SOLANUM 



a in 1882 by Gustay Eisen. A full 

 and botany was made in Cornell 

 Till- fruit is aromatic, tender and 



-u--. -t- an acid eggplant. In a 



the fiuit 



.rly 



States from tiuatem 



review of the histo: 



Exp. Bull. 37 (isyi) 



juicy, and in tastr 



drawer or box tbi t 



the North the sea i 



mature in the open 



early The Pepino i 



when grown in pots in a cool or mttiiii ii t i u \ ill 



set its fruits free]} It is readily j i | i., i 1 1 i i i 



of cuttings of the growing shoots TIil i 1 uit \\ lU w itb 



stand a little frost 



6 Melongfina Linn (S ^nsdmcm Linn ) Erect and 

 much braucheJ herb or subshrub 2-3 tt tall woolly or 

 scurfy spiny h s large and heavy ovate or oblong 

 ovate becoming nearly glabrous above but rtmainin„ 

 densely tomentose beneath shallowh smuite lobed 

 fls. large mostly in clusters the cab \ w oollj and often 

 spiny the spreading, deepU lobed purplish corolla 1 in 

 or more acioss fr a lai^^e berrj India 



Var escul^ntum Ivee {S e!,cutentHma,DdS oiigetum 

 Dun ) C< MMov E( I PLVNT CtCinea Squash Auber 

 GiNE I<u 7o0-7o3 830 Vol II Cultivated for its 

 larf^ truit -nbich are u ualh oblong obovoid or egg 

 slia) Hit 1111 mdpuijle white jelloK ish or striped 

 dirt' 1 ti 1 1 th wild jlant m having fewer spines 

 mosth lit 11 \ tl nid much 

 lart,er ni 1 i i i -v ii I If fruit 



varieti \ i serpentinum 



Bailej ( s . 

 Snake Ehfunt 1 1 ^i 

 elongated ind culled atthi 

 Var depressum Bailey P 

 Purple Ect plant Fh 

 Plant low and diffuse m 

 the br inches hnally resti 

 the ground usually dark 

 ored nearly glabrous am 

 ways spiny Ivs smnll and 

 tively thm less lobed 

 small and longer stalked 

 purple pyriform See 



olan 



B I III fll I I 



7 integriiolium 1 i 

 Texdnum Dunal i cuciin 

 eum Hort ) Chinese Scarlet 

 Egcplant Ornamental Ecg 

 plant Ethiopian Ec c plant 

 Fig 2338 Coarse bushy herb 

 3 ft tall scurfy tomentose 

 armed with trong hooked 

 spines. Ivs. much like those of 

 the eggplant but the lobes 

 sharper, spiny on the midrib 

 and petiole: fls. small, white, in clusters of 2-6 

 in. across, mostly flattened on the ends but 

 nearly globular in outline, prominently lobed, bright 

 scarlet or yellow. Probably African.— An old-time gar- 

 den plant, but little grown. Annual. 



BB. For foliage or flowers (iVos. 8 to 11 also for fruit). 



c. Habit erect, the plant either herbaceous or woodtj. 

 D. Plant without spines, mostly with rather narrow Ivs. 

 E. Zvs. entire or very nearly so. 

 8. Pseiido-Cdpsicum.Linn. Jerusalem Cherrv. Figs. 

 2339, 2340. Small shrub, reaching 3^ ft., but usually 

 grown as smaller specimens in pots, glabrous, erect; 

 Ivs. lance-oblong to oblanceolate, mostly obtuse, entire 

 or somewhat wavy, shining green, strongly penniveined : 

 fls. few or solitary in lateral clusters, small, white, the 

 corolla 5-parted: fr. globular, %-% in. in diam., scarlet 

 or yellow. Tropics, probably native to Old World. — An 

 old-fashioned plant, often seen in window -gardens, 

 grown for its showy berry-like fruits, which persist a 

 long time. Var. nanum, Hort., is a dwarf, compact 

 form. Var Weatherilli, Hort., Weatheriil's Hybrid, is 



IOC 



SOLANUM 



1679 



a form with strongly veined undulate Ivs. and pointed 

 orange-colored fruits. 



9. CapsicAstrum, Link. Fig. 2341. Resembles the last, 

 but the plant attains only about half the size* Ivs. much 

 shortei ovate lanceolate to oblong lanceolate scarcely 

 uululit ul 11 ite ind one smiller than the other 

 11 1 III emes fr H in or less in diam 



1 I Brazil P b 12 1242 -Frequent 



] 1 n plant Var vaneg4tum Hort 



10 Heudeisoui 11 it Ver> like S Pseiido Capsicnm 

 but the white fls \eiy numerjus and the fr ovoid or 

 olive form orange red A hoiticultural form perhaps 

 ahjbrid A.l o known as 6 hybi idtim Hendersoni 



11 Eantonnrtu ( irr (Van 



ously I I! I s / 1 ^ I ( Bun 



toilet 1 1 J I I 1 Elect 



bushj 1 1 I I _ \Mi „ tt tall 



glabiou h I 111 \ ite en 



tire altennte fl lai^e violet 



blue 2-5 together in the axils 



in or less in 



red 1 ery cm 



amental drooping 



Parifeuay and Argen 



\^ tina R H 18a9 p 



^J^' 



fr. 1-2 



2338. Solanum integriiolium (X Jt). 

 . species grown for its ornamental fruit. 



135.-i?. muticum, N. E. Br., is probably the same. (It. 

 43:1401. An excellent plant for blooming in the open in 

 summer. Easily prop, by means of cuttings. 



12. umbelliferum, Eschseh. Perennial, ■.lnuhby at the 



base, hoary-pubescent or soiiicii s almi'si tihibrous: 



Ivs. obovate-oblong, varying Ir.nn i.l.iiisc tc. acute: fls. 

 violet-blue (or sometimes white |, iii uiiihcl like clusters, 

 Ji in. across, showy and fragrant. Calif. Variable. — 6'. 

 umbellatum, recently offered, is very likely this species. 



EE. Lvs. prominently lobed. 



13. avicuUre, Forst. {S. lacimAtiim. Ait.). Strnng. 

 erect herb or subshrub, 4-G ft., ghiliriiii> : Ivs, lar;:. . 



pinnatitid into long nearly linear or lain Ian acute 



lobes: fls. blue, 1 in. or less across, tin i.ilia ini.nn 



nently lobed, showy: fr. oval or globular, varying,' licmi 

 green to orange-red, about %-l in. in diam. (said to be 

 eaten in New Zealand). Australia and New Zealand. 

 B.M. 349. 

 DD. Plant more or less spiny: grown for the mass effect. 



E. Flowers mainly blue. 



14. Indicuin, Linn. Strong shrub, sometimes taller 

 than a man, with many stout often recurved prickles^ 



