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Seaforth^s Nightshade, k:?^*?*?^. 

 St. Vincent Lilac. 

 Melon- S. caule ineriiii herbaceo, foliis ovatis 



toiBentosiSj pedunculis incrassatis, caly- 



cibus inermibus (vd acideaih. M. — ) 

 JVilld Sp. PI. l.jh 103G. Ilort. Keiiu 

 I. p. 400. AulL 215. 



S. insanum. Willd. Sp. PL i- p- 1037. 



S, hirsutiun ct spinosiun. Br. 173. 



S. esculentuuj. Roem, St/.s-t. 4. p. 638. 



Montabbaj a/i«.y Triibba. Htfghcs. 147. 



Brown .Jolly, Valinghanua, or Mad A})ple. 



Long, 2. j:?. 772, 

 Large-fruited Nightshade;, or Egg Plant. 



Miller. 

 S. caule aculcaioiVuticoso, aculeis curvis, 



foliis subcordatis ovatis siniiatis lumen- 



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* I entirely adopt liie opinion of Lourciro, that the species- 

 Melongena and insanum are not speciiically distinct, la the 

 definitions given by Willdenow the aculoaled stem and calyx of 

 S. insannm is the only distinguishing character. It cannot how- 

 ever be admitted as such. In the Gardener's Dictionary the 

 Mclongena is represented as having a calyx '' armed with very 

 stronf>' prickles on the outside ;" and one variety as also having 

 *' the stalk and leaves armed with very strong thorns." Mr. 



iller addS; that in the same garden, and from the same seeds, 

 he has raised plants, some with and some without prickles, a 

 fact confirmed by Loureiro— -'^ Solarium insanunj non est specie 

 diversum a Melongena; sequidem aculeos iliius, per quos vide- 

 batnr distingui, ego siepe observavi in isla ex iisdem seminibus 

 et in eodem horto nata." — Lour, FL Cochin, 130, 



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