SOLANACE.E. I. SOLAXUM. 



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sterile jlorvers the style is the length of the filaments. Corollas 

 4-5-6-cleft. Berries 4-celled. a. Anthers unequal. 



251 S. BONARIE'NSE (Lin. spec. 64, exclusive of the syn. of 

 Plum.) shrubby, almost unarmed ; leaves ovate-oblong, sinu- 

 ately repand, smoothish ; racemes corymbose, lateral, or extra- 

 foliaceous. V . H. Native of Buenos Ayres. Dun. sol. 198. 

 syn. p. 34. Dill. elth. p. 364. t. 272. f. 351. Stem green, 

 prickly at the base : adult ones unarmed. Leaves sometimes 

 entire, rarely prickly. Corymbs large. Calyx 4-5-cleft ; seg- 

 ments subulate. Corolla large, white, downy outside. Berry 

 globose, yellow ? 4-celled, size of a chick pea. Root creeping. 



Buenos- Ayrean Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1727. 

 Shrub G to 10 feet. 



252 S. FASTIGIA'TCM (Willd. enutn. p. 235.) shrubby, almost 

 unarmed ; leaves ovate-oblong, entire, or sinuately repand, 

 downy ; racemes corymbose, terminal, t; . G. Native country 

 unknown. Dun. sol. p. 198. t. 16. t. 2. p. D. syn. p. 34. 

 Poir. suppl. 3. p. 770. Jacq. eclog. t. 6. Stem usually un- 

 armed, but sometimes prickly. Branches green. Leaves rarely 

 prickly, sometimes entire, scabrous from short stellate pili. 

 Flowers large, some fertile, and some sterile. Calyx 4-5-G- 

 cleft : segments acute. Corolla large, 4-5-6-cleft, pale blue, 

 marked by a yellow star inside. Anthers 4-5-6, yellow. Berry 

 globose, 4-celled, orange yellow at maturity, size of a chick pea. 



-F<w%i<7fe-flowered Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



253 S. POKA (Dun. syn. p. 34. ed. 2d. ined. t. 56.) brandies 

 nearly glabrous, prickly : leaves ovate-lanceolate, almost entire, 

 or sinuately angular, scabrous on both surfaces, rather tomentose 

 beneath, unarmed ; racemes short, lateral, few-flowered. \. S. 

 Native of Java, Leschenault. Branches prickly towards the 

 top ; prickles short, straight, slender, rarely recurved. Ra- 

 cemes bifid, unarmed, beset with rusty hairs. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Corolla woolly outside, 5-cleft ; with lanceolate, acute segments. 

 Down and hairs stellate. 



Poka Nightshade. Shrub. 



254 S. OPORIKUU (Willd. enutn. 1. p. 238. Poir. suppl. 3. 

 p. 768.) stem shrubby, prickly at bottom ; leaves oblong-lance- 

 olate, repandly angular, or entire ; racemes cymose, lateral, and 

 terminal. T; . G. Native of Mexico. ? S. macrophvllum, 

 Hort. monsp. Dun. sol. p. 199. t. 16. syn. p. 34. S. grandi- 

 florum, Desf. arb. 1. p. 169, but not of Ruiz, et Pav. S. 

 cymosum, Ort. dec. 1. p. 12. Zucc. cent. 1. p. 47. Tops of 

 branches beset with powdery tomentum ; hairs short, stellate, 

 cinereous. Prickles somewhat recurved at apex. Leaves 

 large, a foot long, unequal, somewhat cordate at the base, 

 having the midrib and petioles sparingly prickly : upper leaves 

 nearly entire : young ones canescent beneath, with convolute 

 ed;jes. Peduncles 2-3-parted, green, scabrous from short stel- 

 late hairs, as well as the pedicels, and calyxes, and outside of 

 corollas. Calyx 5-parted ; segments broad at the base, and 

 subulate at the apex. Corolla large, blue, marked with a yellow 

 star inside, 4-5-cleft, plicate, spreading, afterwards reflexed. 

 Stigma somewhat 2-lobed. Berry globose, 4-celled, yellowish 

 when ripe, size of a chick pea. This species differs from S. 



fastigiatum in all its parts being larger and more pilose ; corol- 

 las deep blue ; racemes leafy. 



Autumnal Nightshade. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 5 to 6 feet. 



255 S. SCBINB'RME (Jacq. amer. p. 50. t. 40. f. 3, a leaf 

 only.) stem shrubby, nearly unarmed ; leaves lanceolate, elliptic, 

 quite entire, glabrous above, but rather tomentose beneath ; 

 cymes mealy ; calycine segments obtuse. ^ . S. Native of 

 the West Indies, among bushes ; Mexico, &c. Dun. sol. p. 200. 

 syn. p. 34. Swartz. prod. 1. p. 453. Lin. mant. 8. p. 253. 



S. laurifolium, Mill. diet. no. 20. Leaves 3-4 inches, glabrous 

 above, and more or less tomentose beneath. Racemes cymose. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, with obtuse segments. Corolla blue, with lance- 

 olate segments. Berry globose. This species differs from S. 

 lanceolcUum in the racemes being smaller, and in the calycine 

 segments being obtuse. 



Nearly-unarmed Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1752. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



256 S. ELA'TUM (Link. enum. 1. p. 186.) stem furnished with 

 reflexed prickles, which are tomentose at the base ; leaves lance- 

 olate, rather tomentose, unarmed, when young hoary beneath ; 

 peduncles lateral, bifid ; calycine segments linear, fj . S. Na- 

 tive country unknown. Prickles numerous, short. Leaves 

 acute, repand. Tomentum stellate. Pedicels crowded, tomen- 

 tose, as well as the calyxes. Corolla blue, tomentose outside. 



Tall Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 

 8 feet. 



257 S. OCHKONEC'RUSC (Link. 1. c.) stem furnished with re- 

 curved prickles ; branches clothed with rusty tomentum ; nerves 

 of leaves prickly ; cymes terminal ; calycine segments short ; 

 corolla 5-parted. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. Leaves lomen- 

 tose, not hoary. Tomentum stellate. Corolla blue. Anthers 

 distant. 



Par. /3 ; stem furnished with more numerous, larger prickles. 

 Leaves smaller, and more finely tomentose, and the nerves 

 more prickly on both sides. Ij . S. Native of Brazil. 



YeUatc-nerted-leaved Nightshade. Clt. ? Shrub. 



258 S. ASTSOITES (Jacq. eclog. t. 65. Link. enum. l.p. 186.) 

 stem almost unarmed : or the branches are furnished with a few 

 short, recurved prickles ; leaves ovate-oblong, sinuated or re- 

 pand, beset with stellate hairs on both surfaces ; corymbs intra- 

 foliaceous, dichotomous ; calyxes acuminated, clothed with stel- 

 late pili. fj . G. Native of Chili or Peru. Leaves 9 inches 

 long. Corollas 5-lobed, of a violaceous blue colour. Petioles 

 furnished with 1 or 2 short, recurved prickles. Berry globose, 

 orange-coloured, 2-celled. This species comes very near to 

 S. Bonariensis and S. fastigiatum. 



Star-tike Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 S to 4 feet. 



259 S. MEXICA'NUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 Dun. syn. p. 34. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 56.) stem shrubby, tomen- 

 tose, unarmed, or nearly so ; leaves ovate-oblong, tomentose, 

 canescent beneath ; racemes subcymose ; calycine segments 

 subulate ; corolla 5-cleft, with acute segments. J; . S. Native 

 of Mexico. Stem prickly at the base. Racemes lateral and 

 terminal. Corolla violaceous. Berry globose, orange-coloured, 

 size of a pea. 



Mexican Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. Shrub 3 

 to 4 feet. 



260 S. LAXCEOLA'TCM (Cav. icon. 3. p. 23. t. 245.) stem 

 shrubby, tomentose, prickly at the base ; branches clothed with 

 hoary tomentum ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, quite entire, clothed 

 with canescent down on both surfaces, unarmed : lower ones 

 sinuate ; racemes cymose, lateral, almost terminal ; calycine 

 segments subulate ; corolla semiquinquefid, angularly plicate. 



fj. G. Native of Mexico. Dun., sol. p. 200. syn. p. 34. 

 Pseudocapsicum lancifolium, Moench. met!), suppl. p. 180. 

 Down and hairs stellate. Leaves greenish above. Corolla 

 pale blue. Berry globose, 4-celled, size of a chick pea, orange- 

 yellow. 



Zanceo/a/t'-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 800. 

 Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



261 S. GLUTINOSCM (Dun. syn. p. 35. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 54.) 

 stem shrubby, erect, sparingly prickly ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, cordate at the base, acute, tomentose, clammy and soft on 

 both surfaces ; racemes cymose, lateral, clammy. *j . S. Na- 



