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in. long, flat, ovate or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Flowers crowded 
in spikes at the end of the branches. Corolla rose-purple, 3-3 in. 
long. Naturalized from Europe. 
2. T. vulgaris L. Garpen Tuyme. More erect than No. 1. 
Leaves somewhat curled under at the edges. Flower clusters shorter 
and not all terminal. Corolla pale purple. Cultivated from Europe 
as an herb. ‘ 
89. SOLANACEZ. NicgutTsuapE FAMILY 
Mostly tropical herbs or shrubs (rarely trees). Leaves usu- 
ally alternate, without stipules. Flowers actinomorphic, borne 
on bractless pedicels at or above the leaf axils, or in cymes. 
Calyx hypogynous, 5-cleft, usually persistent. Corolla hypogy- 
nous, wheel-shaped, bell-shaped, or salver-shaped, 5-lobed. Sta- 
mens 5, short, inserted on the corolla tube. Ovary 2-celled or 
imperfectly 4-celled; style simple; stigma simple or lobed. 
Fruit a many-seeded capsule or berry. 
I, SOLANUM L. 
Herbs or shrubs; stems often prickly, sometimes climbing. 
Leaves alternate, often nearly or quite opposite. Flowers clus- 
tered, the peduncles often opposite or above the axils. Calyx 
spreading, 5-toothed or 5-cleft, persistent. Corolla wheel-shaped, 
5-lobed. Stamens 5, projecting, the filaments very short, the 
anthers long and meeting about the style. Ovary 2-celled; 
style slender. Fruit a many-seeded, juicy berry.* 
1. S. Dulcamara L. Brirrersweet. Perennial; stems rather 
shrubby, long, and climbing. Leaves heart-shaped, or some of them 
with irregular lobes, or ear-like leaflets at the base. Flowers blue or 
purple, somewhat cymose. Berries showy, of many shades of orange 
and red in the same cluster, according to their maturity. Naturalized 
from Europe. 
2. S. nigrum L. Nigursnape. Annual; stem smooth, or downy 
with simple hairs, erect, diffusely branched; branches wing-angled, 
1-3 ft. high. Leaves ovate, irregularly toothed or entire, somewhat 
inequilateral, petioled. Flowers in lateral, peduncled umbels, small, 
white, drooping. Calyx lobes obtuse; corolla 1-3 in. wide; filaments 
downy; berries globose, smooth, black when ripe. Common in culti- 
vated fields and waste places.* : 
