SOLANACEJE. I. SOLASUM. 



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African Nightshade. PI. ? 



373 S. LUSITA'NICUM (Dun. sol. p. 238. syn. p. 48.) %. H. 

 S. Lusitanicuni perenne ; foliis amplis profunde crenatis ; fructu 

 rubro, Tourn. inst. p. 149. 



Portugal Nightshade. PI. 



374 S. viscosrM (Moench. raeth. suppl. p. 79. Dun. sol. 

 p. 238. syn. p. 48.) stem shrubby, clammy ; leaves large, cor- 

 date, sinuated, clammy ; sinuses elevated. fj . S. Native 

 country unknown. Stem terete, branched at top. Leaves 

 petiolate ; lobes roundish, pubescent. Peduncles lateral, shorter 

 than the petioles, bearing each 3-4 pedicels, which are reflexed 

 in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla white. Berry roundish, 

 yellow, striated. 



Clammy Nightshade. Shrub 4 feet. 



375 S. AVICCLA'RE (Forst. prod. no. 107. pi. esc. no. 12.) 

 stem unarmed, shrubby ; leaves sinuately pinnatifid ; corymbs 

 terminal. Ij . G. Native of New Zealand. 



Knot-Grass Nightshade. Shrub. 



376 S. RE'PEXS (Dun. sol. p. 239. syn. p. 48.) stems herba- 

 ceous, pilose, tetragonal, membranous, creeping ; leaves pinnate 

 or decurrent, quite entire, pilose; racemes simple. I/. H. 

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

 hisp. p. 86. 



Creeping Nightshade. PL creeping. 



377 S. VALESZTE'LE (Palacio, mem. mus. 2. p. 340. Dun. 

 syn. p. 48.) root bearing tubers ; leaves unequally pinnate ; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered ; pedicels articulated ; berries glabrous, ob- 

 long, compressed. I/ . H. Native of New Granada, at the 

 river Malave, Eloy Valenzuela. Stolons bearing white, nearly 

 round, flattened, sapid tubers. Stems procumbent, much 

 branched. Corolla with revolute segments. A variety of 

 S. iuberbsum. 



1'alcnsuela's Potatoe. PL procumbent. 



378 S. CA V RI (Mol. chil. p. 109.) stem herbaceous; leaves 

 pinnate, entire ; nectarium campanulate, exceeding the petal. 

 I/ . ? H. Native of Chili. This is certainly no Solanum, and 

 perhaps even does not belong to the order. 



Cart Nightshade. PL ? 



379 S. SUBLOBA'TCM (Willd. herb. 1. c.) stem sufFruticose, 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate, sublobed, naked, obtuse ; pedun- 

 cles opposite the leaves, sub-trilobed. 1? . G. Native of 

 Buenos Ayres. 



Sublobate-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



380 S. CARACCASA'KIM (Roem. et Sclmltes, syst. 4. p. 664.) 

 stem shrubby ; leaves pinnate, ternate and simple, quite entire ; 

 flowers racemose. Jj . S. Native of Caraccas, Bredemeyer. 

 S. heterophyllum, Willd. herb. 1. c. Shrub 10 feet high. 

 Branches dichotomous, divaricate. Peduncles from the axils of 

 the branches, elongated into twin, pendulous racemes. Corolla 

 and anthers violaceous. 



Caraccas Nightshade. Shrub. 



381 S. FCSCA'TUM (Roem. et Schultes, I.e.) shrubby; leaves 

 interruptedly pinnate, tomentose beneath ; stipulas falcate ; 

 flowers corymbose, panicled. ^ . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. Humb. et Bonpl. S. pinnatum, Willd. herb. 1. c. 



Fuscous Nightshade. Shrub. 



382 S. THYMIFOLIUM (Willd. herb. 1. c.) stem frutescent ; 

 leaves pubescent, auricled at the base, almost sessile ; peduncles 

 axillary, 1-flowered. ^ . G. Native of Buenos Ayres. 



Thyme-leaced Nightshade. Shrub. 



2. Prickly plants. 

 " Leatet entire. 



383 S. BOTE'LHO (Vand. fasc. p. 10. Roam, script, pi. hisp. 

 p. 85.) stem shrubby, tomentose, rather prickly; leaves ovate- 



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oblong, quite entire, tomentose beneath ; racemes lateral, droop- 

 ing. J? . S. Native of Brazil. S. Botelhianum, Dun. sol. p. 

 239. Prickles few, very short. Calyxes, peduncles, and peti- 

 oles tomentose. Leaves unequal at the base, glabrous above. 

 Berry glabrous. 



Botelho's Nightshade. Shrub. 



384 S. BRASILIA'KCM (Dun. sol. p. 665. syn. p. 48.) ^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Solanum Brasilianum, folio integro tnucron- 

 ato, glabro, Papas Americani, floribus in summitate caulis, 

 Plukn. amalth. append, t. 454. f. 4. Leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 unarmed. Flowers corymbose. Corolla pentagonal ; anthers 

 divaricate. 



Braailian Nightshade. Fl. Clt. Shrub? 



385 S. coRDAVnii (Forsk. fl. arab. p. 47. no. 56.) stem 

 shrubby, rather prickly ; leaves roundish-cordate, entire, un- 

 armed. I? . S. Native of Arabia, where it is called Hadak. 

 Leaves half an inch long, glabrous. Corolla violaceous, de- 

 flexed. Berry pulpy, red, size of a pea. 



Oorrfate-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



386 S. KICOTIANJEFOLIDM (Lag. gen. et spec, nov. p. 10. no. 

 144.) stem prickly, shrubby ; leaves obliquely cordate-oblong, 

 and oblong, acute, unarmed, subundulated, very clammy. Ij . S. 

 Native country unknown. 



Tobacco-leaved Nightshade. Shrub. 



387 S. TRIFOLIA'TUM (Burtn. ind. t. 22. f. 3. Gmel. syst. p. 

 386. Vittm. sumrn. 1. p. 493.) stem shrubby; leaves ternate, 

 ovate, quite entire. ^ . S. Native of Coromandel. Stem 

 quite glabrous. Prickles few, incurved. Leaves alternate, 

 petiolate, glabrous. 



Trifoliate Nightshade. Shrub. 



388 S. DOMIXGE'KSE (Willd. herb, ex Roem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 665.) stem shrubby, rather prickly, flexuous ; leaves 

 elliptic, petiolate, quite entire, tomentose beneath ; flowers axil- 

 lary, aggregate, f; . S. Native of St. Domingo. 



St. Domingo Nightshade. Shrub. 



* * Leaves sinuated, lobed, and pinnatifid. 



389 S. CHINE'NSE (Dun. sol. p. 240. syn. p. 49.) ^ . G. 

 Native of China. Solanum incanum Chinense minus spinosum, 

 floribus parvis fere umbellatis, fructu majore aureo, Plukn. 

 phyt. t. 62. f. 1. Tourn. inst. p. 149. In the figure the leaves 

 are represented as twin ; the one smaller than the other, sinu- 

 ated, having the midrib prickly ; the peduncles are numerous, 

 aggregate, almost opposite the leaves, and hardly longer than 

 the petioles ; and the flowers are small. Said to be nearly 

 allied to S. ciolaceum. 



China Nightshade. Shrub. 



390 S. GLABKA'TCM (Dun. 1. c.) stem prickly, shrubby ; 

 leaves prickly, oblong, dentately-sinuated, glabrous ; calyx 

 glabrous ; corolla violaceous, reflexed ; berry globose, fj . G. 

 Native of Arabia, at Surdud. S. Bahamense, Forsk. egypt. p. 

 46. no. 53. 



Glabrous Nightshade. Shrub. 



391 S. ARABICCM (Dun. 1. c.) stems procumbent, annual, 

 very prickly ; prickles straight ; peduncles opposite ; the 

 leaves racemose. 0. H. Native of Arabia, where it is called 

 Bocheme, or Bokom. S. armatum, Forsk. fl. arab. p. 47. no. 

 54, but not of R- Br. Perhaps only a variety of S. glabratum, 

 with which it agrees in the leaves, and form and figure of the 

 corolla. Prickles numerous, white, straight, spreading. Stems, 

 petioles, nerves of leaves, calyxes, and peduncles very prickly. 

 Fruit fleshy, obscure green, veined with white. 



Arabian Nightshade. PL procumbent. 



392 S. STRIGOSUM (Vand. fasc. p. 10. Roem. script, pi. hisp. 

 p. 55.) stem shrubby, strigose; leaves ovate, sinuated, rather 



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