Solanum.] SOLANACEJE. 287 



homogamous. Calyx 5-10-fid. Corolla rotate ; lobes 5-10, plaited in 

 bud. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla-throat, exserted ; filaments very 

 short ; anthers conniving, or connate, pores terminal. Ovary 2- rarely 

 3-4-celled ; style simple, stigma obtuse ; ovules many. Berry 2- rarely 

 4-celled, many seeded. Seeds reniform. — Distrib. An immense tropical 

 genus ; species probably 700. — Etym. doubtful. 



1. S. Dulcamara, L. ; perennial, stem flexuous, leaves ovate-cordate 

 or 3-5-partite, cymes panicled leaf-opposed or lateral. Bitter-sweet. 

 Hedges and copses from Isla and Koss southd. ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; 



fl. June-Aug.— Glabrous, pubescent, or tomentose. Eootstock extensively 

 creeping. Stem 4-6 ft., trailing. Leaves 1-3 in., acuminate, cordate, or 

 upper hastate, or with 2 auricles or petioled pinnules at the base. Flowers 

 many, drooping, homogamous ; pedicels slender. Calyx-lobes broad, obtuse. 

 Corolla | in. diam., purple or white, lobes re volute. Anthers yellow, cohering 

 in a cone. Berry § in., ovoid, mucronate, red, rarely yellow-green. — Distrib. 

 Europe, N. Africa, "W. Asia to India ; introd. in N". America. 

 Var. mari'num, Bab. ; stem prostrate branched, leaves fleshy. S. coast. 



2. S. ni'grum, L. ; annual, stem erect angled usually tubercled, leaves 

 rhomboid- ovate narrowed into the petiole, cymes umbellate lateral. 



Waste places from Wigton and Northumbd. southd. ; casual in Scotland and 

 Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. July-Oct. — Glabrous or pubescent. Stem 

 6-24 in., rarely more. Leaves 1-3 in., sinuate or toothed. Flowers few, 

 drooping, homogamous; pedicels slender. Calyx-lobes broad, obtuse. 

 Corolla ^-§ in. diam., white ; lobes ciliate, recurved. Berries § in. diam., 

 globose, black yellow or red.— Distrib. All temp, and trop. regions. 



& ni'gnim proper ; hairs usually upcurved, leaves sinuate, berry black. — Var. 

 S. minia'tum, Bernh. ; hairs usually straight, leaves toothed, berry scarlet. 

 Kent, Channel Islands. — Var. S. luteo-virescens, Gmel. ; berry bright green. 

 Mortlake. 



3. AT'ROPA, L. DwALE. 



A branched herb. Leaves scattered or in pairs, quite entire. Flowers 

 solitary or few, peduncled, lurid violet or greenish. Calyx 5-partite. 

 Corolla campanulate, regular ; lobes 5, plaited in bud. Stamens 5, inserted 

 at the bottom of the corolla-tube, filaments filiform ; anthers with slits. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; style simple, stigma peltate ; ovules many. Berry 2- 

 celled, subtended by the spreading calyx, many-seeded. Seeds reniform, 

 minutely pitted. — Dtstrib. From Denmark southd., N. Africa ; introd. 

 in N. America. — Etym. " At poiros, one of the Fates. 



A. Belladonna, L. ; leaves ovate acuminate. Deadly Nightshade. 

 Waste places, probably indigenous on chalk and limestone ; oftenest natura- 

 lized near ruins, from "Westmoreland southd. ; near houses in Scotland ; 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. June-Aug. — Glabrous or pubescent and 

 glandular. Rootstock stout, fleshy, stoloniferous. Stem 2-3 ft., stout. Leaves 

 usually in unequal pairs, larger 3-8 in., contracted into the petiole. Flowers 

 axillary supra-axillary and from the forks, drooping ; peduncles %-l in., 



