SOLANACEjE. I. SOLANCM. 



435 



S. Native of tropical America, and Ceylon. Dun. sol. 19. 

 syn. p. 41. Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 38. exclusive of the syn. of Dill. 

 and Plukn. Ray. 3. p. 353. Prickles subulate, unequal, 

 mixed with villi. Peduncles almost unarmed, very short, few- 

 flowered. Flowers usually abortive. Corolla white, with acute 

 segments. Berry globose, size of a small cherry, at first spotted 

 with green and white, but at length pale yellow. 



Very prickly Nightshade. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



302 S. PLATASIFOLICM (Hook, in hot. mag. t. 2618.) stem 

 hairy, sparingly prickly ; prickles straight ; leaves 5-lobed : 

 lobes deeply toothed, acute ; peduncles lateral, aggregate, gene- 

 rally 1 -flowered, drooping; berry variegated. 17 . S. Native 

 of South America. Corolla deeply 5-cleft, revolute, pale vio- 

 let, with hairy margins. Stem hairy. Leaves downy. Berry 

 large, almost globular, beautifully variegated with green and 

 white. The plant is said to have considerable affinity with 

 S. Campechtense and S. aculeatissimum, but differs from both 

 in being less prickly. 



Plane-leaved Nightshade. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 

 to 4 feet. 



.103 S. IXCARCERA'TDM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 40. t. 176. 

 f. a.) stem prickly, villous. suffruticose ; leaves usually twin, 

 cordate, sinuately-angular, acuminated, prickly ; flowers secund ; 

 berry clasped by the segments of the calyx. Jj . S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves at Cbincao. Dun. sol. p. 219. syn. p. 41. 

 Prickles unequal, broad at the base, and subulate at the apex, 

 and others filiform, minute. Leaves unequal in size, clothed 

 with white hairs. Peduncles villous, nearly unarmed ; pedicels 

 cymosely umbellate. Calyx villous, with linear, reflexed seg- 

 ments. Corolla pale violet. Berry white, oblong, size of a 

 cherry. 



Incarcerated-frmled Nightshade. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



304 S. MAMMOSVM (Lin. spec. p. 267. Aubl. guian. 1. p. 

 216.) herbaceous; stem villous, sparingly prickly ; leaves sub- 

 cordate, lobed, villous, prickly on both surfaces ; berry large, 

 teated at the base. O- S. Native of Virginia, Guiana, and 

 the West India Islands, Cape of Good Hope, ex Thunb. prod. 

 1. p. 36. fl. cap. 2. p. 58. Dun. sol. p. 220. syn. p. 41. 

 Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 156. S. villosissimum, Zuccag. 

 cent. 1. no. 48. Pomum Sodomae Merian, sur. 27. t. 27, ex 

 Sloane. S. Americanum molle, foliorum nervis et aculeis fla- 

 vescentibus, fructu mammoso, Tourn. inst. p. 149. Sloan, hist. 

 p. 38. t. 12. f. ]. Plum. mss. t. 4. f. 37 Plukn. aim. p. 350. 

 phyt. t. 226. f. 1 . The plant is called by the French Pomme a 

 chaute-souris, Pomme teton, and Poire de Bachelier. Prickles 

 compressed, yellow, broad at the base, subulate at the apex, 

 straight, or incurved. Leaves large, the breadth almost equal 

 to the length ; lobes acute, sinuately-toothed. Peduncles un- 

 armed, 3-4-flowered, short. Calyx very villous. Corolla vio- 

 laceous, or blue, with almost linear segments. Anthers corni- 

 culate. Berry large, yellow, teated, or mammose round the 

 base, conical. 



Tmferf-fruited Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1699. PI. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



305 S. ACICCLA'RE (Swartz. in litt. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 4. p. 647.) stem prickly, shrubby ; prickles subulately acerose ; 

 leaves roundish-cordate, repandly acute-angled, prickly on 

 both surfaces, clothed with stellate hairs above, and tomentum 

 beneath ; peduncles axillary, terminal, very long, many-flow- 



1? S. Native of Brazil. Prickles straight. Pedun- 



ered. 



cles solitary, length of leaves, pilose, bifid at apex. Flowers 

 large, blue. Calyx beset with bristly hairs. 



Acicular-spiaed Nightshade. Shrub. 



306 S. CILIA'TUM (Lam. ill. no. 2360.) stem herbaceous ; 

 leaves subcordate, sinuately lobed, ciliated : lobes obtuse ; pe- 



duncles short, few-flowered ; corollas 5-parted ; berries globose, 

 almost dry. 0. H. Native country unknown. Dun. sol. p. 

 221. t. 18. syn. p. 41. S. ciliare, Wi'lld. enum. 1. p. 237. S. 

 capsicoides, Hort. par. ex Lam. This species differs from S. 

 Campechiensc in the leaves not being toothed, in the hairs being 

 simple, in the stem being prickly, not hispid. Corvmbs 2-3, 

 rarely 5-flowered. Flowers white, nutant. Berry smaller than 

 a walnut, globose, brick coloured. It is distinguished from S. 

 Sodomeum in the racemes being small, and always 2-3-fiowered. 



Ct/tofe</-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 1 1 to 2 feet. 



307 S. iiYrouM (Willd. herb, ex Link, enum. 1. p. 188.) 

 leaves subcordate, sinuately-pinnatifid, rather tomentose above, 

 but green : tomentose, and canescent beneath ; prickles dilated 

 at the base. ^ S. Native country unknown. Branches and 

 petioles tomentose. Leaves equal, or unequal at the base, fur- 

 nished with prickles on the nerves. Peduncles 4-5-flowered, 

 tomentose. Calyx tomentose, and furnished with long prickles. 

 Corolla white. 



Livid Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. Shrub. 



308 S. BARBISE'TCM (Nees, in Un. trans. 17. p. 51.) fascicu- 

 lately hairy ; stem herbaceous, prickly ; prickles straight : 

 leaves twin, elliptic, sinuated, rather hairy on both surfaces, and 

 prickly, having the segments angular ; racemes lateral, simple, 

 many-flowered, secund, prickly ; berry glabrous, covered by a 

 bristly calyx. O-? H. Native of Silhet ; on the banks of 

 the river Atran, in Martaban, and Tavoy. S. Melongena, Wall, 

 cat. no. 2628. e. part. Habit of S. aculeatissimum, but is easily 

 distinguished from that species in the racemose inflorescence, 

 and in the berry being covered by the calyx. 



Bristly-bearded Nightshade. PI. ? 



$ 2. Leaves cillous, or tomentose from usually stellate hairs. 

 Berries hairy. 



309 S. STRAMOXIFOLIDM (Jacq. misc. 2. p. 298. icon. rar. 1 . 

 t. 44.) stem shrubby, prickly ; leaves cordate, sinuated, or 

 acutely lobed, villous, and prickly on both surfaces ; peduncles 

 and calyxes unarmed. Ij . S. Native of the East Indies. Dun. 

 sol. p. 222. syn. p. 42. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1044. exclusive of 

 the syn. of Ait. but not of Lam. nor Poir. S. mammosum, 

 Lour. coch. 1. p. 162. exclusive of the syn. of Burm. Leaves 

 a foot long, on long petioles, soft, beset with large, straight, and 

 recurved prickles. Pedicels cymose. Calycine segments small, 

 roundish. Corolla white, or purplish, with lanceolate segments. 

 Stigma subcapitate. 



Stramonium-leaved Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1778. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



310 S. FLAVE'SCKKS (Dun. syn. p. 42. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 67. 

 f. 2.) stem shrubby, prickly, canescent; leaves cordate, sinu- 

 ated, obtuse, prickly, and tomentose on both surfaces, yellowish 

 beneath ; peduncles, calyxes, and bracteas very hairy. \j . S. 

 Native of Trinidad. S. ferox, /3, flavescens, Nees in Lin. trans. 

 1 7. p. 52. Stem very prickly. Prickles on the leaves long 

 and strong, and the pili stellate ; but the pili on the pedicels, 

 calyxes, and berries are simple. Berry yellowish-brown. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx ovate, acute. Nearly allied to S. lasiocar- 

 pum, but differs in the leaves being sinnated, and in the recesses 

 and lobes being very blunt. 



IWfoirwA-fruited Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



311 S. FE'ROX (Lin. spec. 267. Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 

 52.) stem perennial, prickly, herbaceous, woody at the base, 

 clothed with woolly tomentum ; leaves cordate, sinuately-angu- 

 lar, clothed with woolly tomentum, and prickly ; peduncles 

 intrafoliaceous, and are, as well as the pedicels, short; berry 

 hairy, covered by the hairy calyx. 7. S. Native of the East 



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