55. SOLANACE^. 243 



tube concaTe, style eqiUilUng cal., racemes stalked. — St. 42. 12. — 

 St. erect, Simple at the base. L. narrow, oblong, acutish ; upper 

 ones frequently opposite. Fl. small, at first^afe yellow, afterwards 

 blue. Lobes of ft.-cal. often erect, therefore cal. not truly closed. 

 — On plants in damp places the fl. are at first white and the 

 cal. is "less deeply diTided;" sometimes the whole plant is 

 yellowish and the fl. yeUow. — Meadows and banks. A. V. VT. 



E. S. I. 



Order LV. SOLAJSTACE^. 



Oal. inferior, 5- rarely 4-parted, persistent. Cor; hypogynous, 

 regular or slightly irregular, 5-cleft, deciduous, plicate in bud ; 

 the lobes imbricate or imbricate-plicate (in Sokmum valTate). 

 Stam. 4 — 5, inserted on the cor., alternate with the lobes'. Ovar}' 

 1 — 2- or 4-ceUed. Seeds many. ■ Embryo u8Ua;Uy curved, in 

 fleshy albumen/ often not in the axis. — ^Figures of the genera 

 are in G. F. O. Cram. i. ' 



Tribe I. SOLANEM. Cor. rotate ; lobes nearly regular/ and 

 equal, valvate in the bud. Anth. opening by pores. 



1. SoLAircTM:. Cor.-limh S-cleft, reflexed. Anth. erect, con- 

 nivent. Berry roundish with 2 or more cells. 



Tr. II. A TR OPJEJE. Cor. tubular ; tube plicate in bud ; lobes 

 slightly imequal, imbricate in the bUd.- Anth. opening 

 longitudinally at the margin. - 



2. Atbopa. Cor. hellshaped with 5 equal lobes. Cal. S-parted, 



Eatent and dilated .with fruit. Stam. indtided. Fr. a glo- 

 ose 2-ceUed berry. 



3. Htosctamiis. Cor. funnehhaped with 3, short tube and 

 6 unequal Mimitlohes. Stigma capitate. Fr. a dry 2-celled 

 caps., ventricose below, furrowed, opening transversely by a 

 convex lid. , , 



[LYCitTM. Cal. small and adpressed to base of fruit. Cor. 

 funnehhaped with a short tube and 5 equal patent lobes. 

 Stam. exserted. Fr; a 2-celled berry.] 



4. Dattjea. Cor. funnelshaped, angular, o-lobed, Cal. de- 

 ciduous.' Stigma 2-lobed. Caps, i-valved^ with 2 partiaUy 

 bipartite cells. 



Tribe I. Solanece. 



1. SoLA'smi Linn. Nightshade. 



1. S. nigrum (L.) ; st. herbaceous with tubercled angles, 1, ovate 

 bluntly dentate or wavy, fl.droopinig, hairs incurved upwards. — 



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