262 ORDER 96. SOLANACE^E. 



d Stamens exserted, declinate. Capsule opening by a lid HYOSCYAMUS. 8 



d Stamens included, unequal. Capsule opening by valves PETUNIA. 9 



e Stamens exserted, growing to the summit of the tube NEIREMBERGIA. 10 



e Stamens exserted, growing to the bottom of the tube .LvciuM. 11 



e Stamens included. x Flowers 3' 12' long. Calyx prismatic DATURA. 12 



x Flowers l' 4' long. Calyx terete NICOTIANA. 13 



x Flowers 6 10" long. Calyx terete, short CESTRUM. H 



x Flowers V long. Leaves very small FABIANA. 1 



1. NOLANA, L. Calyx 5-parted. Cor. showy, fimnel-bell-form. Ova- 

 ries 3 40, distinct, 1-6-celled, becoming as many drupes around the base 

 of the style. ^ > From S. America, with blue flowers. 



1 N. ATRIPLICIFOLIA. Stems procumbent ; leaves thick, entire, ovate to spatulate, ob- 



tuse ; flowers solitary, supra-axillary, with a yellow tube, azure-blue border, and 

 white zone, numerous all Summer. 



2 N. PROSTRATA. Leaves ovate-oblong, tapering both ways ; calyx segments triangu 



lar-arrow-shaped ; corolla blue with dark-purple streaks. Otherwise as No. 1. 



2. LYCOPERSICUM, Tourn. TOMATO. Calyx 5-6-co - parted. Cor. 

 rotate, with a short tube and a plicate-valvate limb. Stamens 5-6- GO, ex- 

 serted, anth. connate at apex, longitudinally dehiscent on the inner face. 

 Berry fleshy, 2-3-00 - celled. Fed. extra-axillary, co-flowered. 



\A. ESCULENTUM Mill. Hairy ; st. herbaceous, weak ; Ivs. unequally pinnatifid, segments 

 cut : corolla many-lobed ; fruit torulous, furrowed, smooth. A coarse, strong- 

 scented herb with yellowish flowers and splendid fruit. 



3. SOLANUM, L. POTATO. 'Calyx 5-parted, persistent. Cor. rotate, 

 subcampanulate, tube very short, limb plicate, 5-cleft, lobed or angular. 

 Anth. erect, connivent, distinct, opening at the top by 2 pores. Berry 2- 

 celled, subglobous or depressed. Seeds co. Herbs or shrubs. Peduncles 

 terminal, becoming lateral by the extension of the axis. Figs. 260, 483-4. 



Prickles none. Anthers obtuse. . . (a) 



a Herbs, with the flowers and fruit in clusters Nos. 1, 2 



a Shrubby climbers, with clustered flowers and fruit Nos. 3, 4 



a Shrubs erect, with orange or scarlet berries Nos. 5, 6 



Plants armed with prickles. Anthers linear-oblong, pointed. . .(b) 



b Flowers 5-parted. Calyx open in fruit. Anthers equal NOP. 7 9 



b Flowers 5-parted. Calyx closed on the fruit. Anthers unequal Nos. 10, 11 



b Flowers 6-9-parted. Calyx open with the large fruit . . Nos. 12, 13 



1 S. tuberosum L. Common Potato. Stibterranean branches bearing tubers ; leaves 



pinnatifid unequally and interruptedly; corolla 5-angled, ped. jointed. S. America. 

 Cultivated since the 17th century. Many varieties. 



2 S. nigrum L. Nightshade. Smoothish ; leaves ovate, toothed, wavy, or entire ; 



umbels lateral, drooping, flowers small (2 3"), whitish ; berries black, as large as a 

 peppercorn. Weed in old fields. 2 3f. Summer. Europe. 



3 S. Dulcamara L. Bittersweet. Stems shrubby, slender, climbing ; leaves cordate, 



entire or with 1 or 2 pairs of lobes at base ; clusters terminal and lateral, corolla pur- 

 p.e, with 5 green spots ; fruit red. July. Europe. 



4 S. JASMINOIDES. Climbing high, smooth, Ivs. ovate, entire ; clusters blue-wh. Brazil. 



5 S. PSEUDO-CAPSICUM. Jerusalem Cherry. Erect, like a dwarf tree ; leaves oblong- 



lanceolate, smooth, shining; flowers solitary, white, berries scarlet, as large as cher- 

 ries. Mauritius. 2 4f. Handsome. 

 9 S. I-ACIMATT5I. Shrub erect, smooth ; Ivs. pinnatifid ; fif. blue ; fr. orange. Australia. 



