Solanum. ] SOLANACE A. 743 
| Calyx in fruit small; flowers solitary or in pairs......... Capsicum. 
r Calyx in fruit enlarged, overtopping the berry ; flowers solitary 
Physalis. 
tCorolla urceolate ; anthers not connivent in a cone; calyx in fruit 
enlarged, overtopping the berry; flowers clustered, subsessile [p. 742] 
Withania. 
*Fruit capsular, valves completely or partially separating :—[p. 742] 
Stamens 5, all perfect :— 
Flowers axillary, solitary; corolla-lobes plaited; seeds somewhat 
compressed ; embryo curved Datura. 
Flowers in terminal panicles; corolla-lobes induplicate-valyate ; 
ht icoti 
seeds hardly compressed ; embryo straight......s002.....++. icotiana. 
Stamens 4 only, perfect, didynamous; flowers solitary or in unilateral 
Yacemes . Browallia. 
634, Lycopersicum Mill. 
Tall, pubescent herbs; leaves pinnate; pinne lyrate or toothed. 
sal lowers in lax, few-flowered, peduncled cymes. Sepals connate 
ma 5-partite, rarely 6-partite calyx; lobes narrow. Petals 5, 
rarely 6, connate in a rotate, short-tubed corolla; limb plicate in 
bud. amens 5, rarely 6, adnate to corolla-throat; filaments 
bined short ; anthers connivent in an elongated cone, dehiscing by 
slits. Carpels connate in a 2-8-celled ovary; style cylindric ; 
Sugma small, capitate. Fruit a fleshy berry, globose, pyriform, 
or lobed. Seeds many, compressed, papillose ; embryo peripheric. 
1381. Lycopersicum escuLENTUM Mill. : F. B. I. iy. 287; E. D. 
L. 5 Solanum Lycopersicum F, I. i. 565. 
Cultivated and sometimes as an escape. 
A tall herb. Vernac. Gur-begun. The Tomato. 
635. Solanum Linn. 
Herbs, shrubs, or small trees, unarmed or prickly ; leaves alter- 
hate or subopposite, in equal pairs, entire or lobed or pinnatifid. 
Flowers in dichotomous or racemose, lateral or terminal cymes. 
pals connate in a 5-10-lobed, rarely 4-lobed or subentire calyx, 
accrescent or not in fruit. Petals usually 5, rarely 4 or 6, connate 
ee ee ee ee ee 
: rey Cone, opening by terminal chinks or pores. Carpels con- 
in a 2-celled ovary, rarely in cultivated forms 3~4-celled ; 
