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579. LYCIUM. 



S. 5, 6 "and in Autumn. Hedges, s. France. 

 Italy, adi\ G. 



3. barbarum. L. subrhombeo-ovate or 

 lanceolate, attenuate. Tube of Cor. equal to 

 border. S. 6, 7. Planted m hedges and 

 escapes. L. ovatum and L. lanceolatum are 

 said also to occur occasionally in hedges in 

 Italy. 



580. SOLANTJM. 



1. villosum. Root annual. Stem angular. 

 L. villous. Rac. simple. Fr. -stalks thickened 

 upwards. Berry yellow, a. 7-9. Rubbish. 

 s. Europe. 



)3. miniatum. BeiTy red. L. less villous. 



2. nigrum. Root annual. Stem angular. 

 L. nearly smooth.. Rac. simple. Fr.-stalks 

 thickened upwards. Berry black, a. 7-9. 

 Rubbish. 



j3. ochroleucum. Berry green. 



7. htmiile. Berry waxen yellow. 



S. stenopetalum. Segm. of Cor. long and 

 narrow. 



In this species and the preceding the L. 

 vary from triangular to rhomboid, ovate, or 

 even oblong, but are always, I believe, some- 

 what cuneate at the base. They are in all 

 the varieties more or less sinuate or repando- 

 dentate, and the stem in all is sometimes 

 winged and sometimes merely angular, and 

 with or without setaceous teeth. 



3. moschatum. " Stem herbaceous, un- 

 armed. Branches angular, pubescent. L. 

 ovate, dentato-angular, somewhat rough, ciliate. 

 Rac. separate from L., nodding. Berries 

 black, p. or w. 5-9. Sic." — Guss. Consi- 

 dered by Bert, as a perennial var. ofS. nigrum. 



4. Dulcamara. Stem woody, flexuose. L. 

 ovato-cordate, smooth ; upper hastato-tripar- 

 tite. Corymb opposite L. Rac. cyme-Kke. 

 w. 6, 7. Hedges. 



p. marinmn. Stem prostrate, angular. Very 

 few hastate L. 



5. Pseudo-capsicum. Woody. L. ob- 

 longo-lanceolate, somewhat repand, smooth. 

 Stalks usually 1 -flowered, sepai-ate from L. 

 •w. Said to be naturalized at the village of 

 Arette in Beam. 



6. sodomeum. Woody. Straight, subu- 

 late Prickles on stem, L., and calyx. L. some- 

 what pinnatifido-sinuate. Corymb few-flowered. 

 vn. 4-9. Dry. Terrac. Pomp. Sic. Sard. 



Besides these, we find in the S. of Eur., in 



field cultivation, S. Melongena, with ovate, 

 downy L., and a long, ovoid, pendulous fruit ; 

 S. insanum, with ovate, downy L. and prickles ; 

 S. Lycopersicum (Love-apple), with pinnate 

 and incise L., and a large, irregular, depressed 

 fruit; and S. tuberosum (Potato), with pin- 

 nate L. and entii-e Lts., a small globose fruit, 

 and tuberous root. 



581. PHYSALIS. 



1. somnifera. Stem shrubby, terete. 

 Branches straight. L. ovate, entire. Fl. fas^- 

 cicled, axillary. S. 5-7. Pal., Term., and 

 Cat. in Sicily. Orosei, Sard. 



2. edulis. Downy. Stems somewhat shrub- 

 by, terete. L. cordate, somewhat repand or 

 entire. Fl. solitary. Ben'ies smooth, pen- 

 dulous, w. 5, 6. Isl. Phoenicusa. 



3. Alkekengi. Herbaceous. L. in pairs, 

 ovate, acute, entire or dentate. Fl. solitary, 

 stalked. Cal. of Fr. coloured, p. 5. Bry 

 hills and vineyards. Fr. G. It. 



582. ATROPA. 



1. Belladonna. Stem erect. L. oval, 

 entire. Fl. solitary, axiUaiy, on long stalks. 

 p. 5, 6. Shade. Eng. Fr. G. Sw. It. 



583. MANDRAGORA. 



1. vernalis. L. broadly ovate, the pri- 

 mary very obtuse, the later acute. Cal. soli- 

 tary. Segm. ovate, acute, shorter than globose 

 berry, p. 3, 4. Silva dei Nordi at Lodi. 



2. ofl&cinarum. L. ovate : primary ob- 

 tuse ; later acuminate. Segm. of Cal. lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, as long as oblong berry, p. 

 Autumn and sometimes in April. Cal. Sic. 



3. microcarpa. L. ohlongo - lanceolate : 

 primary obtuse ; later acuminate. Segm. of 

 Cal. lanceolato-linear, with long acumen, longer' 

 than globose ben-y. p. 10, 11. Sard. 



Tribe II. VERBASCE^. Fruit a capsule. 



584. RAMONDIA. 



1. pyrenaica. L. villous above, covered 

 beneath with brown wool. p. 7- Shady 

 rocks. Pyr. 



585. NICOTIANA. 



1. auriculata. L. ovate or oblong, acu- 



