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SOLANUM 



SOLANUM 



Low. Calif., and near the seacoast in Cent. Calif. The 

 S. Xanti var. Wallacei of Gray. 



21. umbelliferum, Esch. (S. californicum, Dun.). A 

 densely villous rarely glabrate shrub: Ivs. entire, usu- 

 ally obovate or oblong, rarely oval or ovate, J^-l or 

 2 in. long: fls. in umbel-like terminal clusters; corolla 

 pale violet or sometimes white, pubescent ort the outer 

 surface, %in. diam., showy and fragrant: berry large, 

 purple. Calif. The plant offered as S. umbellatum is 

 very likely this species. 



cc. Plant more or less spiny, the Ivs. sinuate or lobed. 



D. Lvs. pinnately lobed. 



E. Species perennial. 



22. aculeatissimum, Jacq. (S. ciliatum, Lam. S. 

 myriacdnthum, Dun.). An undershrub 1-2 ft. high, st. 

 branched, furnished with many long straight spines, 

 interspersed in the younger parts with stiff bristles: Ivs. 

 solitary or geminate, broadly ovate or ovate-cordate, 

 pinnately 5-7-lobed, 4 in. long, 3 in. wide, with rigid 

 adpressed hairs on both surfaces, and spines on the 

 upper surface of the principal nerves; petiole 1 in. long: 

 cymes extra-axillary, few-fld.; calyx-lobes triangular, 

 closely beset with spines; corolla rotate, 1 in. diam., 

 snow-white, the lobes lanceolate: fr. globose, 1-2 in. 

 diam., glabrous, orange or orange-yellow, flattened on 

 the ends, corrugated. Widely distributed in tropical 

 regions. F.S. 19:1988. F.M. 1871:521. R.B. 20, p. 

 249. R.H. 1888, p. 78. 



EE. Species annual. 



23. citrullif&lium, A. Br. (S. heteroddxum, Brit., not 

 Dun.). An annual plant armed with straight prickles, 

 glandular pubescent with mostly simple hairs: Ivs. 

 1-2-pinnatifid, the lobes obtuse and repand: infl. 

 racemose, corolla violet, nearly 1% in. diam., some- 

 what irregularly 5-cleft, the lobes ovate-acuminate, 



3632. Solatium integrifolium. A species grown for its ornamental fruit. ( X H) 



anthers unequal, 4 of them yellow, the larger one tinged 

 with violet: fr. inclosed in the prickly calyx. W. Texas 

 and New Mex. 



24. sisymbriifdlium, Lam. (S. Balbisii, Dun.). An 

 annual plant with many yellow- or orange-colored spines 

 covering the st., both surfaces of the Ivs., petioles, and 

 sepals, and the upper part usually somewhat villous 

 with gland-tipped hairs: Ivs. oblong or ovate, sinuately 

 lobed or even deeply pinnatifid and the lobes sinuate or 

 deeply cut: infl. terminal or soon lateral, racemose, the 

 fls. rather numerous, light blue or white and 1 in. or 

 more diam.: fr. globose, red, 1 in. or more diam., sur- 

 rounded by the at length ovate-lanceolate calyx-lobes. 

 Trop. Amer. and naturalized in waste grounds in the 

 Gulf states. B.M. 2828; 3954. G.C. III. 45:61. 



25. corn&tum, Lam. (S. Fontanesianum, Hort.). An 

 annual herbaceous simple-stemmed spiny plant 1-4 ft. 

 high: Ivs. oval or ovate, pinnately lobed and the lobes 

 again sometimes divided nearly to the center, the 

 divisions oblong, acute, or rounded at the apex and 

 tipped with an abrupt point, pubescent on both sur- 

 faces, that on the lower stellate: fls. terminal, in clusters 

 of 3 or 4, corolla yellow, about \-\\i in. diam., villous 

 on the outside, anthers uneven, the fifth l A~%\n- long 

 and twice the length of the other 4, enlarged at the base 

 and shaped somewhat like a horn, hence the name: fr. 

 small, spiny. Mex. 



DD. Lvs. sinuately lobed. 

 E. The Ivs. rusty-tomentose at least on the lower surface. 



26. Warscewiczii, Hort. (S. warscewiczoides, Hort.). 

 Strong erect suffrutescent plant, reaching a height of 

 about 6 ft., usually with a central st., densely rusty- 

 tomentose and armed with many short stout hooked or 

 straight greenish yellow spines: Ivs. large, sometimes 

 the blade a foot or more long, rather soft green and 

 slightly pubescent at least along the veins above, gray- 

 ish or rusty below and with dense stellate pubescence 

 or tomentum, oval, somewhat cordate at the base and 

 rather deeply lobed with unequal lobes: infl. at first 

 terminal, later lateral in 1-sided corymbiform racemes 

 with numerous fls.; calyx deeply lobed, the segms. oval 

 and long-acuminate, spiny or unarmed, covered with 

 numerous whitish hairs; corolla white, about 1% in. 

 diam., the lobes lanceolate and acute: fr. pale yellow, 

 glabrous and shining. Probably S. American. R.H. 

 1865, p. 430; 1896, p. 237. A very striking plant for 



subtropical gardening and can easily 

 be raised from seed in a single season; 

 half-hardy perennial. 



27. alatum, Seem. & Schmidt (S. 

 robustum, Wendl.). Vigorous more or 

 less spiny densely tomentose herb or 

 subshrub, the sts. winged, 3-5 ft. high: 

 Ivs. decurrent with the spiny petiole, 

 sometimes 1 ft. long, broadly ovate 

 or ovate-elliptic in outline, sinuately 

 lobed, the lobes acute, upper surface 

 green and tomentose-velvety, woolly 

 with more or less rusty tomentum 

 beneath: fls. in axillary racemes, calyx 

 unarmed, corolla about 1 in. across, 

 white, with ovate -lanceolate acute 

 lobes: fr. globular, small, hairy, orange- 

 colored. Brazil. R.H. 1863, p. 250; 

 1896, p. 236. Bold species, useful for 

 subtropical gardening. 



EE. The Ivs. with gray or whitish 



pubescence. 



F. Fls. white. 



28. integrifSlium, Poir. (S. cocdneum, 

 Hort. S. Lobelii, Tenore). CHINESE 

 SCARLET EGGPLANT. ORNAMENTAL EGG- 

 PLANT. ETHIOPIAN EGGPLANT. Fig. 



