature. 



Tomentose Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1662. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



227 S. HY'BRIDUM (Jacq. vind. 2. t. 113. Dun. sol. 191. 

 syn. p. 30.) stem shrubby, prickly ; leaves ovate, almost un- 

 armed, acute, repand ; the tender parts clothed with violet pow- 

 der on the back and margins. ^5 . S. Native of Guinea. Leaves 

 repandly angular, pale green, undulated, unequal at the base. 

 Peduncles clothed with violet tomentum : some umbellate, and 

 others 1 -flowered. Corolla pale blue; segments 5-10. Some 

 of the flowers are sterile. Berry roundish, depressed, orange- 

 coloured, pendulous. Prickles strong, straight or recurved, 

 sometimes wanting on the leaves. Perhaps only a variety of S. 

 tomentbsum. 



Hybrid Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1815. Shrub 2 

 to 3 feet. 



228 S. COCCI'NEUM (Jacq. misc. 2. p. 239. icon. rar. 1. t. 43.) 

 stem shrubby, prickly ; leaves ovate, somewhat cordate, repand, 

 tomentose ; berries scarlet. ^ . S. Native country unknown, 

 and probably of garden origin. Dun. sol. 191. syn. p. 31. S. 

 tomentosum, var. coccineum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1045. Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 228. Prickles straight, subulate, brown. Leaves 

 green, sometimes prickly on the middle nerve and petioles. 

 Racemes opposite the leaves, simple, tomentose. Corolla white 

 or purplish. Calycine segments ovate-lanceolate, acute. Berry 

 pea-shaped, red at first, but at length dirty white, ex Jacq. It 

 is very like S. tomentosum, but smaller in all its parts, and less 

 tomentose. 



Scarlet-berried Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



229 S. BREVI'PILUM (Dun. sol. p. 191. t. 21. syn. p. 31.) 

 stem shrubby ; leaves twin, sessile, obtuse-angled, tomentose on 

 both surfaces; calyx 5-parted. 1? . S. Native of the West 

 Indies ; as of St. Thomas and Porto Rico. This species differs 

 from S. Jamaicense in the peduncles, pedicels, and calyxes being 

 unarmed ; and in the calyx being 5-parted, not 5-toothed. Every 

 part of the plant is clothed with stellate tomentum. Leaves of 

 a rusty : yellow colour on both surfaces, often unarmed. 



Short-haired Nightshade. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



230 S. JAMAICE'NSE (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 454.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves twin, cuneated, broadest in the middle, and ob- 

 tuse-angled, tomentose on both surfaces, as well as the rachi and 

 calyxes ; calyx 5-toothed ; prickles reflexed. 1? . S. Native 

 of Jamaica and Hispaniola, among rubbish. Dun. sol. 191. 

 syn. p. 31. Stem and midrib of leaves beneath furnished with 

 strong prickles. Racemes lateral, much shorter than the leaves, 

 simple, many-flowered ; flowers pedicellate, subcymose. Corolla 

 small, pale blue or white, with reflexed segments, tomentose be- 

 neath. Berry round, black when ripe, size of a red cur- 

 rant. 



Jamaica Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 

 feet. 



231 S. TOXICA RIUM (Lam. diet. 3. p. 309. Dun. sol. 193. 

 ed. 2d. ined. t. 50. syn. p. 31.) stem shrubby, prickly; leaves 

 lobately angular, tomentose, oblique at the base, emarginate, 



