268 NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 



S. tuberosum, Potato. Cult, from Chili for the esculent tubers ; leaves 

 pinnate, of several ovate leaflets and some minute ones intermixed ; flowers blue 

 or white ; berries round, green, y. 



S. Dulcamara, Bittersweet. Nat. from Eu. in moist cult, and waste 

 grounds ; smoothish, with tall stems woody at base and disposed to climb, ovate 

 and heartshaped leaves, some of the upper ones halberd-3-lobed, or with one or 

 two pairs of smaller leaflets or lobes at base, corolla violet-purple with a pair 

 of greenish spots on the base of each lobe, and oval red berries, y. 



S. j asminoides. Woody-stemmed house-plant from Brazil, tall-climbing 

 by its petioles, very smooth, with oblong ovate or slightly heart-shaped entire 

 leaves, or some of them divided into 3 leaflets, and clusters of white or bluish 



flowers, y. o, 1 1 1 1 



S. Pseudo-CApsieum, Jerusalem Cherry. Shrubby house-plant 

 from Madeira, cult, for the ornamental bright red berries, resembling cherries ; 

 smooth, with lance-oblong entire leaves and small white flowers. ^ 



4. CAPSICUM, CAYENNE' or RED PEPPER. (Said to come from 

 Greek word meaning to gobble or eat quickly.) Originally all South Ameri- 

 can. Fl. summer. 



C. annuum, Common C. Cult, for the largie oblong or globular and often 

 angled dry berry (red or green), which is exceedingly pungent, and used as a 

 condiment ; leaves ovate, entire ; flowers white, with truncate calyx. (T) 



C. cerasiforme, is cult, rarely as a pepper, more commonly for the orna- 

 mental cherry-like fruit, either bright red or yellow ; stem shrubby. 1}. 



5. PHTSALIS, GROUND CHERRY. (Greek name for bladdety, from 

 the inflated fruiting calyx. ) Fl. summer. 



§ 1. Low stems (6' - 20' high) from slender creeping rootstocks : anthers yellow : 

 fruiting calyx loosely inflated, 5-angled, much larger than the edible berry. 

 All but thejirst are wild species of the country, in light or sandy soil. y. 



P. Alkekengi, Stkawberrt Tomato. Cult, from S. Eu., and running 

 wild E. : rather downy ; leaves triangular-ovate, pointed ; corolla greenish- 

 white, 5-lobed, not spotted ; fruiting calyx ovate, turning red ; berry red. 



P. Pennsylvanica. Smooth or somewhat hairy, but not clammy ; leaves 

 varying from ovate to lanceolate (var. lanceolAta), entire or sparingly wavy- 

 toothed ; corolla yellowish with a darker throat and slightly 5 - 10-toothed 

 border ; fruiting calyx sunken at the base ; berry red. 



P. visc6sa. Clammy-pubescent, much branched, bushy ; leaves ovate or 

 heart-shaped and mostly toothed ; corolla light yellow with dark brown centre ; 

 fruiting calyx truncate or slightly concave at base, sharply 5-angled ; berry 

 orange or reddish, glutinous. 



§ 2. Stems 1° -3° high, from an annual root : flowers small, light greenish-yellow : 

 anthers tinged with blue or violet. Wild species in low or cult, grounds, (i) 



P. pubescens. Clammy-hairy or downy ; stems much spreading ; leaves 

 ovate or heart-shaped, augulate-toothed ; corolla brown-spotted in the throat ; 

 sharply 5-angled fruiting calyx loosely enclosing the yellow or greenish berry. 



P. angul&,ta. Nearly smooth ; leaves more sharply cut-toothed ; peduncles 

 slender, very small corolla not spotted ; fruiting calyx 10-angled, loose, at length 

 filled by the greenish-yellow berry. 



P. Philad61pllica. Almost smooth, erect; leaves ovate or oblong and 

 oblique at base, slightly toothed or angled ; corolla dark colored in the throat, 

 over ^' wide ; fruiting calyx globose, completely filled by the large reddish or 

 purple edible berry, and open at the mouth. 



6. WICAWDRA, APPLE-OF-PERU. (Named from the poet Mcanifer?) 

 Only one species : fl. summer. (T) 



W. physaloides. Tall smooth weed from Peru, wild in moist waste 

 grounds ; with ovate angled or sinuate-toothed leaves, and solitary peduncles, 

 bearing a rather laige pale blue flower. 



