168 SOLANACEAE 



ter : fruiting calyx pubescent, angled, sunken at base. Common in fields 

 and waste places. May-September. 



Var. nyctaginea (Dunal.) Kydb. Leaves subentire and less pubes- 

 cent. In waste places near Kansas City. 



3. SOLANUM L. 



Corolla wbeel-shaped, 5-lobed. Antbers oblong, opening by a short 

 terminal slit or pore. Berry globose. 



Plants not prickly. 



Flowers white ; berries black. 1. . nigrum. 



Flowers blue ; berries red. 2. 8. Dulcamara. 



Plants prickly. 



Flowers yellow. 3. S. rostratum. 



Flowers light bluish. 



Plant densely silvery-canescent. 4. 8. elaeagnifolium. 



Plant hirsute, not silvery. 5. S. Carolinense. 



1. S. nigrum L. BLACK NIGHTSHADE. Annual, l-3 high, nearly gla- 

 brous : leaves ovate, undulate, petioled : flowers 4" broad, in lateral, um- 

 bellately 3-10-flowered clusters. Common in waste places. July-October. 



2. S. Dulcamara L. BITTERSWEET. Perennial, more or less climb- 

 ing, hairy : leaves ovate or hastate, either entire or with two lobes at 

 base : flowers 6" broad, in compound lateral cymes. In waste places at 

 Independence. Locally common. June-August. 



3. S. rostratum Dunal. BUFFALO BUR. Annual, 6'-2 high, pubes- 

 cent and usually very prickly all over : leaves ovate in outline, 1-2- 

 pinnatifid : flowers racemose, 1' broad : calyx densely prickly, enclosing 

 the berry. Commonly adventized in waste places. May-October. 



4. S. elaeagnifolium Cav. WHITE HORSE NETTLE. Perennial, l-3 

 high : leaves oblong-linear to oblong-lanceolate, nearly entire : flowers 

 violet-blue, cymose, 10 X/ broad. Beginning to appear along railroads, 

 Wayne City, Sheffield. AugustnOctober. 



5. S. Carolinense L. HORSE NETTLE. Perennial, l-2 high : leaves 

 ovate-oblong, repand to pinnatifid : flowers light violet, cymose, 10" 

 broad. Abundant in waste places. July-October. 



4. LYCOPERSICON Mill. 



Herbs with pinnately divided leaves and small yellow flowers in lateral 

 cymes. Flowers as in Solatium, but anthers elongated, longitudinally 

 dehiscent. 



1. L. esculentum Mill. TOMATO. 6 7 -3 high, viscid-pubescent : leaf 

 segments ovate-lanceolate, dentate : flowers 6 // broad : berries reddish. 

 Frequently found in waste places and on sand-bars along the Missouri 

 Eiver. June-September. 



5. LYCIUM L. 



Woody, usually spiny, shrubby vines with entire leaves and small axil- 

 lary flowers. Corolla funnel-form or salver-form, 5-lobed. Berries small, 

 globose. 



