NIGHTSHADE FAMILY 215 
3. S. carolinense L. Horse Nerrre. Perennial; stem erect, 
branched, downy with star-shaped hairs, armed with straight yel- 
low prickles, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves ovate-oblong, deeply toothed or 
lobed, acute at the apex, abruptly contracted to the short petiole, 
prickly on the veins. Racemes lateral, few-flowered; pedicels re- 
curved in fruit. Calyx lobes taper-pointed. Corolla deeply angular- 
lobed, blue or white; berry globose, smooth, yellow. A common 
weed.* 
4. S. rostratum Dunal. Saxp Bur, Burvato Bur. Annual; the 
whole plant beset with yellow prickles; stem erect, diffusely branched, 
1-2 ft. high. Leaves broadly oval or ovate in outline, deeply pin- 
nately lobed or parted, petioled, downy with star-shaped hairs. 
Racemes few-flowered; pedicels erect in fruit. Calyx very prickly, 
becoming enlarged and inclosing the fruit. Corolla bright yellow, 
5-angled, about 1 in. broad. From the West, becoming a troublesome 
weed in some places.* 
5. S. tuberosum L. Iris Poraro. Annual; stem diffusely 
branched, downy, underground branches numerous and tuber-bear- 
ing. Leaves irregularly pinnatifid and divided. Flowers in cymose 
clusters, white or purple, with prominent yellow anthers; pedicels 
jointed. Corolla 5-angled, 3-1 in. broad. Fruit a globose, greenish- 
yellow, many-seeded berry, about } in. in diameter. Cultivated from 
Chile.* 
Il. LYCOPERSICUM Hill. 
Annual; stem diffusely branched. Leaves pinnately divided. 
Flowers in raceme-like clusters on peduncles opposite the 
leaves. Calyx 5-many-parted, persistent. Corolla wheel- 
shaped, 5-6-parted. Stamens 5-6, inserted in the short tube 
of the corolla; filaments short, anthers elongated. Ovary 2- 
several-celled ; style and stigma simple. Fruit a many-seeded 
berry.* 
1. L. esculentum Mill. Tomato. Stem diffusely branched, at 
length leaning over, furrowed and angled below. sticky-hairy, 3-5 
ft. long. Leaves irregularly lobed and pinnatifid, petioled. Calyx 
lobes linear, about as long as the yellow corolla. Fruit (in the wild 
state) globose or ovoid, red or yellow, 1~} in. in diameter, but greatly 
enlarged in cultivation. Common in cultivation from tropical 
America.* 
I. LYCIUM L. 
Shrubs or woody vines, often spiny. Leaves entire, alter- 
nate, often fascicled. Flowers solitary or clustered, terminal 
