268 iJlGHTSnADE PAMILt. 



S. tuberbsum, Potato. Cult, from Chili for the esculeilt tubers ; leaves 

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

 or white ; berries round, green. % 



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 heart-shaped 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. 2/ 



S. iasminoides. 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. 11 



S. PseudO-Cipsieum, Jeutisalem Cherry. Shrubby house-plant 

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

 smooth, with lance-oblong entire leaves and small wliite flowers, y. 



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

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

 can. El. summer. 



C. d,nnuuin, Common C. Cult, for the 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. (T) 



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

 mental cher.ry-like fruit, either bright red or yellow ; stem shrubby. 2/ 



5. PHYSALIS, GROUND CHERRY. (Greek name for bladdery, from 

 the inflated fruiting calyx. ) Fl. summer. 



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

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

 All but tlie first are Mild species of the country, in light or sandy soil, y, 



P. Alkek^ugi, Strawberry Tomato. Cult, from S. Eu., and running 

 wild E. : rather downy ; leaves Iriangular-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 ovste to lanceolate (var. lanceolXta), 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 I " - 3° high, from an annual root : flovxrs smaU, light greenish-yellow .■ 

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



P. pub^scens. 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. Philad61phica. 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. NICANDRA, APPLE-OE-PERU. (Named from the poet Meander?) 

 Only one species : fl. summer. ® 



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. 



