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II. LYCOPE'RSICUM (from Xuco c , lykos, a wolf; and 

 rtpeiKot; persicon, a peach ; Wolf-peach.) Tourn. inst. p. 150. 

 t. 63. Adams, fam. 2. p. 218. Mill. diet. Mcench. meth. p. 

 515. Dun. sol. p. 109. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 1 7. Lycopersicum and Psolanum, Neck. elem. hot. 2. p. 60. 

 Solanum species. Lin. gen. no. 251. Juss. gen. p. 126. &c. 



Lix. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-6-parted. Co- 

 rolla rotate, with a very short tube, and a 5-6-cleft limb. Sta- 

 mens 5. Anthers conical, joined by a membrane, which is elon- 

 gated at apex, dehiscing lengthwise inside. Stigma sub-bifid. 

 Berry 2-3-celled. Seeds villous. Herbaceous, unarmed, pro- 

 cumbent herbs. Leaves impari-pinnate. Peduncles solitary, 

 extra-axillary, many-flowered, sometimes leafy; pedicels arti- 

 culated under the flowers, reflexed when bearing the fruit. 

 Corollas yellow. Fruit of various shapes and sizes, usually red 

 and glossy. In most of the species the hairs are glandular at 

 the base. 



1 L. piMPiNELLiFoLitiM (Mill. diet. no. 4. Dun. sol. p. 111.) 

 stem herbaceous, glabrous ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets entire, 

 glabrous ; racemes simple. . H. Native of Peru, and 

 Brazil. Solanum pimpinellifolium, Lin. amcen. 4. p. 268. spec, 

 p. 265. Vellozo. spec. fl. bras, in Roem. script, p. 85. L. 

 inodorum, Juss. Leaflets cordate, not cut or toothed in any 

 way. There are no hairs on this species. 



Burnet-leaced Love Apple, or Tomato. Fl. May, July. Clt. ? 

 PI. proc. 



2 L. PERCVIA'SCM (Mill. diet. no. 5. Dun. sol. p. 111.) 

 stem sub-herbaceous, tomentose ; leaves unequally pinnate, to- 

 mentose, canescent, stipulate ; leaflets cut ; peduncles and pedi- 

 cels bracteate. It. S. Native of Peru, in arid and waste 

 places, very common in the provinces of Lima and Chancay, ex 

 Ruiz, et Pav. ; cultivated in Cochinchina, ex Lour. Solanum 

 Peruvianum, Lin. spec. ed. 1st. 186. ed. 2d. p. 267. Jacq. 

 icon. rar. 2. t. 327. Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 37. Lour, 

 coch. 1. p. 162. Feuill. per. 3. p. 37. t. 25. In Peru the 

 plant is called Tomatte Cimarron, i. e. Wild Golden Apple, and 

 in China it is called Co lau fang. Root permanent. Stems 

 woody at the base ; branches villous. Leaflets bluntish. Ra- 

 cemes villous, sometimes simple, sometimes bipartite, lateral, 

 and terminal. Calyx 5 -parted. Corolla the largest of the 

 genus. Berry size of a pea, rather villous. Plant with a 

 pleasant smell. 



Peruvian Love Apple, or Tomato. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. proc. 



3 L. PYRIFORME (Dun. sol. p. 112. t. 26.) stem herbaceous, 

 pilose ; leaves unequally-pinnate, pilose ; leaflets cut, glauces- 

 cent beneath ; racemes often leafy ; calycine segments about 

 equal in length to the corolla; berries obconical. 0. H. 

 Native country unknown. Solanum poroiferum, Cav. descr. 

 p. 112. Pers. syn. 1. p. 226. Racemes large: superior ones 

 rarely leafy : lower ones usually terminated by a leafy branch. 

 Berry pear-shaped, 2-celled, as in the 4 following species. 

 Hairs simple, unequal. This and all the following species 

 exhale a heavy smell. 



/W-/ormJ-fruited Love Apple, or Tomato. Fl. July, Sept. 

 Clt. 1823. PI. 



4 L. HUMBOLDTII (Dun. sol. p. 112.) pilose; pili diverse: 

 stem herbaceous ; leaves unequally pinnate, pilose ; leaflets cut, 

 glaucescent beneath ; peduncles and pedicels bractless ; caly- 

 cine segments about half as long as the corolla. . H. Native 

 of South America, on the banks of the Rio Negro. L. lyco- 

 persicum, Wall. cat. no. 2611. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 245. Sola- 

 num Humboldtii, Willd. hort. berol. 1. p. 27. t. 27. enum. p. 

 235. This is very like L. cerasiforme, but differs in the ra- 

 cemes of flowers being smaller, the calycine segments beincj 

 never the length of the corolla ; and the berries being one-half 



smaller, size of a cherry, and red. Berry 2-3-celled, smooth- 

 ish, and, when cultivated, not less angular than those of L. 

 esculentum, ex Nees. 



Humboldt's Love Apple, or Tomato. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 

 1822. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



5 L. REGULA'RE (Dun. syn. p. 3. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 81.) 

 plant rather villous ; stem almost herbaceous ; leaves regularly 

 pinnate, canescent ; segments or leaflets almost entire ; pedun- 

 cles and pedicels often bractless. . H. Native country 

 unknown. 



Regular-leaved Love Apple, or Tomato. Fl. May, July. 

 Clt. ? PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



6 L. DENTA'TUM (Dun. syn. p. 4. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 82.) 

 plant rather villous ; stem herbaceous ; leaves stipulate, une- 

 qually pinnate ; leaflets oblong-acuminated, toothed ; peduncles 

 and pedicels often bracteate ; segments of the calyx shorter 

 than the corolla. Q. H. Native country unknown. 



Too/Aed-leaved Love Apple, or Tomato. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



7 L. HIRSIJ'TUM (Dun. syn. p. 4. sol. ed. 2d. ined. t. 83. H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 18.) hairy ; stem sub-herba- 

 ceous ; leaves stipulate, unequally pinnate ; leaflets dentately 

 crenated ; pedicels sometimes bracteate ; calycine segments 

 about equal in length to the corolla. 0. H. Native of New 

 Granada, near Loxa. Peduncles unibracteate in the middle. 

 Corollas yellow like the other species. Fruit unknown. 



Hairy Love Apple, or Tomato. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



8 L. CERASIFORME (Dun. sol. 113. syn. p. 4.) pilose; hairs 

 diverse ; leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets cut, glaucescent 

 beneath ; calycine segments rather shorter than the corolla ; 

 berries spherical. 0. H. Native of Peru, by the sea-side, 

 and in gardens. Solanum lycopersicum, var. p, Lin. spec. ed. 

 1st. p. 185. Solanum pseudo-lycopersicum, Murr. syst. 183. 

 Jacq. vind. 1. t. 11. Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 37. 

 Solanum spurium^Gmel. syst. 384. Lycopersicum Galeni, 

 Mill. diet. no. 2. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 416. cap. 49. Very 

 like L. esculent urn, and L. pyrifornu, but differs in the ber- 

 ries being cherry-formed, 2-celled, size of a plum, but not 

 furrowed lengthwise, rather villous. Tamutta Bontal is the 

 Malay name of this species, and Tomate redondo the Peruvian 

 name. 



far. a ; berries red. 0. H. Lycop. fructu cerasi rubro, 

 Tourn. inst. p. 150. Cerasa amoris racemosa, rubra, Bauh. 

 prod. p. 90. 



far. /3; berries yellow. . H. Lycop. fructu cerasi luteo, 

 Tourn. inst. p. 150. Solanum racemosum, cerasorum forma, 

 fructu luteo, Tourn. 1. c. 



Cherry-formed-frmted Love Apple, or Tomato. Fl. July, 

 Sept. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



9 L. ESCULE'NTCM (Mill. diet. no. 2. Dun. sol. p. 113. t. 3. 

 f. 3. syn. p. 4.) herbaceous, pilose ; pili diverse ; leaves une- 

 qually pinnate ; leaflets cut, attenuated at the apex, glaucescent 

 beneath; flowers many, joined; berries toru'.ose. 0. H. 

 Native of South America. Solanum Lycopersicum, Lin. spec, 

 p. 150. Lam. ill. t. 115. f. 2. Lour. coch. 1. p. 162. Plenck, 

 off. t. 122. L. pomum amoris, Moench. meth. p. 515. L. 

 Galeni, Tourn. inst. p. 150. t. 63. Sabb. hort. rom. p. 12. 

 t. 62. Pomum amoris, Blackw. t. 133. Rumph. amb. 5. 

 p. 416. t. 154. f. 1. Mor. hist. sect. 13. t. 1. .Mala aurea, 

 Chabr. icon. 525. La Pomme d' amour, Regn. bot. p. 54. 

 Many flowers are joined in one, which makes them appear of 

 many parts, having from 2 to 5 joined pistils, and as many 

 bundles of stamens. Calyx longer than the corolla. 



The Love Apple, or Tomato, is called La Pomme d' amour, 



and La Tomatte in France, Licbes Apfel in Germany, and Porno 



a" oro in Italy ; it is a tender annual. The stem, if supported, will 



rise to 6 or 8 feet, and exhales, like the leaves, when handled, a 



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