Tennessee Flora. 149 



The original food of the potato bug-. Nashville and vicinity. 

 July-Aiigust. 



S- Dulcamara L. Nightshade. Bittersweet. Rare as a 

 spontaneous growth. Near dwellings. O. S. June-Septem- 

 ber. 31. 



S. tuberosum L. Potato. In cultivation only. It grows 

 to perfection on the high mountains of E. Tenn. (Big Frog 

 Mt.), where it also matures its seeds. 



S. Melongena L. Egg plant. In cultivation only. 



LYCOPERSICON Mill. 



Lycopersicon Lycopersicon. Solanum Lycopersicon L. 

 Tomato. Sometimes escaped. Largely cultivated. 



LYCIUM L. 



Lycium vulgare Dunal. Matrimony vine. Roadsides and 

 waste grounds. O. S. Introduced from Europe. May, June. 



DATURA L. 



Datura Stramonium L. Thorn apple. Jamestown weed. 

 O. S. June-September. 31. 



D. Tatula L. Purple thorn apple. With the former. O. S. 

 June-September. M. 



NICOTIANA L. 



Nicotiana Tabacum L. Tobacco. Universally cultivated in 

 several varieties. The finest qualities are grown in the moun- 

 tain plateaus of E. Tenn. and North Carolina. 



PETUNIA Juss. 



Petunia violacea Lindl. Escaped from gardens into waste 

 places. Julv. 



CAPSICUM L. 



Capsicum annuum L. Red pepper. Spanish pepper. Chile 

 pepper. .1/. 



C. fastigiatum E. Bird pepper. Fruit in shape of a cock's 

 spur. Used in pickles. 



C. frutescens L. Cayenne pepper. Pods shaped like the 

 last, but larger. Preferred for medicinal purposes. M. 



C. grossum W.. Bell pepper. Pods large and less pungent. 

 All these varieties occur under cultivation only. 



SCROPHlT.ARTACE^E Lindl. 



VERBASCUM L. 



Verbascum Thapsus L. Great muUen. O. S. June-Sep- 

 tember. M. 



