OrpER 94.—NIGHTSHADES. 269 
d Stamens growing to the summit of the tube. Weiremberg. NerREMBER’GIA. 
d Stamens growing to the bottom of the tube. Matrimony. Lyo’rom. 
e Calyx 5-angled. Capsule spiny or smooth, Thorn Apple. Datu/Ra. 
e Calyx terete. Stigma capitate. Herbs coarse. Tobacco. Nicoria’Na. 
e Calyx terete. Stigma 2-lobed. Delicate shrubs. ¢ False Tamarisk. Fapia’Na 
SOLA'NUM. Nightshade, 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, limb spreading, tube very short, limb 
plaited in the bud, 5-lobed. Anthers erect, slightly united or converging, 
each opening at top by 2 pores. Berry globular or depressed, 2-celled. 
—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. Arthers 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 
pb Peduncles exceeding the leaves, many-flowered....8, 9 
vb Peduncles shorter than the leaves, few-flowered....10, 11 
1 S.tubero’sum. Potuto. Segments of the leaves unequal, some very small. Co- 
rolla hmb 5-angled. ‘Fubers on the underground branches, 
2S. nig’rom, Black Nightshade. Smoothish. Leaves ovate, toothed, and wavy. 
Flowers small, white, in iateral umbels. Berries black, 
8 S. nodiflo’rum. not-flowered N. Quite smooth. Leaves ovate, entire. 
Flowers minute, white, the stalk arising from a knot in the stem. S. 
4S, pycnan’thum, Stem hispid. Leaves ovate-acuminate, wavy. Peduncle 2 
or 3-flowered. 8S. 
5 S. Duleama’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. + 
7 S. sempervi/rens, Evergreen N. Climbing. Leaves thick, cordate, elliptic, ob- 
tuse, with a blunt cusp, very smooth and shining. Panicles terminal. + 
8 S. Carolinen’se. Horse Nettle. Leaves angular-lobed. Racemes leafless. w. 
9 S. Virginia’num. Virginia WV. Leaves pinnatifid. Racemes leafy. Pale. 8. 
10 S.mammo’sum. Apple of Sodom. Woolly and prickly. Leaves roundish-ovate, 
lobed. Fruit inversely pear-shaped. Flowers violet-colored. 
11 S esculen’tum. Zgg-plant. Leaves ovate, somewhat sinuate, downy. Flowers 
6-9-parted. Fruit egg-shaped, from the size of an egg to a water-melon. + 
