SOLANE^. 439 



the corolla; lobes oblong, blnnt, (sometimes geminately combined) ; corolla h-fid: lobes 

 ■ reniform-roundish, mucronate, shorter than the flattish-expanded tube; anthers ovate- ^ 

 oblong ; style straightish ; berry ovoid.— Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 48. Bat. Mag. t. 2708.— '/ 

 S. coriaceura, Sbo*. S. Hookerianum, 5jDr«M^. S. vaccinifolium, i)«B.; a small- flowered 

 form.— 4'-7' high, variable in the leaves, the breadth of the calyx-lobes, and the size of the 

 flowers; leaves 4''-14", calyx 2'", yellow anthers 2'" long; coroUa 16"'-8"' diam. ; berry 

 dark-blue, 8"'-6"' long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., mis., March, in dry, calcareous 

 soil, and on maritime rocks, Manchester, Holland Bay, Mauchioneal ; [Cuba ! to Martinique ; 

 Mexico to Peru]. 



** Cal^x truncate, its 10 nerves usually produced into inframarginal, exterior 

 appendages (Polymeris, Dun.). 



40. S. retrofractum, V. Shrubby, trailing-flexuose, glabrestent or glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate, pointed, petioled, entire; cymes umbeHiform, shortly peduucled ; ca^y^ truncate or 

 repand, much shorter than the corolla: appendages notie ; corolla steW&te, Jlattish-ex- 

 panded, glabrous ; border mucronate-anguldr ; filaments slightly unequal ; anthers ovate- 

 oblong, half as long as the corolla; style straightish; berry globose. — Dun. Solan, t. 5. — 

 S. longepeduncnlatum, Berter. S. stellatum, Jacq., is perhaps a form with the 10 appen- 

 dages of the calyx developed. — Leaves membranaceous, 4"-lV. petiole 5"'-3"', pedicels 1", 

 calyx 1"'-1V", anthers li'" long ; corolla purple, stellate with 5 discoloured rays, 12"'-8"', 

 berry 4'" diam. — -"Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in the mountains. Port Royal, Manchester, 

 Westmoreland. 



41. S. neglectnm, Dun. Shrubby, puberulous with stellate down above, glabrescent ; 

 leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed, petioled, entire, glabrous above, puberulous or gla- 

 hrate beneath : cymes nmbelliform, sessile ; calyx externally appendiculate below the trun- 

 cate border, one-third as long as the corolla : appendages 1 0, oblong, blunt, spreading or 

 recurved, about hajf as long as the tube (rarely wanting) ; corolla glabrous : limb sinuate- 

 fi-angular ; anthers o\>\xim%: fifth filament twice as long as the rest; style straightish : 

 stigma clavate; berry globose. — Pfem. .ffrf. jBarm. <. 245./. 4.— Leaves 6"-4", the smaller 

 in the pair 2", petiole 6"'-8"', pedicels 8"'-4"', calyx 2'", anthers 2'" long ; corolla 8"'-10"', 

 berry 8'" diam. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent I, Guild. ; Trinidad {Sieb.). 



42. S. lentum, Cav, Shrubby, pubescent or tomentose with stellate Aovin; leares 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pointed, petioled, entire, puberulous (or pubescent) above, tomen- •' 

 lose or pubescent beneath ; fascicles few-flowered, sessile ; calgx externally appendiculate / 

 below the truncate border, about one-third as long as the corolla ; appendages 10, ihicHsh- 



filiform, blunt, erect, as long as the tube ; corolla stellate, with the rays pubescent on Ihe 

 back: limb sinuate-i-angular ; anthers ohXaa^-. fifth filament much longer than the^rest, 

 equalling the other anthers; style straightish: stigma clavate; berry globose. — Cav. Ic. 

 t. 308.^ — Leaves 3"-14" long, less sharply pointed than in the preceding ; pedicels 6-2 in 

 the fascicle, 8"'-ia"', calyx 2"'-3"', anthers 2'" long ; corolla about 1", berry 4'" diam.— 

 Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at La Ventilla; [Mexico !, Venezuela !, New Granada !]. - 



Sect. 4. liSiVlosTSMOTH,' Sendtn. — Anthers slender, tapering above : pores minute, terminal 

 or extrorse-terminal, — Stem mostly armed with prickles. 



* Leaves unarmed, or prickly only on the midrib, 



t Stem furnished with slender, straight prickles, or unarmed (Graciliflora, Dum.). 



43. S. racemosum, L. Shrubby, unarmed, steUate-pubernlons, at length glabrescent, 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire or repand, petioled ; cymes lateral, simply racemi- 



form, peduucled: pedicels at length cernuons; calyx 5-dentate, much shorter than the 

 corolla; corolla white, h-partitei segments lanceolate, pointed, somewhat longer than the 

 stamens ; anthers elongated, nearly including- the filiform style : stigma minute ; berry 

 globose, red.— Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 50.— Distinguished from unarmed specimens of the 

 foUowing by longer anthers.— 4' high ; leaves 6'''-2", calyx 1"', anthers Bi'" long ; corolla 

 l6"'-12"', berry 4'" diam.— Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., along the coast, Westmoreland ; S. Kitts !, 

 His., Dominica !, Finl., Imr., S. Vincent I, Guild. ; [S. Thomas !, Pi-ench islands !, Sieb. 

 Mart. 65]. 



