SOLANACEiE. (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY.) 339 



1. SOLiANVm, Ii. KlOHISHADE. 



Calyx and the wheel-shaped corolla 5-parted or 5-cleft (rarely 4-10-parted), 

 the latter plaited in the bud, with the margins of the lobes induplicate. Sta- 

 mens exsei-ted, converging around the style : filaments very short : anthers 

 opening at the tip by two pores or chinks. Berry usually 2-celled. — Herbs, or 

 shrubs in warm climates, the larger leaves often accompanied by a smaller lateral 

 (rameal) one ; the pedimcles also mostly lateral and extra-axillary. (Name of 

 unknown derivation.) 



* Anthers shortish. {Plants not prickly.) 



1. S. DulcamAba, L. (Bittersweet.) Stem somewhat shrubby, dimUng, 

 nearly smooth; leaves ovate-heart-shaped, the upper halberd-shaped, or with two 

 ear-like lobes at the base ; flowers (purple) in small cymes ; berries oval, scai-let. 

 — Moist banks and around dwellings. (Nat. from En.) 



2. S. nIgbum, L. (Common Nightshade.) J.n»uo/, low, much branched 

 and often spreading, rough on the angles ; leaves ovate, wavy-toothed ; flowers 

 (very small, white) in small and umbel-like lateral clusters, drooping; hemes 

 globular, black. — Shaded grounds, and fields; common. July, Aug. — A 

 homely weed, said to be poisonous. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * Anthers elongated, lanceolate, pointed. {Plants mostly prickly.) 



3. S. Carolineose, L. (Hoese Nettle.) Perennial, low (1° high) ; 

 stem erect, prickly ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, sinuate-toothed or angled, 

 roughish with stellate pubescence, prickly along the midrib, as also the calyx ; 

 flowers (pale blue or white, large) in simple loose racemes ; berries globular, 

 orange-yellow. — Sandy soil ; Connecticut to Illinois and southward. June - 

 Aug. (S. Virginianum, L., is not here identified as distinct.) 



S. MAMM6snM, L., is not a native of our district. 



S. T0BEE6snM, li., is the cultivated Potato, and S. MBLONGi;NA, L., the 

 Eog-Plant. 



I/YCOPEESICDM ESCULBNTUM, Mill., is the ToMATO, uow Separated from 

 Solanum. 



2. PHi'SAIilS, L. Gkound Cherkt. 



Calyx 5-cleft, reticulated and enlarging after flowering, at length much in- 

 flated and enclosing the 2-celled globular (edible) berry. Corolla spreading- 

 bell-shaped or somewhat funnel-form, with a very short tube, marked with 5 

 concave spots at the base ; the plaited border somewhat 5-lobed or 5-toothed. 

 Stamens 5, erect: anthei-s separate, opening lengthwise. — Herbs (in this coun- 

 try), with the leaves often unequally in pairs, and the 1 -flowered nodding pe- 

 duncles extra-axillary. Corolla greenish-yellow in our species, often with 

 brownish spots in the throat. (Name, (jivcraKis, a bladder, from the inflated 



calyx.) 



* Root anmtal : anthers blue or nolet. 



1. P. ang'Ul&ta, L. Glabrous, erect, much branched (2° -3° high); 

 leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, often very sharply toothed ; corolla somewhat 5- 



