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SOLANUM 



SOLAN UM 



more or less liairy . Ivs. ovate, sinuate or lobed, woolly 

 beneath, usually prickly: fls. blue, 1 in. or less across, 

 triangular-lobed : berry globular, about /^ in. in diam., 

 smooth, yellow. Tropical India, and in China and the 

 Philippines. — Otfered by Franceschi, S. Calif., who de- 

 scribes the fls. as white. Variable. 



15. T6rreyi, Gray. Strong perennial herb, with close 

 grayish pubescence and scattering weak prickles: Ivs. 

 ovate, with subcordate or truncate base, with 5-7 sinuate 

 lobes, the midrib prickly beneath: fls. few in the cymes, 

 nodding, 2 in. across, pale blue, deeply pointed-lobed, 

 handsome: berry 1 in. in diam., globular, smooth, yel- 

 low. Kans. to Tex. B.M. 6461. 



16. pyracdnthum, Jacq. Small shrub, somewhat hairy, 

 thickly beset with ferocious orange spines: Ivs. long 

 and relatively narrow, pinnately irregularly lobed: fls. 

 blue, with radiating white ribs, deeply lobed, about 1 in. 

 across, drooping in small clusters: fr. globose, Yi in. or 

 less in diam. Trop. Afr. B.M. 2547. F.S. 23:2411. 



EE. Fls. mainly ivhite. 



17. marginatum, Linn. f. Shrubby, 3-5 ft. tall, white- 

 tomentose, bearing many straight but not very large 

 prickles: Ivs. mostly ovate in outline, subcordate, shal- 

 low-lobed or angled, at some stages with an irregular 

 white band along the margin due to the shedding of the 

 tomentum on the body of the leaf (whence the name 

 marginatum): fls. large, 1 in. or more across, white 

 with blue veins or ribs, shallow-lobed, in few-fld. clus- 

 ters, the calyx prickly: fr. 1 in. or more in diam., glo- 

 bose or ovoid, drooping, prickly, yellow. Trop. Afr. 

 B.M. 1928. 



18. robiistum, H. Wendl. Vigorous herb or subshrub, 

 3-5 ft., densely tomentose, prickly on stems and Ivs., 

 the stems winged: Ivs. very large, sometimes 1 ft. long, 

 broad -ovate or ovate-elliptic in outline, with many pointed 

 angular lobes extending one-third or less the depth of 

 the blade, woolly beneath: fls. white, about 1 in. across, 

 lobed, racemose : fr. globular, small, hairy, orange- 

 colored. Brazil. R.H. 1863, p. 250; 1896, p. 236. -Bold 

 species, useful for subtropical gardening. 



2339. Solanum Pseudo-Capsicum (X J^). No. 8. 



19. Warscewiczii.Weick {S. ivarscewiczioldes,liort.). 

 Strong, erect plant, 3-4 ft., usually with a strong cen- 

 tral stem, densely rusty-tomentose and armed with 

 many short stout hooked or straight spines: Ivs. large, 

 the blade often more than 1 ft. long, rather soft, tomen- 



tose or densely pubescent beneath, deeply several-lobed: 

 fls. large, about 1]4 in. across, white, numerous: fr. 

 glabrous and shining, pale yellow. Probably South 

 American. R.H. 1865, p. 430; 1896, p. 237. -A very strik- 

 ing plant for subtrop- 

 ical gardening and eas- 

 ily raised from seed in 

 a single season ; half- 

 hardy perennial. 



2340. 



Solanum Pseudo-Capsicum, the 

 Jerusalem Cherry (X 3^).. 



2341. 

 Solanum Capsicastrum. 



(XK.) No. 9. 



CO. HaMt of plant climbing, more or less woody, spine- 

 less (except No. 22). 

 D. Fls. small, 1% in. or less across. 



20. jasminoides, Paxt. Potato Vine (from the fls.). 

 Pine greenhouse twining shrub, reaching several ft. in 

 height, glabrous: Ivs. rather small, the upper ones lan- 

 ceolate to lance-ovate and entire, the lower ones of about 

 3 narrow, ovate entire Ifts. : racemes short and united 

 into a cluster 3 in. or less long and about 8-12-fld.: fls. 

 about 1 in. across, star-shaped, white with tinge of blue; 

 pretty. S.America. P.M. 8:5. B.R. 33:33. Gn. 43, 

 p. 433; 45, p. 162; 50, p. 19; 51, p. 358; 53, p. 28. -A 

 most useful deciduous climber for the coolhouse, and 

 much grown. Half-hardy, and useful for the open in 

 the South. Will grow 10-20 ft. if given a chance. Var. 

 grandifldrum, Hort., has very large trusses of fls. and is 

 a robust grower; excellent. Gng. 1:259. Var. varie- 

 gtltum, Hort., has variegated foliage. 



21. SeafortM^num, Andr. (S. azureum, Hort. 1 S. 

 veniistum, Kunth). Beautiful slender climber or trailer, 

 4-10 ft., minutely pubescent: Ivs. with 3 Ifts. (terminal 

 one largest) or the upper ones simple, the margin en- 

 tire, the Ifts. ovate-lanceolate: fls. many in long, droop- 

 ing panicles, on pedicels swollen at the apex, the corolla 

 mauve or azure-blue, star-shaped, usually 1 in. or less 

 across: fr. ovoid, glabrous, scarlet. Brazil. B.M. 1982, 

 5823. B.R. 12:969. R.H. 1893, p. 177; 1897:424. -A very 

 beautiful plant for the coolhouse. Begins to bloom 

 when very young. 



DD. Fls. large, 2 in. or more across. 



22. W6ndlandii, Hook. f. (S. Whidlandii magnifi- 

 cwm, Hort. ). Fig. 2342. Tall-climbing, glabrous, with a 

 few scattered prickles: Ivs. various, sometimes 10 in. 

 long, the uppermost simple and oblong-acuminate, the 

 others lobed or trifoliolate and with the terminal leaflet 

 much the largest, all with entire margins: fls. in large 

 cymes, pale lilac -blue, the corolla 2% in. across and 

 shallow-lobed : fr. globose. Costa Rica. B.M. 6914. 

 G.C. HI. 14:339. G.M. 36:610. A.F. 12:1147. F.E. 

 8:828. —A splendid greenhouse climber, perhaps the 

 most showy of the cultivated Solanums. Blooms in 

 summer and fall. Ernest Braunton writes: "/S. Wend- 

 landii is a magnificent climber in this climate (Los 

 Angeles), reaching ,50 ft. or more and having umbels 12 

 inches across. It is perhaps the showiest vine in Cali- 

 fornia when in bloom. It is generally hardy here, al- 

 though some winters nip and even kill the vine in the 

 colder and lower parts of this city. Cut up an old vine, 

 any kind of wood, stick the pieces in sand or light soil, 



