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synonymes. S. trilobatum, Lin. spec. ed. 1st. p. 188. S. 

 trilobatum, floribus parvis albis, Lin. spec. 270. S. subbiflo- 

 rum, Orteg. dec. 9. p. 118. S. Schiru Schuna, Mill. diet. no. 32. 

 This species differs from S. trilobatum in the leaves being pin- 

 natifidlv 5-lobed ; in the flowers being much smaller, and white. 

 Stem shining, glabrous. Cauline prickles a little recurved. 

 Peduncles 1- flowered, solitary, twin, or tern. Lobes of leaves 

 repand, obtuse. Berry roundish, glabrous, reddish-yellow, 

 drooping, size of a pea, ex Jacq. ; but the plant of Miller is 

 annual, and the berries are red, and size of a pea. 



Miller's Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1762. Shrub 2 

 to S feet. 



323 S. TRILOBA'TCM (Lin. spec. 270.) stem frutescent, scan- 

 dent, prickly : prickles hooked ; leaves panduriformly 3-lobed, 

 or 3-lobed, obtuse, glabrous, and are, as well as the petioles and 

 peduncles, prickly ; racemes subumbellate, terminal and lateral ; 

 corollas deeply 5-cleft. Jj . w . S. Native of the East Indies ; 

 as of Coroinandel, Java, &c. ; and of Jamaica, ex Plukn. Dun. 

 sol. p. 225. Burm. ind. p. 57. t. 22. f. 2. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 

 253. Nees, in Liu. trans. 17. p. 59. S. acetosaefolium, Lam. 

 ill. no. 2341. Poir. diet. 4. p. 306. Dun. sol. p. 226. S. 

 fiiscum, Heyn. herb, ex Wall* cat. no. 2622. B. Plukn. aim. 

 p. 351. phyt. t. 316. f. 5. Corollas large, white. Berries 

 small, globose, red, drooping. 



TAree-fo&ed-leaved Nightshade. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1759. 

 Shrub climbing. 



324 S. SARMEXTOSUM (Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 58.) her- 

 baceous ; stem procumbent, sarmentose, prickly ; leaves gemi- 

 nately sub-opposite, oblong, repandly sublobed, rather prickly, 

 clothed with stellate hairs ; peduncles extra-foliaceous, usually 

 1 -flowered, prickly, as well as the calyxes ; calyx turbinate, 5- 

 cleft, with subulate segments. O- ? S. Native of Penang. 

 S. Melongena, Wall. cat. no. 2628. ? F. Leaves a little cut, and 

 nearly opposite. It differs from Melongena in the inflorescence 

 and leaves. 



Sarmentose Nightshade. PI. sarmentose. 



325 S. RIGE'SCEXS (Jacq. schoenbr. 1. p. 19. t, 42.) stem 

 prickly, suffruticose ; leaves sinuately-lobed, rough from fasci- 

 cles of stellate pili, prickly ; prickles straight ; racemes few- 

 flowered. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dun. sol. 

 p. 226. exclusive of the syn. of Lam. and Poir. suppl. p. 44. 

 S. hutnile, Lam. ill. no. 2374. Branches rather villous. Leaves 

 green ; lobes obtuse. Prickles straight, long, subulate, shining, 

 yellow. Racemes lateral, simple. Pedicels drooping. Pedun- 

 cles, pedicels, and calyxes, rather tomentose, sometimes unarm- 

 ed, and sometimes prickly. Corollas violaceous. Berry glo- 

 bose, size of a pea, glabrous. 



Stiffish Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 183. Shrub 2 

 feet. 



326 S. ASGCI vi (Lam. ill. no. 2375. Poir. diet. 4. p. 304.) 

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

 tose beneath ; racemes short ; calyx unarmed. ^ S. Native 

 of Madagascar. Dun. sol. p. 227. syn. p. 44. sol. ed. 2d. ined. 

 t. 74. Berries small, glabrous, red, esculent. 



Anguiri Nightshade, or Madagascar Potatoe. Fl. May, 

 Sept. Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



327 S. CAHOLIXE'KSE (Lin. spec. 268.) stem prickly, herba- 

 ceous ; leaves ovate-oblong, tomentose, sinuately lobed, acu- 

 minated ; racemes simple, loose. TJ.. H. Native of Carolina; 

 and on the banks of the Missouri, along the Platte to the moun- 

 tains. Jacq. coll. 2. p. 287. icon. rar. t. 331. Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 150. Dun. sol. p. 227. syn. p. 44. but not of Mill, 

 which is S. DiUenii. Dill. elth. p. 362. t. 269. f. 348. Root 

 creeping. Stem pale green, beset with stellate pili. Segments 

 of leaves acutish. Leaves prickly on the midrib above, and on 

 the principal veins beneath. Prickles straight, subulate, yellow. 



Racemes simple, lateral and terminal, elongated. Corolla white 

 or pale blue. Berry globose, larger than a chick-pea, yellow at 

 maturity. Calycine segments lanceolate, acuminated. 



Carolina Nightshade. Fl. July, Se'pt. Clt. 1732. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



328 S. VIOLA'CECM (Jacq. fragm. p. 82. t. 132. f. 1.) stem 

 shrubby, prickly ; leaves lobately sinuated, tomentose, unequal 

 at the base: superior ones twin; racemes nearly simple; calyxes 

 prickly, f; . S. Native of Ceylon, Malabar, China, New South 

 Wales. Ortega, dec. 5. p. 56. Dun. sol. p. 228. syn. p. 44. 

 Poir. suppl. 3. p. 743. S. cuneitum, Mosnch. meth. p. 476. 

 S. I'ndicum, Lam. ill. no. 2366. Poir. diet. 4. p. 300. exclu- 

 sive of the syn. of Plukn. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1042. exclusive of 

 the syn. of Roxb., Dill., and Lin. fl. zeyl. Lour. coch. 1 . p. 

 163. Burm. thes. zeyl. 220. t. 102. S. fruticosum I'ndicum, 

 fructu rubro, Tourn. inst. p. 149. Scheru-Schunda, Rheed. 

 mal. 2. t. 36. This species differs from S. fndicum in the 

 leaves ; in the sinuses being obtuse, larger, and less numerous ; 

 lobes entire, not dentately angular ; cauline prickles compressed, 

 recurved ; calycine segments not reflexed ; corollas smaller ; 

 berries globose. Leaves green above, and canescent beneath. 

 Down stellate. Prickles brown at the base, and yellow at top ; 

 those of the leaves straight, unequal. Racemes few-flowered, 

 tomentose, prickly, sometimes forked at the base ; the other di- 

 vision 1 -flowered. Corolla pale violet; segments lanceolate, 

 acute, spreading. Berry copper-coloured, size of a chick- 

 pea. 



r<o/ocotu-flowered Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



329 S. PYRACA'KTHDM (Lam. ill. no. 2S64, Poir. diet. 4. p. 

 299.) stem shrubby, prickly ; leaves oblong, narrow, acute, 

 sinuately pinnatirid, tomentose, prickly ; prickles straight, red. 



\r t . S. Native of Madagascar. Car. descr. p. 114. Willd. 

 enum. 1. p. 238. Duo. sol. p. 229. syn. p. 44. S. pyracantha, 

 Smith, exot. bot. 2. p. 9. t. 64. S. runcinatum, Wendl. obs. 

 p. 43. ex Willd. 1. c. S. pyracanthon, Jacq. schoenbr. 4. p. 

 36. t. 470. S. spinosissimum, Lodd. cat. ? Young branches 

 tomentose. Down all stellate. Leaves having the middle nerve 

 red above ; lobes almost entire, acutish ; recesses obtuse. 

 Prickles straight, subulate, red. Petioles, peduncles, pedicels, 

 and calyxes, dotted with white tomentum, prickly. Racemes 

 simple, many-flowered. Calyx rusty, with ovate-subulate seg- 

 ments. Corolla bluish-violet, marked by a paler star inside in 

 the centre, and by a pale green star outside. Berry globose, 

 yellowish-green, at length fuscous, twice the size of a pea. A 

 specimen received from Agardh by Schultes, under the name of 

 S. unddtum, does not differ from S. pyracdnthum, unless in the 

 prickles being yellow, not red. 



Var. /3, inermis (Sims, bot. mag. 2547.) peduncles and ca- 

 lyxes unarmed, fj . S. Native of Madagascar. 



Fire-spiatd Nightshade. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1789. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



330 S. ViRGijrtA'sfuic (Lin. spec. 267.) stem annual, erect, 

 prickly ; leaves pinnatifidly sinuated, prickly on both surfaces, 

 glabrous, with ciliated margins : lobes sinuated, obtuse ; racemes 

 prickly, simple. O- H. Native of North America, from Vir- 

 ginia to Carolina. Dun. sol. p. 230. syn. p. 45. but not of 

 Jacq. Pursh, fl. araer. sept. p. 156. Dill. elth. p. 350. t. 267. 

 f. 346. Plukn. aim. p. 351. phyt. t. 62. f. 3. Tourn. inst. p. 

 149. Stem rather angular. Leaves green. Prickles strong, 

 subulate, straight, whitish. Racemes 6-7-flowered. Calyx 

 prickly. Corolla large, violaceous. Berry small, roundish-ob- 

 long, variegated with white and green before maturity. 



J',rginian Nightshade. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1662. PL 1 

 to 2 feet. 



331 S. JACQUINI (Will! spec. 1. p. 1041.) stem decumbent, 



