FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 



SoLANUM ACANTHODES (Acanthus-like). stems and 

 ■ branches prickly, 3 to 6 feet high. Leaves, a foot long, 

 more or less oval, deeply lobed, veins and ribs orange-coloured ; mid-rib 

 and footstalk spiny. Flowers, six to ten in a cyme, pale purple, with 

 bristly calyx. Stove shrub. Introduced from Brazil, 1863. 



S. Capsicastrum (Star Capsicum). Stem sub-shrubby, branched, 1 

 to 2 feet high. Leaves produced mostly in twos, of which one is much 

 larger than the other, more or less lance-shaped. Flowers white ; June 

 to September. Fruit scarlet. A greenhouse perennial. Native of Brazil. 

 Plate 198. There is a variety with variegated foliage, 



S. CRISPUM (curled). Potato Tree. Stems sub-shrubby with herb- 

 aceous branches, when trained against a wall growing to a height of 15 

 to 18 feet. Leaves oval-lance-shaped, margins crisped, 3 or 4 inches 

 long. Flowers bluish purple, fragrant ; June and July. Hardy in the 

 South. 



S. GiGANTEUM (gigantic). Stem thick and soft, prickly, and covered 

 with soft starry hairs, 10 to 25 feet high. Leaves oblong-wedge-shaped 

 8 inches long. Flowers blue, finch across; June to July. Greenhouse 

 sub-tree. 



S._ Jasminoides (Jasmine-like). Stems numerous, twiggy, 3 or 4 

 feet high. Leaves somewhat heart-shaped, sometimes deeply lobed. 

 Flowers bluish white. Greenhouse climber. 



(margined). Stem erect, prickly, and covered with 

 white wool, 3 or 4 feet high. Leaves somewhat heart-shaped, lobed, 

 with prickles on each side, and woolly beneath; margin of upper surface 

 white. Flowers white with purple centre; June to September. Fruit 

 yellow, 1 inch across, globular, drooping. 



S. MARONIENSE (Maroni Kiver). Stem prickly, branched above, 6 to 

 14 ieet. Leaves variously wedge-shaped, lobed, with prickles on the 

 veins. Flowers bluish violet, li to 2J inches across. Stove shrub" 

 native of Brazil, 



S. Melongena. Egg-plant or Brinjal. Stem 2 to 8 feet high 

 Leaves oval with lobed or waved margins, prickly, woolly beneath" 

 Flowers blue over an inch ax^ross. Fruit egg-shaped, variable in size 

 and colour, being either white, yellow, purple, or nearly black; June 

 and July Greenhouse annual ; native country uncertain, but commonly 

 cultivated m Tropical countries. 



S. PSEUDO-CAPSICUM (false Capsicum). Jerusalem Cherry. Stem 4 



feet high. Leaves lance -shaped or oblong. Flowers white. Fruit 



scarlet, occasionally yellow, globular, i-inch diameter. Greenhouse shrub 



S. PYRACANTHUM (fire-thorn). Stem prickly, sub-shrubby 3 to 6 



