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3. S. carolinense L. Horse Xettle. Perennial; stem erect, 

 branched, do^vny with star-shaped hairs, armed witli straight yel- 

 low prickles, l--i ft. high. Leaves ovate-oblong, deeply toothed or 

 lobed, acute at the apex, abruptly contracted to the short petiole, 

 prickly on the veins. Racemes lateral, few-flowered ; pedicels re- 

 curved in fruit. Calyx lobes taper-pointed. Corolla deeply angular- 

 lobed, blue or white ; berry globose, smooth, yellow. A common 

 weed.* 



4. S. rostratum Dunal. Sand Bur, Buffalo Bur. Annual; the 

 whole plant beset with yellow prickles; stem erect, diffusely branched, 

 1-2 ft. high. Leaves broadly oval or ovate in outline, deeply pin- 

 nately lobed or parted, petioled, downy with star-shaped hairs. 

 Racemes few-flowered ; pedicels erect in fruit. Calyx very prickly, 

 becoming enlarged and inclosing the fruit. Corolla bright yellow, 

 5-angled, about 1 in. broad. From the West, becoming a troublesome 

 weed in some places.* 



5. S. tuberosum L. Irish Potato. Annual; stem diffusely 

 branched, downy, undei'ground branches numerous and tuber-bear- 

 ing. Leaves irregularly pinnatifid and divided. Flowers in cymose 

 clusters, white or purple, with prominent yellow anthers ; pedicels 

 jointed. Corolla 5-angled, |-1 in. broad. Fruit a globose, greenish- 

 yellow, many -seeded berry, about I in. in diameter. Cultivated from 

 Chile.* 



II. LYCOPERSICUM Hill. 



Annual ; stem diffusely branched. Leaves pinnately divided. 

 Flowers in raceme-like clusters on peduncles opposite tlie 

 leaves. Calyx 5-many-parted, persistent. Corolla wheel- 

 shaped, o-6-parted. Stamens 5-6, inserted in the short tube 

 of the corolla ; filaments short, anthers elongated. Ovary 2- 

 several-celled ; style and stigma simple. Fruit a many-seeded 

 berry.* 



1. L. esculentum ^NFill. Tomato. Stem diffusely, branched, at 

 length leaning over, furrowed and angled below, sticky-hairy, 3-5 

 ft. long. Leaves irregularly lobed and pinnatifld, petioled. Calyx 

 lobes linear, al)Out as long as the yellow corolla. Fruit (in the wild 

 state) globose or ovoid, red or yellow, l-\ in. in diameter, but greatly 

 enlarged in cultivation. Common in cultivation from tropical 

 America.* 



m. LYCIUM L. 



Shrubs or woody vines, often spiny. Leaves entire, alter- 

 nate, often fascicled. Flowers solitary or clustered, terminal 



