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4. S. Blodgettii, n. ep. Stem shrubby ■? smooth, the branches, like the up- 

 per surface of the leaves, roughened with a close stellate (greenish) pubescence ; 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, entire, narrowed into a short petiole, hoary-tomentose 

 beneath, like the rather short-peduncled many-flowered forking cymes ; calyx 

 small, obconical, with short rounded teeth ; corolla purple t deeply parted, .3-4 

 times as long as the calyx, with lanceolate acute lobes ; anthers nearly sessile, 

 linear, narrowed at the apex, shorter than the style. — South Florida. — Leaves 

 3' - 4' long. Flowers J' in diameter. 



* * Prickly : Jlowers racemed : corolla mostly angularly lohed. 



.5. S. Carolinense, L. Hirsute with stellate hairs ; stems erect ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, angularly lobed or toothed, abruptly contracted into a short pet- 

 iole ; the veins and petiole, like the stem, armed with straight yellow prickles ; 

 racemes simple, slender, 3 - several-flowered ; calyx-lobes acuminate. — Var. Flo- 

 EiDANA (S. Floridanum, Dunal) is less hairy; stems ascending from a creep- 

 ing base ; leaves narrower, sinuate-lobed or toothed, with more numerous and 

 sti'onger prickles. — Dry waste places, Florida to North Carolina. June -Sept. 

 H. — Stem 1° - 1^° high. Leaves 3' -5' long. Corolla 9"- 12" wide, blue or 

 white. 



6. S. aculea/tissimum, Jacq. Plant beset throughout with bristly hairs 

 and stout prickles ; stem diffusely branched ; leaves petioled, ovate or oval, 

 membranaceous, acute, rounded or cordate at.the base, acutely lobed or toothed ; 

 racemes lateral, slender, 2 - 5-flowered, shorter than the petioles ; corolla-lobes 

 lanceolate, acute, white ; anthers acuminate ; berry globose, yellow. — "Waste 

 places, Florida to North Carolina. Probably introduced from Mexico. June- 



• Sept. (I — Stem 1°- 2° high. Leaves 3'- 6' long. Corolla 6" - 9" wide, the 

 lobes recurved. 



7. S. mammOSUlU, L. Pubescent with stellate hairs, and the stem, pet- 

 ioles, and nerves of the leaves armed with stout flattened prickles ; stem stout, 

 erect ; leaves large, ovate, sinuate-lobed, slightly cordate ; racemes cymose, 

 long-ijeduncled, many-flowered ; corolla large, purple, with ovate spreading 

 lobes ; berry conical-ovate. — Road-sides, and waste ground, Florida and 

 Georgia. July -Sept. ®-^Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 6' -9' long. Co- 

 rolla Ij' wide. Anthers narrowed upward, on slender filaments. Calyx 

 unarmed. 



8. S. hirsutum, Nutt., not of Dunal. Dwarf, hirsute ; leaves broadly 

 obovate, veiy obtuse, nearly entire, narrowed at the base, prickly on the midrib ; 

 racemes 3-flowered; peduncles filiform. — Milledgeville, Georgia. — Koots pro- 

 fusely creeping. Stem a span high, beset with yellowish hairs. Calyx very 

 rough. Flowers purple 1 ( • ) 



S. Pseudo-Capsicum, L., the Jerusalem Cheery, is sometimes sponta- 

 neous near dwellings. 



S. TUBEROSUM, L., is the Irish Potato, as it is here called ; S. Melongb- 

 NA, L., the Egg-Plant ; and S. Ltcopbbsicum, L. (Lycopersicum eseulentum. 

 Mill.) the Tomato. 



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