PL ex, c<yr. 26. SOLANEiE. S9. Solanum. 333 



Solanuni tuberosum csculentum, Raii Syn. 265, 3. 



Battata Virginiana, sive Viiginianorum, et Pappus, Ger. em. 92T. 



Pappas, seu Battatas Virginianorum, Park. Par.bll,S, 



Solanum tuberosum, Lin. S. P. 285. ^ 



L3'Copersicon tuberosum, Miller Diet. 



Battatas. Virginia potatoes. Potatoes. 



Cultivated, naturalized from Peru ; peren. ; June, July. 



Root tuberous, abounding in starch, nutritive, yielding 

 far more food on an acre than any other plant, hence the 

 cultivation of it spreads rapidly over the globe ; tuhers 

 nearly cylindrical ; skin white ; leaves dark green ; corolla 

 white. 



&. ruhrum. Tuhers large, nearly cylindrical; skin red; 

 leaves dark green ; corolla reddish, variegated. 



y. allum. Tubers oblong; 5^m red; Zeaw^ dark green ; 

 corolla whitish. 



^. variegatum. Tubers roundish; ^Aiw yellowish ; leaves 

 crisp; corolla variegated. 



s. violaceum. Tubers first round, growing rather cylin- 

 drical ; skin mottled with yellow and red ; corolla violet. 



VIII. 90. LYCOPERSICON. Anguillara. Love-apple. 

 Calyx 5 to 20-parted ; corolla 5 to 20-cut ; anthers poly- 

 adelphious, conical, tip lengthened by a membrane opening 

 lengthways ; style broad, nearly simple ; stigmata many ; 

 ovary many-celled; berry bunched, broad, fleshy; seeds 

 villous. — Leaves pinnately-cut with an odd lobe; pedicell 

 jointed under the flower ; corolla yellow. 



Lycopersicon e&ciilentum. Eatable love-apple. 



Stem hairy, hairs diverging ; leaves irregularly pinnately- 

 cut; segments incised, beneath glaucous. 



Poma amoris, Ger. em. 346. 

 Pomum amoris majus, Parfc. 353. 

 S61anum Lycopersicon, Lin. S. P. 185. 

 Lycopersicon Pomum amoris, Moenck, Moeth. 515. 

 Gold apples. Tomatoes, 



Dunghills, and cultivated as a potherb ; annual ; June. 



Panicles internodial ; fruit shining. — Fruit boiled in 

 soups ; pulp of the fruit boiled with salt and spices used as 

 a sauce. 



