SOLANACE^E. I. SOLANUM. 



439 



Calyx villous, prickly. Corollas large, yellow, pilose outside, 

 semiquinquefid. Berry globose, size of a pea. 



BeaA-erf-antliered Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



34-0 S. FONTANESIA'NCM (Dun. syn. p. 46. sol. ed. 2d. ined. 

 t. 76.) stem rather woody, annual, prickly, pilose ; leaves 

 deeply pinnatifid : segments sinuated ; corollas almost regular; 

 anthers small : lower one a little curved at apex, brown. 

 H. Native of Brazil ? Poir. suppl. 3. p. 777. Ker. bot. 

 reg. t. 177. Nycterium Fontanesianum, G. Don, in Loud. hort. 

 brit. p. 74. An intermediate plant between S. rostratum and 

 S. heterodoxum ; but differs from both in the prickles being 

 recurved, and more robust; in the leaves being more deeply 

 pinnatifid ; in the segments being more deeply sinuated and 

 curled ; in the flowers being smaller, and more regular, although 

 also yellow. 



Desfontaine's Nightshade. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1813. PI. 



2 to 3 feet. 



341 S. HETERODOXUM (D. C. hort. monsp. mss. with a draw- 

 ing, ex Dun. sol. p. 235. t. 25. syn. p. 46.) herbaceous; branches 

 and leaves pilose and prickly ; leaves bipinnatifid ; segments 

 sinuately 3-lobed, or runcinate ; peduncles lateral, few-flow- 

 ered, and are, as well as the calyxes, prickly ; anthers decli- 

 nate : lower one large, and much drawn out. 0. H. Native 

 of Mexico, near Zelaya and Molino de Sarabia, at the altitude 

 of 940 hexapods. Nycterium heterodoxum, Link, enum. 1. p. 

 189. Segments of leaves acute. Hairs simple, clammy, glan- 

 duliferous at top. Prickles subulate, yellow. Corollas small, 

 blue, downy outside. Berry globose, size of a sloe. 



Portable Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 



3 feet. 



SUBSECT. VIII. NYCTE'RICM (from yvrrtpif, nycteris, a bat ; 

 form of leaves ?) Dun. sol. p. 202. Leaves cordate, entire ; or 

 oblong, sinuated. Corolla rather irregular, quinquefd ; segments 

 acute, reftexed. Anthers unequal. Berry globose, propped by the 

 calyx, but not covered by it. 



342 S. PUBE'SCEKS (Willd. phyt. p. 5. no. 17. t. 3. spec. I. 

 p. 1026.) shrubby, unarmed, clothed with hairy down all over ; 

 leaves ovate, acute, quite entire, or subrepand ; racemes corym- 

 bose at the sides of the leaves ; lower anthers drawn out. Jj . 

 S. Native of the East Indies. Dun. sol. p. 167. syn. p. 19. 

 Nees, in Lin. trans. 1 7. p. 60. Corollas large, purplish. Very 

 nearly allied to S. respertilio of Ait ; but the stem in that spe- 

 cies is prickly, and the leaves cordate, and the flowers are often 

 quadriod. 



Dorvny Nightshade. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 5 

 to 6 feet. 



343 S. cALYci'NUM(Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 60.) shrubby? 

 unarmed, clothed with hairy stellate pubescence ; leaves ovate, 

 quite entire, or a little repand ; racemes terminal ; calyx and 

 corolla funnel-shaped ; one of the anthers drawn out. H . ? S. 

 Native of the East Indies. S. pubescens, var. Herb. madr. 

 Wall. cat. suppl. no. 237. This is a singular species. 



Large-calyxed Nightshade. Shrub. 



344 S. VESPERTI'LIO (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 252.) stem shrub- 

 by ; leaves cordate, entire ; corollas rather irregular, usually 

 quadrifid ; lower anther elongated. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Canary Islands, where it is called Realgera and Permenton. 

 Dun. sol. p. 202. syn. p. 35. Wendl. hort. harr. p. 5. t. 21. 

 Nycterium cordifolium, Vent. malm. p. 85. t. 85. Pluk. phyt. 

 t. 316. f. 3. aim. 351. mant. 173. Stem prickly. Leaves 

 scabrous above, and tomentose beneath ; petioles and midrib 

 prickly. Hairs and tomentum stellate. Racemes extra-axil- 



lary, prickly, tomentose. Flowers tetramerous or pentamerous. 

 Corolla blue, tomentose outside. Anthers 4-5, one of which 

 is long and arched. Berry glabrous, size and form of a 

 cherry. 



Ua<-winged-leaved Nightshade. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1779. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



345 S. TRIDYNA'MUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 Dun. syn. p. 35. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 75.) stem herbaceous ? 

 prickly, rather tomentose, leaves sinuated, bluntish, tomentose ; 

 racemes simple; calyxes prickly on the ribs; corollas irregular; 

 3 of the anthers are recurved, and longer than the other two. 

 .? G. Native of Mexico. Stem of a rusty-yellow colour. 

 Racemes terminal and axillary. Calycine segments 5, acute ; 

 and the corolla large and violaceous, as well as the tops of the 

 anthers. Berry globose. 



Three-powered Nightshade. PI. 2 feet. 



346 S. AMAZOSIUM (Ker, in bot. reg. t. 71. Dun. syn. p. 

 36. sol. ed. 2d. ined.) stem shrubby, tomentose, unarmed; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, repand, or sinuately-lobed ; racemes cy- 

 mose, scorpioid ; flowers polygamous, monoecious ; calyxes of 

 the fertile flowers prickly at the base : the segments unarmed ; 

 corollas irregular ; 3 of the anthers longer than the other 2. 1? . 

 1. Native of Mexico. Nycterium Amazonium, Link, enum. 

 1. p. 189. G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 74. N. Lam- 

 berti, Sweet. The whole plant is clothed with hoary down. 

 Flowers large, beautiful blue, corymbose. 



Amazonian Nightshade. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



f- Species not sufficiently known. 



1. Unarmed species. 

 * Leaves entire or repand. 



347 S. CAJCNUME'SSE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 47.) stem shrubby ; branches hairy ;. leaves solitary, round- 

 ish-ovate, short-acuminated, cordate, quite entire, hairy ; ra- 

 cemes supra-axillary, trifid ; flowers unilateral. T; . S. Native 

 of New Granada, in the woods of Cajunuma and Untusinga, 

 near Loxa, at the altitude of 1040 hexapods. Corolla subro- 

 tate, violaceous, glabrous ; segments ovate-oblong, acute, with 

 inflexed margins. Berry 2 inches long, ovate, acute, 1 -celled, 

 many-seeded, ex Bonpl. Perhaps this species belongs to sec- 

 tion S. crotonoldes, or is, and perhaps with more correctness, a 

 species of Capsicum. 



Cajanuma Nightshade. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



348 S. ADENOTRICHUM (Dun. sol. 236. syn. p. 46.) stem un- 

 armed, shrubby ; leaves cordate, acuminated, clothed with glan- 

 duliferous hairs on both surfaces, quite entire ; flowers race- 

 mose. T; . S. Native of Brazil. Vandelli. spec. fl. bras, in 

 Rcem. script, de pi. hisp. p. 86. 



Gland-haired Nightshade. Shrub. 



349 S. DI'DTMUM (Dun. sol. p. 236. syn. p. 47.) stem frutes- 

 cent, flexuous ; leaves ovate ; calyxes, stem, and leaves, beset 

 with branched hairs ; the upper surfaces of the leaves tuber- 

 cled ; flotvers cymose. Ij . S. Native of Brazil. Vand. spec, 

 fl. bras, in Roam, script, pi. hisp. p. 86. 



Didymous Nightshade. Shrub. 



350 S. CLADOTKICHUM (Dun. 1. c.) stem unarmed, frutescent, 

 flexuous ; leaves ovate ; calyxes, stem, and leaves, beset with 

 branched hairs ; upper surface of the leaves tubercled ; flowers 

 cymose. I? . S, Native of Brazil. Vand. spec. fl. bras, in 

 Rcem. script, de pi. hisp. p. 85. 



Branch-haired Nightshade. Shrub. 



351 S. INTEGE'RRIMCM (Dun. sol. p. 236. syn. 47.) stem un- 

 armed, shrubby : leaves broad-lanceolate, quite entire ; lower 



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