SOLAN^CEAE 4^5 



the tube. Stamens 5, included, more or less adnate to the corolla-tube. 

 Ovary ovate or globose, 2-celIed. the ovules few; style simple. Fruit small, 

 fleshy, 2-celled. (The ancient Greek name for betony.) 

 ^ A large tropical American genus of 160 or more species, a single intro- 

 duced one m the Philippines. 



1. C. NOCTURNUM L. Dama de noche (Sp.-Fil.). 



An erect or subscandent glabrous shrub usually 2 to 3 m high, with long, 

 often drooping branches. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 8 to 

 15 cm long, acuminate. CorymBs axillary and terminal, lax, 7 to 10 cm 

 long. Flowers numerous, slender, yellowish-green, very fragrant at night, 

 about 2.3 cm long. (Fl. Filip. pi. 151.) 



Frequently cultivated for its very fragrant flowers, fl. at intervals 

 throughout the year; in most towns in the Philippines, naturalized in 

 some regions. A native of tropical America, introduced here at an early 

 date. 



4. NICOTIAN A Linnaeus 



Erect, viscid-pubescent herbs (in our species), with ample, entire or 

 sinuate leaves. Panicles terminal, or subterminal, compound. Calyx ovoid, 

 5-fid. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Ovary 2-celled, many 

 ovuled. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, the seeds very numerous, small. 

 (From J. Nicot, a French ambassador to Portugal.) 



Species about 35 in America, Polynesia, and Australia, the following 

 introduced and cultivated here. 



* 1. N. TABACUM L. Tabaco (Sp.) ; Tobacco. 



A coarse, erect, annual heil) 0.7 to 1.5 m high. Leaves elliptic-ovate 

 to oblong or obovate, 10 to 30 cm long, the base narrowed, sessile or 

 short-petioled. Calyx green, 1 to 1.5 cm long, enlarged in fruit. Corolla 

 white and pink, about 5 cm long. Capsule ovoid, 1.5 to 2 cm long. 



Rarely cultivated in the vicinity of Manila, fl. all the year; cultivated 

 throughout the Philippines, in some provinces very extensively. A native 

 of tropical America, introduced here at an early date; now cultivated in 

 all warm countries. (Fl. Filip. pi. S6.) 



5. SOLAN UM Linnaeus 



Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, glabrous or stellate-pubescent, 

 spinous or unarmed. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire or lobed. In- 

 florescence lateral or terminal, cymose or racemose. Calyx 5- or 10-Iobed. 

 CoroUa-tube short, the limb 5-lobed. Stamens 4, the filaments short, the 

 anthers connivent into a cone. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit a small or large, 

 globose or elongated l)erry. (Derivation of name unknown.) 



A very large genus with more than 700 species, chiefly in tropical and 

 subtropical regions, 20 or more in the Philippines. 



1. Unarmed herbs or. shrubs. 



2. A shrub 1 to 4 m high, all parts densely stellate-pubescent; flowers in 



dense cymes, white 1. S. verbasdfotium 



2. Herbs. 

 3. A slender herb with white, umbellately arranged flowers and glo- 

 bose, black or dark-purple fruits 5 mm in diameter.... 2. S. nigrum 

 3. A coarse herb cultivated only; flowers few, axillary, blue or pur- 

 plish; fruit very large, 10 to 25 cm long 3. S. melongena 



