262 ORDEK 96. SOLANACE^E. 



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



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



Stamens exserted, growing to the summit of the tube NEIREMRKRGIA. 10 



< Stamens exserted, growing to the bottom of the tube LTCIUM. 11 



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



x Flowers l' 4/ long. Calyx terete NICOTIANA. 12 



a; Flowers 6 10" long. Calyx terete, short CESTRUK. 14 



x Flowers 5" long. Leaves very small FABIAN A. \i 



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

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

 of the style. |? 5 From S. America, with blue flowers. 



1 N. ATRIPLICTFOLIA. 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. LYCOPBRSICUM, Tourn. TOMATO. Calyx 5-6-ao - parted. Cor. 

 rotate, with a short tube and a plicate-valvate limb. Stamens 5-6 - 00, ex- 

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

 Beny fleshy, 2-3-co - celled. Ped. extra-axillary, co-flowered. 



Li. KSCULENTUM Mill. Hairy ; st. herbaceous, weak ; Ivg. unequally pinnatifid, segments 

 cut : corolla many-lobed ; fruit tornlous, furrowed, smooth. 00 A coarse, etrong- 

 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 GO. 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 NOB. 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. 1 11 borosu in L. Common Potato. Subterranean branches bearing tubers ; leaves 



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

 Cultivated since the 17th century. Many varieties. 



2 S. nlgrum 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. 

 O S. LACINIATUM. Shrub erect, smooth : Ivs. pinnatifld ; fls. blue ; fr. orange. Australia. 



