SOLANEJl. 431 



l4*. LINAIUA, T. 



Calyx 5-paSrlite. Corolla personate; tube spurred at the base : upper lip exterior in the 

 bud. Stamens didynamous ; autber-cells oblong. Capsule opening below the summit by 

 minute valves or pores. — Herbs ; upper or all leaves alternate ; flowers racemose or axillary.^ 



21*. Ii. vulgaris, J/jW. Perennial, erect, glabrous, glandular -above ; leaves lanceo- 

 late-linear, aU alternate ; flowers densely racemose, large, yellow : throat of the corolla 

 closed : spur subulate ; seeds broadly margined, tubercled at the centre. — CoroUa (the spur 

 included) about 1" loug. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, ^aWjcA/., Manchester; [a weed, 

 introduced from Europe] . 



15. ANGELONIA, Bonpl. 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-partite. Corolla rotate, 2-lipped, saccate at the appendiculate throat. 

 Stamens didynamous : anthers 2-celled : cells diverging. Capsule locuUcide (rarely inde- 

 hiscent). — Herbs ; lower or all leaves opposite; pedicels axillary or racemose. 



22. A. salicarifolia, Bonpl. Aunual, erect, viscous-pubescent ; leaves oblong-linear, 

 pointed, rounded at the sessile iase, serrulate; flowers in a lax raceme; lower corolla-lobes 

 oblong, blunt : appendage short ; capsule globose, locuUcide to the base. — Sumb. Bonpl. 

 PI. Equin. 2. t. 108.— Leaves l"-3" long ; corolla violet, 6"'-8'" diam.— Hab. Trinidad !, 

 Sieb. Tr. 140, Sch. j [Cuba, Portorico I ; Venezuela I, New Granada !, Guiana]. 

 ■" 23. A. augustifolia, Benth. Annual, erect, glabrous ; Ijaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, pointed, tapering into the subsessile base, remotely serrulate above or subentire ; 

 flowers in a lax raceme ; lower eoroUa-lobes obov-ate : appendage short ; capsule globose, 

 loculicide to the base. — A. salicarifolia, v. jamaicensis, Benih.l — Habit and most characters 

 of the preceding ; corolla variable in size, often as large as in the preceding. — Hab. Ja; 

 maical.Prf., ffils., Al., M'Nab, Wallschl.; [Cuba !, Mexico !]. 



CXIII, SOLANE^. 



Character of Scrophulanneie, but corolla jilaited or induplicative in the bud, usually regu- 

 lar, and inflorescence cymo|e, extra-axillary. — Leaves atternc^.e (or geminate) , exstipulate. 



This Order is generally narcotic and poisonous, though yielding several eatable substances, 

 viz. the potato (Solanum tuberosum), the tomate (lnjcopersicmi and Solanum Melongena), 

 t}iiihem6i oi Physalis peruviana. Van herbage of Solanum nodifiqrum, eaten as spinach. 

 The narcotic property, so importaut in the tobacco-plant (Nicotiana), and in similar effec- 

 tive drugs, depends upon several alkaloids, e.g. atropiu {Datura), nicotin (Nieotiana), so- 

 lanin i^olanum). The berries of the Spanish pepper (Capsicum) are highly_acrid. 



1. BROWALLIA, L. 



Calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid, Corolla salver-shaped, plaited in the bud : lobes 5, emarginate, 

 imbricative, superior exterior. Stamens didynamous, posterior shorter, with dimidiate 

 anthers. S«y»Ka 2-lamellate. CaiJiK^e septicide: valves 2-fid. Jfm^iyi? straight.— Annual 

 herbs; leaves entire; flowers i&e :■ pedicels extra-axillary, often m racemform cymes. 



1 B. demissa, L. Hairy or glabrate ; leaves ovate, petioled ; calyx uneqiially 5- 

 dentate, half as long as the slender corolla-tube : teeth subacute, much shorter than their 

 tube ; ovary hairy at the summit. — Bot. Mag. t. 113*. 



a. Calyx-tube glabrous.— B. nervosa, Mrs. 



/3. elongata, Kih. Calyx-tube pilose. . . , ^ . ,, „. . 



Hab. Jamaica I, ;K-'ifiji, WullscM., March (o), Al. (0] ; Domimca I, /mr. (a) ; Trmi- 

 dad !, Sieb. Tr. 205 (a), Cr. (j8) ; [Haiti ; Panama ! to Guiana ! and equat. Brazil]. 



2. BB.UNFELSIA, Sw. 



Calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid. Corolla salver-shaped, plaited in the bud: lobes 5, slightly 

 unequal, rounded, imbricative, superior exterior. Stamens didynamous (-5, unequal) : 



