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furnished with scattered prickles on both surfaces; racemes 

 sessile, cymose ; segments of corolla sub-lanceolate, fj . S. 

 Native of Guiana. Richard, act. soc. par. ex Poir. suppl. 3. p. 

 764. S. Juripeba posterior, Pis. bras, book 4. chapt. 41.? 

 Prickles of the stem large, recurved. Leaves usually twin. 

 Peduncles, pedicels, calyxes, and outside of corollas clothed 

 with stellate tomentum, like the under surfaces of the leaves. 

 Root poisonous. 



Poisonous Nightshade. Shrub. 



232 S. CUXEIFOLIUM (Dun. sol. p. 193. t. 22. syn. p. 31.) 

 stem shrubby ; leaves twin, long-cuneated, sinuately angular 

 above ; angles acute, but sometimes the leaves are nearly entire, 

 with obtuse angles ; racemes short. Jj . S. Native of Cayenne. 

 S. croceum, Dun. sol. 241. S. dubium, Dun. sol. p. 240. S. 

 Jaraaicense, Mill. diet. no. 71 Sloan, hist. p. 236. t. 144. f. 3. 

 Plukn. pbyt. t. 226. The whole plant clothed with rusty 

 stellate tomentum. Branches and base of midrib of leaves 

 prickly ; prickles strong, reflexed, tomentose at the base. Leaves 

 unequal : largest ones 4-5 inches long, and the smaller ones 2-3 

 inches long. Pedicels longer than the peduncle, slender. Flow- 

 ers small. Calycine segments long, subulate, prickly. Corolla 

 white. 5-cleft. Berry ulobose, reddish yellow. 



Wedge-kated Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



233 S. HETEROTRICHCM (Dun. sol. p. 192. t- 20. syn. p. 31.) 

 stem tomentose ; leaves twin, sessile, ovate, rather angular, 

 tomentose from stellate pili ; nerves bullate, beset with simple 

 hairs. lj . S. Native of tropical America. Branches clothed 

 with long yellowish hairs, which are stellate at top. Prickles 

 slender, recurved. Leaves yellowish beneath, and rather rusty 

 above ; nerves furnished with a few small prickles beneath. 

 Racemes short, simple, many-flowered, beset with stellate to- 

 mentum, as well as the outside of the corollas and calyxes. 

 Calycine segments linear-lanceolate, long. Corolla 5-parted, 

 with almost linear segments. Berry globose. 



Variable-haired Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



234 S. WILLDENOVIA'XITM ; tomentose ; stem shrubby, prickly ; 

 leaves twin, angular, cuneated ; umbels extra-foliaceous, sessile ; 

 peduncles and calyxes hispid. Jj . S. Native of Porto Rico, 

 Desf. S. cuneifoiium, Willd. herb, ex Roam, et Schultes, syst. 

 4. p. 623, but not of Dun. 



r't Nightshade. Shrub. 



6. MICRACA'NTHA (from fiupoe, micros, small ; and 

 akaniha, a spine ; in reference to the small, short, recurved 

 prickles.) Dun. sol. p. 193. Stem shrubby, prickly ; prickles 

 small, short, recurted. Leaves lanceolate, entire, or sinuately 

 angular; the middle tierce prickly beneath. Racemes simple, 

 cymote, extra-axillary. 



-35 S. SCA V BRUM (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 22.) stem shrubby; 

 branches flexuous, prickly, glabrous ; leaves usually by threes, 

 oblong, acute, sinuately angular, clothed with stellate down 

 above, and stellate pili beneath, having the nerve prickly ; ra- 

 cemes lateral, few-flowered, and are, as well as the calyxes, 

 prickly. *? . S. Native of Caraccas, near San Juan, and 

 other parts of tropical America. Dun. sol. p. 193. ed. 2d. t. 

 121. syn. p. 31. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 41. S. 

 adhserens, Willd. rel. ex Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 669. 

 Prickles scattered, recurved, yellowish. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 

 white, tomentose outside ; segments lanceolate-linear. Berry 

 small, globose. 



Scabrous Nightshade. Shrub. 



236 S. HETEROPHY'LLCM (Lam. ill. no. 2360. Poir. diet. 4. 

 p. 301. no. 64.) leaves by threes, unequal, scabrous above, and 



rather tomentose beneath ; racemes and calyxes unarmed. I; . 

 S. Native of Guiana. Dun. sol. p. 205. ed. 2d. t. 62. syn. p. 

 32. S. acantbifblium, Hort. Prickles strong, sub-recurved. 

 Leaves large, with blunt lobes, prickly on the midrib. Pedicels 

 and calyxes villous. Calycine segments ovate, obtuse. Corolla 

 large, divided to the base into lanceolate-linear, obtuse seg- 

 ments. Fruit-bearing peduncles reflexed. Berry round, size 

 of a pea. 



Fariable-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



237 S. ATCRB'NSE (Dun. syn. p. 32. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 122. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. S. p. 41.) shrubby; branches 

 prickly, and clothed with rusty tomentum ; leaves twin, elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminated, quite entire, beset with stellate hairs above, 

 and stellate pili beneath ; midrib of leaves, as well as the 

 calyxes, prickly ; racemes extra-axillary, simple, unarmed, fj . 

 S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, near the cataract 

 of Ature. Prickles compressedly conical, subulate, and re- 

 curved at top, shining. Leaves unequal in size, greenish above, 

 and fuscescent beneath, 6 inches long. Racemes clothed with 

 rusty tomentum, as well as the calyxes and outside of corolla. 

 Calyx prickly. 



Ature Nightshade. Shrub. 



238 S. KEMORE'XSE (Dun. sol. p. 194. syn. p. 32.) stem 

 shrubby, scandent ; leaves petiolate, twin, the larger one oblong, 

 sinuately angular, and the smaller one ovate, lanceolate, quite 

 entire ; racemes filiform, very long, fj . w . S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves at Chincao and Cuchero, where it is called 

 RocotUo de Monte. S. laciniatum, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 

 40. t. 177. f. a. Pers. ench. 1. p. 228, but not of Ait. Branches 

 angular, prickly ; prickles small, recurved, yellowish. Leaves 

 nearly sessile, prickly on the back. Peduncles prickly, hanging 

 in the fruit-bearing state. Calyx small. Corolla blue. Berry 

 ovate-globose, size of a small pear, golden yellow. 



Grote Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



239 S. VOLU'BILE (Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 458. Pers. ench. 

 1. p. 226, exclusive of the syn. of Lam. and Jacq.) stem 

 shrubby, scandent ; leaves angular, with denticulated margins ; 

 racemes lateral; calyxes prickly. fj. ^ S. Native of His- 

 paniola, in woods. Dun. sol. p. 195. syn. p. 32. S. scandens, 

 Swartz. prod. p. 47, but not of Lin. Plum. mss. t. 4. f. 32. ex 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 217.? Stem prickly; branches terete. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long, or a span, ovate-lanceolate, rough above, 

 and hispid from rusty hairs beneath ; petioles and midrib prickly ; 

 prickles small, recurved. Calyx 5-toothed, clothed with rusty 

 down, prickly, reflexed. Corolla large, bluish, 5-parted, tomen- 

 tose outside, with long segments. Berry umbilicate. 



T*i*i*g Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 climbing. 



240 S. LANCEJSFOLirM (Jacq. iron. rar. 2. t. 329. coll. 2. p. 

 286.) stem shrubby, scandent ; leaves twin, lanceolate-oblong, 

 attenuated at both ends, rather roughisli, prickly on the midrib 

 and petioles beneath ; racemes short, unarmed, tj . S. Native 

 of tropical America. Dun. sol. p. 195. syn. p. 32. S. sar- 

 mentosum, Lam. ill. no. 2385. Poir. diet. 4. p. 307, exclusive 

 of the syn. of Swartz. Branches sarmentose, green and shining, 

 rather villous, as well as the stem and both sides of the leaves ; 

 hairs obsolete, starry. Leaves unequal in size, 4-8 inches long, 

 sometimes enure, and sometimes sinuately angular, shining 

 above, but paler beneath. Prickles solitary, or by pairs, yel- 

 lowish, small, recurved. Racemes rather villous, as well as the 

 outside of the calyxes and corollas. Pedicels cymose, approxi- 

 mate. Calyx 4-5-parted, with subulate segments. Corolla 

 white, 4-5-parted, with lanceolate, acute segments. Anthers 4-5, 

 yellow. 



Far. /3, tetrdndrttm ; flowers tetramerous, tetrandrous. ; . 

 N _ / . S. Native of Cayenne. S. flexuosum, Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 22. 

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