436 SOLANE^. 



and smaller, spotless flowers : Barrdier's figure is tderablfi. — Hab. Antigua !, WuUschl. ; 

 [Guadeloupe !, a weed ; Mexico]. 



24. P. minima, L., Ns. Annual, pubescent; leaves subcordate or ovate, pointleted, 

 subentire, or toothed ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate : hladder h-angnlar, corolla, (2'" 

 long), pale; anthers yellow. — Rheed. Maiab. 10. t. 71. — P. pruinosa, L. ex desc. {erclzis. 

 syn. Bill.). Linnseus's description is" quite clear (" antberEe flavae, calyx fructifer 5-angulus"), 

 and the erroneous quotation of DiUenius's figure was added at a later period. — Hab. Trini- 

 dad !, Cr. ; [East Indies !, trop. Africa]. 



' 25. P. lainkiana, Ns. Annual, glabrescent ; leaves ovate, pointed, coarsely serrate- 

 dentale or remotely toothed ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate : keels of the hladder obso- 

 lete, or none ; corolla (4'" long), pale, or slightly tinged at the throat; anthers violet. — 

 Moris. 3. sect. 13. t. %.f. 22. — Hab., Jamaica !, Al., Dist., a weed; Antigua I, Wullschl., 

 Dominica 1, Imr. ; [Cuba ! to Fi'euch islands ! j southern United States to Brazil]. 



l^y^ 26. P. angulata, L. Annual, glabrescent; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed, 

 sinuate-dentate or subentire; calyx-lobes deltoid: bladder sharply ^-angular; corolla 

 (4'" long), entirely pale ; anthers violet. — Sill. JElth. t. 12. y. 12. — P. capsicifoUa, Dun. I 

 ex Sieb. Mart. 69. — Hab. Jamaica {lAin.) : [Virgin and French islands ! ; United States ! 

 to Brazil ! ; East Indies]. 



10. CAPSICUM. L. 



Calyx 5-dentate or subentire. Corolla rotate : limb plaited, with valvate lobes. Stamens 

 5, iusei'ted into the corolla-throat : anthers longitudinally dehiscent. Stigma blunt. 3erri/ 

 2(-3)-celled. Embryo cm-ved. — Shrubs or herbs ; leaves subentire ; pedicels fascicled, or 

 single in the bifurcations of the stem, or lateral; flowers whitish in the West Indian 

 species, with verdigris-green anthers, 



27. O. frutescens, L. Shrubby ; leaves ovate, pointed, glabrous ; calyx at length 

 truncate, 10-nerved, tapering into the thickened pedicel; berry elongated-conical. — Besc. 

 Fl. 6. t. 423. — C. baccatum, Besc. {non L.). — Berry red, or yellow, 6"'-13"' long. — Hab. 

 Jamaica; S.'SM%\, Els., Antigua!, Wullschl.; [all tropical countries]. 



28. C. baccatum, i^. Shrubby; leaves ovate, pointed, glabrescent ; calyx h-dentate, 

 abruptly passing into the slender^ erect pedicel ; berry small, globose or ovoid-globose. — SI. 

 t. 246./. 2.— C. laurifolium, Dww.— Berry red, 3"'-4"' diam.— Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl., 

 Dominica !, Imr. ; [all tropical countries]. 



II. LYCOPERSICUM, T. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate : limb deeply 5-fid, plaited in the bud, with iudnplicative 

 lobes. Stamens 5, inserted into the corolla-throat: filaments short: anthers cohering, 

 longitudinally dehiscent along the interior side. Stigma blunt. Berry 2(-3)-celled. Em- 

 bryo curved. — Ajinual herbs ; leaves pinnatisect : segmeats unequal ; towers cymose, lateral. 



29. Ii. Humboldtii, Dzi». Pilose; leaves interruptedly pinnatisect : larger segments 

 inciso-serrate, with a deltoid point; pedicels ebracteolate ; calyx half as long as the corolla ; 

 berry ghhoae.— Willd. Hort. t. 27. Jacq. IT. Find. t. II. Besc. Fl. 5. t. 378.— Solanum 

 lycopersicum, Jacq. — In the cultivated i. esculentum. Mill. (Desc. El. 6. t. 405 ; 5. t. 377), 



, the leaf-segments are more acuminate, and the ealyx exceeds half the corolla : the larger size 

 and irregularity of its berries is (as in Capsicum) the effect of monstrosity, and said to be 

 Wanting in the vrild plant (£. cerasiforme. Dun.).— Mowers yellow ; berry red, 4"'-6"' diam. 

 — tHab. Jamaica !, Wullschl. ; [Mexico to Brazil] . 



12. SOLANUM, L. 



Corolla rotate : limb 5(9-4)-fid, plaited at the base, or 5(9-4)-partite : divisions valvate 

 or induplicative. Stamens 5 (9-4)', inserted into the corolla-thi-oat ; filaments short : an- 

 thers coanivent (rarely cohering), devoid of a prominent connective, dehiscent by 2 pores 

 (or at length longitudinally). Stigma blunf. Berry 2(-4)-celled. Embryo curved. 



