268 NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 



S. tuberosum. Potato. Cult, fi-om Chili for the esculent tubers ; leaves 

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

 or Avhite ; berries round, green. % 



S. Dulcam&ra, BiTxisusvifEKT. 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 beiries. y, 



S. j asminoldes. 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 bluisli 

 flowers, y. 



S. Pseudo-C6,psicuin, Jerusalem Cherry. Shrubby house-plant 

 from Madeira, cult, for the orniamental bright red hemes, resembling cherries ; 

 smooth, with lance-oblong entire leaves and small white flovvers. y. 



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

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

 can. FI. summer. 



C. innuum, Common C. Cult, for tfie large 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, (i) 



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

 mental chen-y-lilce fruit, either bright red or yellow ; stem shrubby, y 



5. PHYSA.LIS, GROUND CHERRY. (Greek name for Uaddmj, from 

 the inflated fruiting calyx.) El. summer. 



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

 fruiting calyx loosely inflatfd, r^-ang/ed, much larger than the edible lierri/. 

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



V. Alkek^Bgi, Strawberry Tomato. Cult, from S. En., and running 

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

 white, .Vlobed, not spotted ; fruiting calyx ovate, turning red ; berry red. 



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

 varying from ovate to lanceolate (var. la'nceolXta), entire or sparingly wavy- 

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

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



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

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

 fruitmg calyx truncate or slightly concave at base, sharply S-angled; beny 

 orange or reddish, glutinous. 



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

 anthers tinged with blue or v. o'et. Wild species in low or cull grounds. ® 



P. pub^scens. Clammy-haiiy or downv ; stems much spreading ; leaves 

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

 sharply 5-anglod frmtmg calyx loosely enclosing the yellow or greenish berrv. 



if. angulata. Nearly smooth ; leaves more shai-ply cut-toothed ; peduncles 

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

 tilled by the greenish-yellow berry. & . . a 



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

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

 over i wide ; frmtmg calyx globose, completely filled by the large reddish or 

 purple edible beny, and open at the mouth. 



6. NICANDRA, APPLE-OF-PERU. (Named from the poet Mcnnder?) 

 Unly one species : fl. summer. Q) 



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

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

 bearing a rather large pale blue flower. - 



