SOLANE^. 437 



Sect. 1 . Mbgalopokus, Sendtn. — Anthers ovate-oblong or oblong, blunt : pores large, in- 

 trorse-terminal, often at length passing into longitudinal slits. — Stem unarmed ; flowers 

 cymose. 



* Stem herbaceous. 



30. S. nodiflorum, Jacq, Annual, glabrescent : leaves ovate, cuneate at the petioled 

 base, entire, or sinuate-dentate; cymes lateral, nmbelliform, peduncled; corolla i-fid, twice 

 as long as the i-fid calyx ; filaments glabrous ; anthers shortly oblong, at length longitudi- 

 nally dehiscent; berry globose : calyx at length refiexed. — Jacq^. Ic. Bar. t. 326': a large- 



_ leaved form of o. — This weed in the tropics represents S. nigrum, L., of the temperate zones, 

 which latter is slightly distinguished by the calyx merely spreading from the fruit, and 

 villous filaments : both are equally variable, and the said characters, proposed by A. Braun, 

 require further confirmation. 



o. Leaves entire ; berry black. — S. caribseum. Bun. 



/3. oleraceum. Dun. Leaves sinuate-dentate ; berry black. — Desc. Fl. 6. t. 404. — S. 

 chenopodioides, Desc. 



-/. rubrum. Mill. Leaves sinuate-dentate ; berry red. — S. erythrocarpum, Meg. Esseq. I: 

 a, form with entire leaves. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Dist., March (;8) ; Antigua !, Nichols., Wullschl. (fi, y), S. 

 Vincent !, Cruild. (7) ; Trinidad !, Sch., Cr. (fi, 7) ; [all tropical countries, a, e.g. in Cuba ! 

 and the French islands !]. 



** Stem woody. 



t Leaves glabrous, or nearly so. 



31. S. Seaforthianum, Andr. Shrubby, trailing, glabrous or early glabrate ; leaves 

 ovate, pointed, entire, petioled, inferior, or all pinnately divided: lateral segments smaller, 

 1-3-jugal ; cymes peduncled, lateral, paniculate ; pedicels diverging ; calyx small, minutely 

 5-dentate ; corolla deeply 5-fd: segments ovate; anthers ovoid; style incurved; berry 

 globose, yellowish-red. — Bot. Rep. t. 504. — S. venustum, Xtt.— Leaves, or their terminal 

 segments 3"-li", calyx 1'" long ; corolla pale-red or lilac, 5"'-6"', berry 4'" diam. — Hab. 

 Jamaica ! ; S. Vincent !, Guild., Barbadoes ; Trinidad !, Gr. ; [Venezuela, Guiana !]. 



32. S. tri^te, Jacg. Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves eUiptical-oblong or oTjlong-lanceolate, ^ 

 pointed, entire, petioled, usually geminate : one in the pair smaller : vein-axils hairy beneath ^ 

 or glabrate ; cymes peduncled, lateral, scorpioid-nodding ; calyx small, 5-fid ; corolla 

 5-partite : segments ovate-oblong, pointed; anthers ovoid-oblong, half as long as the 

 corolla-segments ; berry globose.-— Jacj. Amer. Fict. t. 49. Desc. Fl. 3. t. 185.- S. nu- 

 dum, Kth., Dun. ! S. Isevigatum, Eth., a form with the pedicels less numerous. S. mi- 

 cranthum, W. sec. Schlecht. Fl. Mexi'c. ! — A common species, variable in the breadth of 

 the leaves, the form of the usually blunt, small calyx-lobes, and the style straight or curved : 

 the allied 5. oblongum, R. P. (S. triste, Kth.), has longer anthers, and the coroUa-segments 

 villous at the margin. — Leaves black in drying, 5"-3", peduncles 8"'-2"', longer pedicels 6'", 

 calyx 1'" long ; corolla white, 6"'-4"', berry 6"'-4"' diam., " yellow." — Hab. Jamaica I, 

 Dist, March ; S. Vincent I, Guild. ; 'IVinidad !, ^eb'. Tr. 22 and 309 ; [Cuba !, Martinique ; 

 Mexico !, Venezuela !, New Granada !, Peru !j. 



33. S. acroptenim, Gr. («. sp). Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, 

 with a bluutish point, entire, petioled ; cymes terminal, at length lateral, fastigiate or few- 

 flowered : pedicels winged, with the wings long-deourrent from Has aA-^i;- calyx half as 

 long as the corolla, deeply i-fid: lobes oblong-linear, twice as long as their tube; corolla 

 h-fid: lobes bluntly-deltoid; anthers oblong; berry ovoid-globose. — Leaves solitary or 

 approximate, chartaceous, 5"-3" long, arch-veined : petiole 8"'-4"' long ; cymes shortly pe- 

 duncled : pedicels 8"'-10"' long : wings J'" broad at the top, passing into the middle nerves 

 of the calyx ; calyx 24'" long ; coroUa glabrous, 8'" diam. : lobes as long as the oboonical 

 tube; anthers iV'long; style straight: stigma capitate ; berry 5'" long, 4'" broad, black 

 in drying. — Hab. Jamaica!, Waters, Wils., Betty Hope's Estate, near Manchioneal, at 

 2500' alt. 



ft Leaves lepidote. 



34. S. punctulatum, Dun. Arboreous ; branchlets densely lepidote with yellowish 



