SOLANUM.] SOLANACEsE. 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. Dulcama'ra, L. ; perennial, stem flexuous, leaves ovate-cordate 

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

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



fl. June-Aug. Glabrous, pubescent, or tomentose. Rootstock 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. Ber^\ in., ovoid, mucronate, red, rarely yellow-green. DISTRIB. 

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

 YAR. 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. 



S. ni'grum proper ; hairs usually upcurved, leaves sinuate, berry black. YAR. 

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

 Kent, Channel Islands. YAR. 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. DISTRIB. From Denmark southd., N. Africa; introd. 

 in N. America. ETYM. "Arpo-rros, one of the Fates. 



A. Belladon'na, 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 ^ 1 in., 



