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SOLANACEAE. 



1. Lycopersicon Lycoper- 

 sicon (L.) Karst. Tomato. 

 Love-apple. Cherry Tomato. 

 (Fig. 365.) Viscid-pubescent, 

 much branclied, l°-3° high. 

 Leaves petioled, 6-1^° long, 

 the segments stalked, the 

 larger 7-9 ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, mostly acute, den- 

 tate, lobed or again divided, 

 with several or numerous 

 smaller ones interspersed ; 

 flowers 5"-8" broad ; calyx- 

 segments abouit equalling the 

 corolla; berry the 'n;ell-known 

 tomato or love-apple. [So- 

 lanum Lycopersicum L. ; Ly- 

 copersicon esculentum Mill.] 



Frequent in waste grounds, 

 and spontaneous after cultiva- 

 tion. Introduced. Native of 

 South America. Flowers nearly 

 throughout the year. Widely 

 cultivated in all temperate and 

 warm regions. 



5. CAPSICUM [Tourn.] L. 

 Annual or jDerennial herbs or shrubs, with forking stems. Leaves flat, 

 entire or repand. Flowers solitary in the axils, or in small cymes. Calyx 

 scarcely accrescent, of 5 wholly or partially united sepals. Corolla usually 

 white, nearly rotate, its lobes 5, imbricated. Stamens 5, adnate to the base 

 of the corolla; anthers bluish, the sacs opening lengthwise. Ovary 2-3-celled. 

 Stigma club-shaped or dilated. Berries red, yellow or green, nodding, very pun- 

 gent. Seeds flattened. [Latin, capsa, 

 a box, referring to the shape of the 

 fruit in forms of the typical species.] 

 About 30 species, natives of America. 

 Type species: Capsicum annuum L. 



1. Capsicum baccatum L. Bird 

 Pepper. (Fig. 366.) Perennial, 

 shrubby, more or less pubescent. 

 Stems 3°-9° long, sometimes vine- 

 like, widely branching; leaves ovate, 

 oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, l'-2' 

 long, acute or acuminate, entire, ab- 

 ruptly narrowed or truncate at the 

 base; petioles one-half as long as the 

 blades or shorter ; pedicels narrowly 

 club-shaped, 5"-10" long; calyx about 

 14" long, its lobes as long as the tube 

 or somewhat shorter; berries globose 

 to ellipsoid, 3"-5" long, red, obtuse. 



Rocky woodlands, occasional. Na- 

 tive. Southern United States and trop- 

 ical continental America. Summer and 

 autumn. Occasional in gardens. 



