440 



SOLANACE^:. I. SOLANUM. 



surfaces of the leaves tomentose ; racemes terminal. T; . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Vand. spec. fl. bras, in Room, script, pi. 

 hisp. p. 85. 



Quile-entire-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



352 S. FORSKA'LII (Dun. sol. p. 237. syn. p. 47.) leaves vil- 

 lous, oval, oblique at the base, with repand margins. Native 

 of Arabia. S. villosum, Forsk. fl. arab. p. 47. but not of Lam. 

 Bockoeme is the Arabic name of the tree. 



Forskcel's Nightshade. Shrub ? 



353 S. REPA^IDUM (Forst. prod. p. 105. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 1032. Dun. 1. c.) stem unarmed, sub-herbaceous, flexuous, 

 smooth ; leaves ovate, repand, tomentose ; peduncles axillary, 

 cymose. O- ? H. Native of the Society Islands. 



fiepand-\ea\ed Nightshade. PI. 



354 S. PLUKENE'TII (Dun. 1. c.) Native of? Solanum I'n- 

 dicum, lauriniis angustioribus foliis maximum. Plukn. phyt. t. 

 227. f. 2. 



Plukenefs Nightshade. Shrub ? 



355 S. ERIOCALYX (Dun. 1. c.) stem unarmed, shrubby; 

 leaves ovate, quite entire, tomentose beneath ; umbels erect, 

 terminal ; calyxes obtuse, woolly. T? . S. Native of America, 

 about Carthagena. S. raccmosum, Mill. diet. no. 28. ex Houst. 

 mss. but not of Lin. Umbels large. Corollas large, white. 

 Berry globose, yellow, size of a small cherry. Leaves 4 inches 

 long, and \\ broad. 



Woolly-calyxed Nightshade. Shrub. 



356 S. UMBELLA'TUM (Mill. diet. no. 17. ex Houst. mss. 

 Dun. 1. c.) stem frutescent, unarmed ; leaves lanceolate, quite 

 entire, pilose beneath ; umbels erect, terminal. Tj . S. Native 

 of Mexico, about Campeachy. Leaves 5 inches long, and 1 

 broad. Flowers small. Corolla white. Anthers purple. 

 Berry yellow, size of a pea. 



Umbellate-fiowered Nightshade. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



357 S. AMERICA'NUM (Mill. diet. no. 5.) stem unarmed, her- 

 baceous ; leaves ovate, acuminated, glabrous ; umbels erect. 

 O- H. Native of Virginia. S. Americanum vulgari simile, 

 flore parvo purpurascente, acinis nigricantibus minoribus, Rand, 

 ex Mill. Stem angular ; branches slender, spreading. Leaves 

 dark green, a little toothed. Flowers few, small. Calycine 

 segments' narrow, acuminated, white, purplish outside. Berries 

 small, black. 



American Nightshade. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



358 S. AXILIFLORUM (Dun. sol. p. 238. syn. p. 47.) stem un- 

 armed, frutescent, flexuous ; leaves ovate, tomentose beneath ; 

 flowers solitary, alar. 1? . . S. S. scandens, Mill. diet. no. 

 19. ex Houst. mss. Leaves 2 inches long, and 1| broad. Co- 

 rolla large, pentagonal, blue ; angles mucronate. Berry size of 

 a pea, red. Perhaps belonging to section Polymeris. 



Axillary-flowered Nightshade. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



359 S. WILLDENOWII (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 661.) 

 unarmed, herbaceous, quite glabrous ; leaves ovate-elliptic, ob- 

 tuse, quite entire; peduncles solitary or twin. Q. H. Native 

 country unknown. S. obtusifolium, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 11. 



Willdenow's Nightshade. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



360 S. MEMPHI'TICUM (Mart. enum. hort. erlang. p. 63.) 

 stem herbaceous, unarmed, erect, denticulately angular ; leaves 

 ovate ; peduncles erect, many-flowered : fructiferous ones droop- 

 ing. 0. H. Native country unknown. Leaves petiolate, ra- 

 ther downy, purplish, having the veins violaceous on the under 

 side. Peduncles corymbose, 5-7-flowered. Calycine segments 

 obtuse. Corollas size of those of S. nigrum, violaceous ; the 

 segments cut even to the calyx, with a yellowish claw ; anthers 

 brown. Berry black. Aspect of the plant lurid, from the stem 

 being purplish, and the veins of the leaves dark purple. 



Memphitic Nightshade. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



361 S. DICTYOTICUM (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 661.) 



stem shrubby, tomentose ; leaves ovate, truncately cordate at 

 the base, unequal, angular towards the base, toothed, densely 

 tomentose beneath ; cymes axillary. Ij . S. Native country 

 unknown. S. reticulatum, Willd. herb. mss. 

 Netted Nightshade. Shrub. 



362 S. CITRIFOLIUM (Willd. herb, ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 



4. p. 662.) stem shrubby ; leaves oblong, acuminated, shining, 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; spikes terminal, dichoto- 

 mously corymbose, t? . S. Native of South America, on the 

 banks of the river Magdalena. 



Citron-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



363 S. STIPULA'CEUM (Willd. 1. c.) stem shrubby ; leaves 

 lanceolate, quite entire, tomentose ; cymes pedunculate, alar ; 

 stipulas semilunate. ^ S. Native of Brazil, Hoffmann- 

 segge. 



Stipulaceous Nightshade. Shrub. 



364 S. CUMANE'NSE (Ro3tn. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 662.) 

 stem shrubby ; leaves roundish-ovate, acute, glabrous, a little 

 toothed; umbels terminal. ^ S. Native of Cumana, Humb. 

 et Bonpl. S. umbellatum, Willd. herb. 1. c. 



Cumana Nightshade. Shrub. 



365 S. DUMETORUM (Willd. herb. 1. c.) stem shrubby, 

 branched ; leaves ovate, downy above, but pilosely tomentose 

 beneath ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered. fj . S. Native 

 country unknown. 



Bush Nightshade. Shrub. 



366 S. CAMPANIFORME (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 662.) 

 shrubby ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes ax- 

 illary, on long peduncles. ^ S. Native of Brazil. S. cam- 

 panulatum, Willd. herb. 1. c. Racemes axillary and extra-folia- 

 ceous, longer than the leaves, erect. Corolla deeply 5-parted, 

 campanulate. 



Bell-formed-Roviered Nightshade. Shrub. 



367 S. PEDUNCULA'TUM (Willd. herb. 1. c.) shrubby; leaves 

 lanceolate, petiolate, bluntish, pilosely strigose ; umbels pilose, 

 pedunculate, fj . S. Native country unknown. 



Pedunculate-fiowered Nightshade. Shrub. 



368 S. PRUNIFOLIUM (Willd. 1. c.) shrubby; leaves elliptic, 

 acuminated, serrated, on long petioles ; panicle terminal. Ij . 



5, Native of Caraccas, Bredemeyer. Leaves \\ inch long, 

 acuminated at both ends, erosely-toothed. Panicle divari- 

 cate. 



Plum-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



369 S. FLEXUOSUM (Willd. herb. 1. c.) stem shrubby, flexu- 

 ous, retrofracted ; leaves ovate, tomentose beneath ; peduncles 

 solitary, axillary, filiform, elongated, fj . S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo, Desfontaines. 



Flexuous Nightshade. Shrub. 



370 S. MICRA'NTHUM (Willd. herb. 1. c.) stem shrubby ; 

 leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, scabrous and green 

 beneath ; corymbs shorter than the petioles. Tj . S. Native of 

 South America. Humb. et Bonpl. 



Small-flowered Nightshade. Shrub. 



371 S. MODE'STUM (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 665.) stem 

 frutescent, unarmed, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at 

 the base, veiny, with subundulated margins, glabrous ; flowers 

 terminal, corymbose. 1? . S. Native of Mexico. S. Mexica- 

 num, Willd. herb. 1. c. 



Modest Nightshade. Shrub. 



* * Leaves toothed, sinuated, lobed, and pinnate. 



372 S. AFRICA'NUM (Tourn. inst. p. 149. Dun. sol. p. 238. 

 syn. p. 48.) Native of Africa. S. bacciferum vulgari simile 

 Africanum ; foliis frequentius et profundius crenatis, Tourn. 

 1. c. 



