428 



SOLANACE.&. I. SOLANUM. 



Lance-leaved Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 climbing. 



241 S. AMBIGUUM (Dun. syn. p. 32. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 123.) 

 branches scandent, pilose ; lower leaves solitary : superior ones 

 twin, ovate-elliptic, angular, a little sinuated, rather scabrous 

 from pili on both surfaces, having the midrib prickly ; racemes 

 simple, unarmed. T? . w . S. Native country unknown. 



Ambiguous Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



242 S. MICRACA'NTHUM (Lam. ill. no. 2382. Poir. diet. 4. p. 

 306.) stem shrubby ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, rather 

 tomentose beneath ; prickles small, few, recurved ; racemes 

 short. lj . S. Native of Guadaloupe, Brazil, and Cayenne. 

 Dun. sol. p. 196, exclusive of the syn. of Vahl, sytnb. p. 32. 

 Branches rather villous, or tomentose at top. Down stellate. 

 Leaves green above, but rough from minute stellate hairs, but 

 tomentose beneath, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and out- 

 side of the corollas and calyxes. Branches, petioles, and mid- 

 rib of leaves beneath prickly ; prickles sometimes twin. Ra- 

 cemes lateral ; pedicels cymose. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 

 deeply 5-cleft. Berry size of a chick pea. 



Small-spined Nightshade. Shrub. 



243 S. BRACHYA'NTHUM (Dun. syn. p. 32. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 124. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 42.) arboreous; 

 branches prickly ; branchlets tomentose ; leaves twin, elliptic, 

 acute at both ends, quite entire, puberulous above, but clothed 

 with hoary fuscescent tomenturn beneath, and prickly on the 

 midrib ; racemes lateral, simple ; pedicels and calyxes prickly. 

 +2 . S. Native of New Andalusia, on the declivity of Mount 

 Cocollar, at the altitude of 480 hexapods. Down and tomen- 

 tum stellate. Prickles short, recurved. Pedicels long, uni- 

 lateral, and are, as well as the calyxes, prickly. Racemes, 

 outside of corollas, and calyxes clothed with hoary tomentum. 

 Calyx 5-parted ; segments obovate, cuspidate, cohering. Corolla 

 5-parted, with linear-oblong, acute segments, about the size of 

 those of Ornithogalum luteum. This species differs from S. 

 micracdnthum, Lam. in the leaves being tomentose beneath, and 

 in the pedicels and calyxes being prickly. 



Short-flowered Nightshade. Tree 30 feet. 



244 S. JUSSUE'I (Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 52.) 

 leaves solitary, ovate-lanceolate, smoothish above, but rather 

 tomentose and prickly on the midrib beneath ; racemes simple, 

 cymose longer than the petioles, f; . S. Native of Rio Jane- 

 iro, Commerson. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 767. Prickles short, re- 

 curved. Down and tomentum stellate. Peduncles, pedicels, 

 and calyxes woolly. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla deeply 5-cleft; 

 segments ovate-lanceolate. Ovarium tomentose, powdery. 



Jussieu's Nightshade. Shrub. 



245 S. JAVITE'NSE (H. B.et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p, 42.) 

 shrubby ; branches prickly ; branchlets clothed with fine hoary 

 tomentum ; leaves solitary, oblong, acute, quite entire, clothed 

 with stellate down on both surfaces, rather prickly on the mid- 

 rib beneath ; racemes lateral, simple ; pedicels and calyxes 

 unarmed. T; . S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, and 

 the Tuamino, near Carichana and Javita. S. monachophyllum, 

 Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 125. Hairs and tomentum 

 stellate. Prickles conical, recurved at top, shining, yellowish. 

 Pedicels unilateral, clothed with stellate down, as well as the 

 calyxes. Calyx 5-parted ; segments subobovate, cuspidate. 

 Corolla and stamens like those of S. brachydnthum. It differs 

 from S. Jussice'i in the leaves being on short petioles, entire, 

 oblong, downy on both surfaces, often unarmed, with the middle 

 nerve rather prickly ; the prickly racemes and flowers smaller. 



Javita Nightshade. Shrub. 



246 S. UMBROSUM (Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 126. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 43.) shrubby, scandent; 

 branches prickly, and are, as well as the under surfaces of the 



leaves, clothed with hoary villous tomentum : upper surfaces 

 villous; leaves solitary, or twin, oblong, acuminated, quite en- 

 tire ; racemes extra-axillary, bifid ; peduncles and midribs of 

 leaves beneath prickly ; pedicels and calyxes unarmed. Jj . w . 

 S. Native of New Andalusia, in bushy places near Cumanacoa. 

 Hairs and down stellate, simple. Prickles scattered, small, 

 subulate, yellowish, recurvedly reflexed. Pedicels unilateral. 

 Calyx villous, 5-parted ; segments obovate, cuspidate, cohering. 

 Corolla hispid from stellate pili outside, with linear, acutish 

 segments. 



Shaded Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 825. Shrub cl. 



247 S. JURIPE'BA (Rich. act. soc. par. p. 107. Dun. sol. p. 

 196. t. 15. syn. p. 33.) shrubby; branches prickly, rather pilose; 

 leaves solitary, elliptic-oblong, acute, almost quite entire, clothed 

 with stellate pili on both surfaces, prickly on the midrib beneath : 

 superior leaves twin ; racemes lateral and terminal, almost ses- 

 sile, and are, as well as the calyxes, unarmed. T? . S. Native 

 of Cayenne ; and of the Island Pararumo, in the Orinoco, and 

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

 obscurum, Vahl, symb. p. 41. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1046. Juri- 

 peba prior, Pis. bras. lib. 4. cap. 41. S. styracifolium, Willd. 

 rel. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 663. Plum. mss. t. 4. f. 

 32, ex Dunal. Hairs or down stellate. Leaves canescent be- 

 neath. Flowers unilateral. Corolla violaceous, ex Bonpl. 

 white inside, and purple outside, ex Plum. Prickles on the 

 branches recurved, on the midribs of leaves straight. Calyx 5- 

 cleft, with broad, mucronulate segments. Corolla 5-parted, 

 with long, linear segments. 



Juripeba Nightshade. Shrub. 



248 S. RUBIGINOSUM (Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 17. icon. t. 13.) 

 shrubby, clothed with rusty stellate tomentum all over ; prickles 

 recurved ; leaves elliptic, acute, quite entire, glabrous above, 

 and tomentose beneath ; cymes terminal. Ij . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. Dun. sol. p. 197. syn. p. 33. Branches, petioles, and 

 midribs of leaves beneath prickly. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 

 obscure green above. Peduncles bifid ; pedicels reflexed at 

 first. Calyx 5-cleft, with linear-lanceolate segments. Corolla 

 5-cleft, with sublinear segments. 



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



249 S. VELUTINUM (Dun. syn. p. 33. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 53.) 

 stem scandent, ? tomentose ; leaves ovate-oblong, unequal at the 

 base, acute, clothed with silky tomentum, furnished with a few 

 prickles beneath ; racemes terminal, few-flowered. I? . v _ / . ? S. 

 Native of Cayenne. This species differs from S. rubigindium 

 in the leaves being silky on both surfaces, in the hairs being 

 simple, but yellowish. Prickles short, recurved. Leaves yel- 

 lowish green above, but whiter beneath. Racemes villous. 

 Calycine segments oblong, acute, and are, as well as the corolla, 

 villous outside. 



Velvety Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



250 S. coRiVcEUM (Dun. sol. p. 197. t. 14. syn. p. 33.) 

 shrubby, scandent; leaves glabrous, lanceolate-elliptic, acute; 

 racemes lateral, simple, equal in length to the leaves, fj . w . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Branches terete, powdery, as well as the 

 young leaves, peduncles, and pedicels. Leaves sometimes twin, 

 on short petioles 4 inches long, coriaceous, sometimes prickly on 

 the midrib. Prickles short, recurved. Peduncles sometimes 

 bifid ; pedicels secund. Corolla large, blue. Calyx coriaceous, 

 5-toothed ; teeth roundish, mucronate. Stigma 2-lobed. 



Conaceotts-leaved Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 



SUBSECT. II. SUBINE'RMIA. Stem prickly at the base. Leaves 

 sinualely angular, or entire. Racemes many-parted; pedicels 

 cymose. Flowers numerous, many of which are abortive ; in 

 the fertile flowers the style is longer than the anthers ; in the 



