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SOLANACE;E. i. SOLAN. 



live country unknown. Prickles straight, acerose ; hairs stel- 

 late and glandular at apex ; the leaves, peduncles, and calyxes 

 clothed with similar hairs ; the upper parts of the branches 

 clammy. Leaves undulated, quite entire, or sinuated, yellowish 

 on both surfaces, prickly on the midrib beneath. The hairs on 

 the petioles, peduncles, nerves of leaves, and calyxes, are 

 clammy, and of a rusty-yellow colour. Flowers pentamerous. 

 Calycine segments oblong, acute. Corolla blue, with the star 

 in the centre villous ; lobes mucronate. Berry globose, size of 

 a cherry, 4-celled, yellow. 



Clammy Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 3 

 to 5 feet. 



262 S. FORMOSUM (Dun. syn. p. 35. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 127. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 44.) stem shrubby, very 

 prickly, hairy ; leaves rather cordate, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, clothed with woolly tomentum, almost unarmed ; racemes 

 lateral, many-flowered, very hairy. ^ . S. Native on the 

 banks of the Orinoco, in woods near Maypures. Branches very 

 hairy. Prickles straight, acerose. Hairs rufescent, stellate 

 and simple, intermixed. Leaves sinuately-repand, undulated, 

 unarmed, of a pale rufescent colour beneath, and greenish-yel- 

 low above. Calyx 5-parted, clothed with pale rusty hairs. 

 Corolla large, plicate, 5-angled, violaceous, with a star in the 

 centre, which is woolly outside. Stigma capitate. 



Showy Nightshade. Shrub. 



263 S. BROWNII (Dun. sol. p. 201. syn. p. 35.) stem shrub- 

 by ; prickles straight, subacerose ; leaves entire or repand, long- 

 lanceolate, almost unarmed, rather scabrous above, but clothed 

 with grey tomentum beneath ; corymbs lateral, subumbellate, 

 on short peduncles, simple ; corolla 3 times as long as the calyx. 



1? . G. Native of New South Wales, within the tropic. S. vio- 

 laceum, R. Br. prod. p. 446. Leaves often twin. Calyx of a 

 greyish-purple colour, with long subulate segments. Corolla 

 violaceous. 



rowm'* Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 

 to 4 feet. 



264 S. E'LEGANS (Dun. syn. p. 35. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 58.) 

 stem tomentose, prickly ; leaves oblong, acuminated, tomentose 

 on both' surfaces, prickly, sinuately repand, whitish-yellow be- 

 neath ; racemes simple, tomentose, prickly. T? . G. Native of 

 New Holland. This species differs from S. Bronmii in the 

 stem, leaves, racemes, and calyxes, being prickly. Prickly, 

 small, acute, straight, yellow at the base, and brown at top, 

 tomentose, like the rest of the plant. Leaves often twin, 

 prickly on the middle nerve beneath. Calyx 5-parted; with 

 subulate segments, greyish-brown, afterwards bluish. Corolla 

 violaceous. Style incurved. 



Elegant Nightshade. Shrub. 



SUBSECT. III. TORVUM (from torvus, grim or stern ; in allu- 

 sion to the shrubs bearing prickles.) Prickly shrubs. Leaves 

 entire, sinuated, or lobed. Flowers corymbose, or panicled. An- 

 thers equal, 



265 S. GIGANTE'UM (Jacq. coll. 4. p. 125. icon. rar. 2. t. 

 328.) stem shrubby ; prickles tomentose at the base ; leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute, unarmed, entire, glabrous above, but 

 clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; racemes dichotomous, 

 cymose, lateral, many-flowered, clothed with white tomentum. 



fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dun. sol. p. 202. 

 syn. p. 36. Sims, bot. mag. 1921. S. niveum, Vahl, symb. 2. 

 p. 41. Thunb. prod. p. 36. S. papilionaceum, Dumont de 

 Courset. bot. cult, suppl. p. 153. ? S. farinosum, Wall, in 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 255. S. argenteum, Heyne, herb. The 

 whole plant is clothed with mealy tomentum, except the upper 

 surfaces of the leaves. In the axils of the leaves, which are 

 large, rise other small ones. Pedicels pendulous when bearing 



the flowers. Calyx small, at first 5-toothed, but afterwards 5- 

 cleft. Corolla purplish-violet, small, deeply 5-cleft. Berry 

 roundish, red, shining, size of a pea. 



Far. /3 ? stem unarmed ? leaves thinner, and on longer peti- 

 oles ; tomentum finer, and more hoary ; calyx deeply divided. 

 J? . S. Native of Dindygul, in the East Indies. Nees, in Lin. 

 trans. 17. p. 47. S. farinosum, Wall. cat. no. 2610. b. 



Var. y? leaves nearly a foot long, and 4 inches broad, form 

 of those of the var. /3, as well as the tomentum. T? . G. Na- 

 tive of the Neelgherry mountains. Nees, 1. c. S. farinosum, 

 Wall. cat. no. 2510. c. 



Giant Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1792. Tree 10 to 

 15 feet. 



266 S. TORVUM (Swartz, prod. p. 47. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 456.) 

 stem shrubby ; prickles recurved, tomentose at the base ; leaves 

 twin, subcordate, ovate, sinuated and lobed, or angular, tomen- 

 tose, having the midrib prickly ; peduncles extra-foliaceous, co- 

 rymbose, many-flowered, and are, as well as the calyxes, unarm- 

 ed ; segments ovate, acuminated. J? . S. Native of Jamaica ; 

 Hispaniola ; Cuba ; Bermudas ; and in many parts of the East 

 Indies, in hedges. In Cuba it is called Pendejera. Dun. sol. 

 p. 203. t. 23. syn. p. 36. exclusive of the syn. of Jacq. S. I'n- 

 dicum, Lin. spec. ed. 1st. p. 187. S. stramonifolium, Ait. hort. 

 kew. 1. p. 252.? Lam. ill. no. 2365. exclusive of the syn. of 

 Jacq. Poir. diet. 4. p. 300. exclusive of the syn. of Jacq. S. 

 ficifolium, Ort. dec. 9. p. 1 1 C. S. acanthif olium, Desf. hort. 

 par. ex Lam. S. scabrum, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 39. t. 

 175. f. a. S. pseudosaponaceum, Blum, bijdr. p. 702. Plukn. 

 aim. p. 350. t. 225. f. 6. ? Stem tomentose, branched, armed 

 with a few prickles. Tomentum or down stellate, pale yellow 

 or rusty. Leaves often twin. Prickles tomentose at the base. 

 Racemes lateral, bifid or trifid, many-flowered ; pedicels cymose. 

 Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla white, 5-cleft, marked with a yellow, 

 shining star in the centre ; segments lanceolate, acute, with un- 

 dulated edges. Anthers yellow. Style in the sterile flowers 

 length of filaments ; in the fertile flowers longer than the an- 

 thers. Berry globose, green, 4-celled,- size of a chick-pea. 

 This species is nearly allied to S. Tndicum ; but differs from it 

 in the leaves being hardly prickly ; in the racemes being multi- 

 fid ; and in the peduncles, pedicels, and calyxes, being un- 

 armed. 



Var. fi ; unarmed ; leaves repand. I; . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 54. S. Silanum, Ham. 

 herb, ex Wall. cat. no. 2627. D. S. multiflorum, Roth, nov. 

 spec. p. 130. 



Grim Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 

 feet. 



267 S. FERRUGINEUM (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 3. p. 46. t. 334.) 

 stem shrubby ; prickles glabrous ; leaves ovate, lobed or sinu- 

 ated, prickly on the midrib and petioles beneath, acute, tomen- 

 tose ; racemes corymbose. Tj . S. Native country unknown. 

 Willd. enum. 1. p. 239. Dun. syn. p. 36. sol. ed. 2d. ined. 

 Young leaves and branches clothed with rusty tomentum. Co- 

 rolla pale blue or white. Nearly allied to S. torvum, but differs 

 in the racemes being shorter and fewer-flowered. Tomentum 

 rusty, stellate. Prickles of the stem glabrous, rarely recurved. 

 Said by Nees, Lin. trans. 17. p. 53. to be the same as S. 

 torvum. 



Rusty Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 4 to 

 6 feet. 



268 S. HERNANDE'SII (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 Dun. syn. p. 36. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 59.) stem shrubby, prickly, 

 tomentose ; leaves twin, deeply sinuated, acute, tomentose ; ra- 

 cemes lateral ; pedicels umbellate ; berry 6-celled. fj . G. Na- 

 tive of Mexico. Prickles few, recurved. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 subcordate. Petioles and peduncles prickly. Calyx villous, 



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