SOLAN ACEAE. Ill 



solitary or cymose. Calyx of 5, more or less united sepals, in one or two 

 series. Corolla convolute in aestivation, its limb lobed or entire. Androe- 

 cium of 5 stamens, partially adnate to the corolla-tube, alternate with the 

 lobes. Gynoecium of 2 united carpels. Ovary 2-4-celled (rarely 5-celled, 

 or 1-celled by the breaking down of the septum). Seeds 1 or 2 in each 

 cavity, often pubescent. 



1. JACQUEMONTIA Choisy. Shrubs, herbs, or trailing or twining vines. 

 Leaf -blades entire or rarely toothed or lobed. Flowers in loose eymes without 

 conspicuous bracts, or solitary. Calyx-lobes equal or unequal. Corolla white, 

 blue, or violet, funnelform or rotate-f unnelf orm : limb plaited. Capsule sub- 

 globose, 4-valved or sub-8-valved. 



1. J. Curtissii Peter. Shrub with prostrate, spreading, or erect, glabrous or 

 slightly cobwebby-pubescent stems, 2-9 dm. long: leaf -blades oblong or oblong- 

 spatulate, 1-2 cm. long, obtuse or abruptly pointed, slightly revolute: calyx- 

 lobes orbicular-ovate or oval : corolla whitish or violet, 2.5-3 cm. broad : capsules 

 5-6 mm. long. 



Pinelands, E. Keys. (Endemic.) 



FAMILY 2. SOLANACEAE. POTATO FAMILY. 



Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves alternate : blades entire, toothed, 

 or lobed. Calyx of 5, (4-6), more or less united sepals. Corolla of 5, 

 (4-6), more or less united petals. Androecium of 5, (4-6), stamens, the 

 filaments partially adnate to the corolla-tube. Gynoecium 2-carpellary or 

 3-5-carpellary. Fruit a berry or a capsule. 



Corolla plicate ; lobes usually Indupllcate. 1. SOLANUM. 



Corolla little, if at all plicate; lobes imbricate or valTOte. 



Stamens adnate to the base of the corolla tube: corolla rotate. 2. CAPSICUM. 

 Stamens adnate high up on the corolla-tube : corolla salverform 



or funnelform. 



Stamens unequal : filaments adnate to the mouth of the corolla- 

 tube : seeds flattened. 3. LTCIUM. 

 Stamens equal or nearly so : filaments adnate to about the 

 middle of the corolla-tube : seeds not flattened. 4. CESTRUM. 



1. SOLANUM [Tourn.] L. Annual or perennial herbs, or vines or trees. 

 Leaf-blades entire, toothed, or lobed. Flowers variously clustered. Calyx 

 sometimes accrescent. Corolla rotate, of various colors: lobes longer than the 

 tube. Anthers narrow, converging or united, much longer than the filaments. 

 NIGHTSHADE. 



Twigs and leaves glabrous : calyx-lobes lanceolate. 1. 8. Pseudo-capsicum. 



Twigs and leaves pubescent : calyx-lobes minute, ovate or 



deltoid. 

 Leaf-blades velvety-tomentose beneath, unarmed. 



Corolla-lobes ovate to oval-ovate : ovary pubescent : 



berries yellow. 2. 8. verbascifolium. 



Corolla-lobes linear to linear-lanceolate or lanceolate : 



ovary glabrous : berries red. 3. 8. Blodgettii. 



Leaf-blades finely and rather harshly pubescent beneath, 



often spiny. 4. 8. "bahamense. 



1. S. Pseudo-capsicum L. Shrub 8-19 dm. tall : leaf -blades oblong to oblanceo- 

 late, 3-10 cm. long, undulate or repand: calyx-lobes lanceolate, about 2.5 mm. 

 long, eciliate: corolla white, 11-14 mm. wide; lobes oval to ovate-oval, eciliate: 

 anthers oblong: berries globose, 10-15 mm. in diameter, scarlet. JERUSALEM- 

 CHERRY. 



Waste places and woods, n. Fla. Nat., probably, of the Old World tropics. 

 (Cont.) Spr.-fall. 



