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SOLANACEjE. I. SOLANUM. 



Indies. Dun. sol. 223. ed. 2d. ined. t. 68. syn. p. 42. S. 

 involucratum, Blum, bijdr. p. 701. S. lasiocarpum, Dun. sol. 

 p. 222. syn. p. 42. Blum, bijdr. p. 701. Wall, in Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 2. p. 255. S. hirsihum, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 253. S. 

 mammosum, Lour. coch. 1. p. 131. Burm. zeyl. p. 218. 

 Mor. hist. 3. p. 525. no. 12. sect. 13. t. 2. f. 12. Anachundri, 

 Rheed. mal. 2. p. 65. t. 35. There are varieties of this plant 

 having the calyxes and peduncles more or less prickly ; prickles 

 small, subulate, sometimes lying under the hairs. Stature of 

 S. Melongena. Leaves large, villous above, but tomentose be- 

 neath, as well as the racemes and calyxes, which are also prickly. 

 Peduncles axillary, simple, short. Corolla white. Berry yel- 

 low when ripe. 



Fierce Nightshade. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1795. PI. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



3J 2 S. ORINOCE'NSE (Dun. sol. p. 42. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 132. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. p. 46.) stem herbaceous, very 

 prickly ; leaves cordate, sinuately angular, tomentose and prickly 

 on both surfaces ; calyx unarmed ; berries hispid, almost co- 

 vered by the calyx. T^.? S. Native on the banks of the 

 rivers Orinoco and Atabapo, very frequent. Stem and leaves 

 clothed with pale yellow, stellate tomentum. Prickles long, 

 subulate, rather compressed, straight, brown, and rather woolly 

 at the base, and rusty, or yellow at top. Racemes lateral. 

 This species differs from S.ferox, in the stem being very prickly, 

 in the leaves being tomentose on both surfaces, and in the 

 racemes being unarmed. 



Orinoco Nightshade. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



313 S. WI'GHTII (Nees in Lin. trans. 17. p. 51.) clothed with 

 fascicled or stellate hairs ; stem suffruticose, terete, armed with 

 acicular prickles ; leaves solitary, subcordately-ovate, or ellip- 

 tic, sinuated, acute, rather prickly ; fascicles few-flowered ; 

 peduncles elongated in the fruit-bearing state ; berry glabrous, 

 globose, covered by the unarmed, hairy calyx. I? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. ? This species differs from S. barbiselum, 

 and S.ferox, in the fruit-bearing pedicels and calycine segments 

 being more elongated. 



Wight's Nightshade. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



f Acanlhophoris affinia? 



314 S. CAMPANULA'TUM (R. Br. prod. p. 446. Dun. sol. p. 

 223.) stem herbaceous ; prickles crowded, straight, subulate ; 

 leaves ovate, angularly-lobed, hairy, very prickly on both sur- 

 faces, as well as the calyxes ; racemes simple, armed ; corollas 

 campanulate. O- H. Native of New South Wales, about 

 Port Jackson. 



Campanulate- flowered Nightshade. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 

 1819. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



315 S. ARMA'TUM (R. Br. prod. p. 446. Dun. sol. p. 224. 

 ed. 2d. ined. t. 69.) stem herbaceous, diffuse ; prickles much 

 crowded, setaceously subulate ; leaves oblong, sinuately pinna- 

 tifid, glabrous on both surfaces : lobes angular, or sinuated, 

 prickly, as well as the calyxes ; racemes 2-3-flowered ; pedun- 

 cles solitary. 0.? H. Native of New South Wales, about 

 Port Jackson. Prickles orange-coloured. Leaves often twin. 

 Down stellate. Berry globose. 



Armed Nightshade" Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1819. PI. 2 feet. 



316 S. PUNGE'TIUM (R. Br. 1. c.) stem herbaceous; prickles 

 straight, acerose ; leaves ovate-oblong, pinnatificl, or repandly 

 sinuated, membranous, pilose on both surfaces, and the same 

 colour, and are, as well as the calyxes, prickly ; peduncles 

 lateral, solitary, or twin, 1 -flowered. O- H. Native of New 

 South Wales, about Port Jackson. Dun. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t 70. 

 Corolla bluish violet. Down stellate. 



Pungent Nightshade. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



317 S. CINE'REUM (R. Br. 1. c. Dun. sol. 1. c.) stem herba- 

 ceous ; prickles straight, subulately-setaceous ; leaves oblong, 

 pinnatifidly-sinuated, glabrous above, smooth, but clothed with 

 cinereous tomentum beneath, and prickly on both surfaces, as 

 well as on the calyx : peduncles 2-3-flowered. Q- H. Native 

 of New South Wales, about Port Jackson. 



Cinereous Nightshade. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



318 S. LATIFOLIUM (Poir. diet. 4. p. 303. Dun. sol. p. 231. 

 ed. 2d. ined. t. 66. syn. p. 43.) stem suffruticose, prickly ; 

 leaves petiolate, cuneated, ovate, very large, sinuately pinnatifid, 

 pilose and prickly on both surfaces : lobes acute, and the reces 

 ses obtuse ; racemes lateral, few-flowered. fy . S. Native of 

 tropical America. Nearly allied to S. rigidum, but less rigid, 

 the stem taller, the leaves larger, and the flowers less terminal. 

 Stem green, smooth ; branches villous at top. Leaves green, 

 soft. Prickles stiff, rather villous. Flowers both fertile and 

 sterile. Calyx villous, sometimes prickly, usually unarmed in 

 the sterile flowers. Corolla white ; segments ovate, obtuse, 

 hardly mucronate. 



Broad-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



319 S. CRINI'TUM (Lam. ill. no. 2356. Poir. diet. 4. p. 297.) 

 stem shrubby, prickly ; leaves ovate, sinuately angular, tomen- 

 tose, prickly on the midrib ; petioles, peduncles, and calyxes 

 beset with capillary prickles ; berries villous. I? . S. Native 

 of Cayenne. Dun. sol. p. 224. ed. 2d. ined. t. 71. syn. p. 

 43. Stem very villous, and very prickly, some of the prickles 

 are strong, and others are more numerous and capillary, 

 usually ending in a 5-6-rayed star. Leaves large, cream-co- 

 loured, whitish beneath, and furnished with strong prickles, but 

 almost unarmed above. Flowers disposed almost in a spicate 

 panicle. Calyx inclosing the fruit. Corolla large, white, villous 

 beneath, divided even to the middle into ovate, obtuse segments. 

 Berry ovate. 



Long-haired Nightshade. Shrub. 



320 S. MACRA'NTHUM (Dun. syn. p. 43. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 72.) stem prickly, woolly ; leaves large, subcordate, acumi- 

 nated, angularly-lobed, woolly on both surfaces, prickly beneath ; 

 racemes cymose, woolly, t? . S. Native of Brazil. Down or 

 wool stellate, greyish brown. Prickles yellowish brown, straight. 

 Leaves sometimes twin, greyish green above, rufescent beneath, 

 with red nerves. Racemes simple, or bifid, unarmed, or fur- 

 nished with a few prickles. Corolla large, with a large star in 

 the centre, which is silky outside. 



Large-flowered Nightshade. Shrub. 



321 S. SESSILIFLORUM (Dun. syn. p. 43. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 

 73.) branches tomentose, almost unarmed ; leaves subcordate, 

 large, sinuately angular, clothed with silky tomentum on both 

 surfaces ; flowers sessile. T? . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. 

 Poir. suppl. 3. p. 775. Tomentum rusty. Leaves ciliated, 

 when young rusty. Flowers 3-4 together. Calyx tomentose 

 outside. Corolla tomentose outside. Berries eaten in Para, 

 where they are called Cubios. 



Sessile-flowered Nightshade. Shrub. 



SUBSECT. VI. LATHYROCA'RPUM (from \advpog, lalhyros, 

 chick-pea ; and Kapiroe, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the size 

 and shape of the berries.) Stem prickly. Leaves siyiuated, or 

 lobed. Racemes simple, or almost so. Corollas quinqiiefid. 

 Berries small, globose. 



322 S. MILLE'RI (Jacq. coll. 4. p. 209. icon. rar. 2. t. 

 330.) stem suffruticose, prickly ; leaves nearly glabrous, lobed, 

 bluntish, prickly ; peduncles generally twin. ^ . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, ex Jacquin ; on the higher moun- 

 tains of Caramania, ex Ortega. Dun. sol. 225. syn. p. 43. 

 Lam. ill. no. 2376. Poir. diet. 4. p. 304. exclusive of the 



