Ordbe 94.— nightshades. 269 



d Stamens growing to the summit of. the tube. Neiremberg. Neibembek'oia. 



d Stamens growing to the bottom of the tube. Matrimony. Ltc'ium. 



e Calyx 5-angled. Capsule spiny or smooth. Thorn Apple. Dato'ea. 



e Calyx terete. Stigma capitate. Herbs coarse. Toiaoco. Nicotia'na. 



e Calyx terete. Stigma 2-lobed. Delicate shrubs, t False Tamarisk. :^bia'ha. 



SOLA'NUM. Nightshade. 



Oalyx 6-parted. Corolla rotate, limb spreading, tube very short, limb 

 plaited in tbe bud, 5-lobed. Antbers erect, slightly united or converging, 

 each opening at top by 2 pores. Berry globular or depressed, 2-cell6d. 

 — Herbs or shrubs unarmed or prickly. Leaves often 2 together, a large 

 and a small one. Flowers generally lateral. May-July. 



§ Plants not prickly. Anthers short, blunt a 



§ Plants prickly. Anthers long, linear, and pointed . . . .b 



-a. Herbs with pinnatifid leaves, shorter than the racemes. . . .1 



a Herbs with undivided leaves, longer than the racemes 2-4 



-a. Shrubby plants, erect or climbing. Berries red 5-7 



b Peduncles exceeding the leaves, many-flowered 8, 9 



b Peduncles shorter than the leaves, few-flowered 10, 11 



I S. tubero'sum. Potato. Segments of the leaves uneq.ual, some very small. Co- 



rolla limb 5-angled. tubers on the underground branches. 

 2 S. nig'rum. Black Nightshade. Smoothish. Leaves ovate, toothed, and wavy. 



. Flowers small, white, in lateral umbels. Berries blacl;. 

 8 S. nodiflo'rum. Knot-flowered JV. Quite smooth. Leaves ovate, entire. 



Flowers minute, white, the stalk arising from a knot in the stem. S. 

 4 S. pycnan'thum. Stem hispid. Leaves ovate-acuminate, wavy. Peduncle 2 

 or 3-flowered. S. ' 



5 S. Dulcama'ra. Bitter-sweet. ■ Stem flexuous, climbing. Leaves ovate, cordate, 



upper ones lobed or gashed. Flowers purple, in lateral cymes, drooping. 

 (Fig. ,611.) 



6 S. Pseudo-cap'sicum. Jerusalem, Cherry. A small, handsome, erect shrub, 2-4f. t 



7 S. sempcrvi'rens. Eiiergreen N. Climbing. Leaves thick, cordate, elliptic, oh- 



tuse, with a blunt cusp, very smooth and shining. Panicles terminal, f 



8 S. Oarolinen'se. E(yrse Nettle. Leaves angolar-lobed. 'Eacemes leafless, w. 



9 S. Virginia'num. Virginia N. Leaves pinnatifid. Eacemes leafy. Pale. S. 

 10 S. mammo'sum. Apple of Sodom. Woolly and prickly. Leaves roundish-ovate, 



lobed. Fruit inversely pear-shaped. Flowers violet-colored. 



II S. esculen'tmn. Sgg-plant. Leaves ovate, somewhat sinuate, downy. Flowers 



6-9-parted. Fruit egg-shaped, from the size of an egg to a water-melon. + 



