440 SOLANHJl. 



44. S. igneum, L. Shmbby, stellate-pnberulons, pricHy on the stem and often on the 

 midrib of the leav'es (or unarmed) : prickles yellow, compressed-conical at the base, straight i 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, sharply acuminaie^ entire or repand, petioled ; cymes lateral, lax, 

 simply racemiform, long-peduncled : pedicels cemuous ; calyx 5-dentate, much shorter thali 

 the corolla ; corolla white, ^-partite : segments linear, bluntish-, half as long again as the 

 stamens ; anthers linear ; style thickened at the exserted point ;• berry globose, red. — SI. 

 t, 11. /. 3, referred by Linnaeus to the following, but his species is clear from Plukenet, 

 whose figure is the only one which he quotes; Jacq. H. Yimd. 1. 1. 14. — Prickles 3"'-l'.", 

 leaves 6''-2", calyx V", anthers 2i"' long ; corolla S"'-10"', berry 3'" diam.— Hab. S. 

 Kitts !, Els., Antigua !, WullscM., Barbadoes {SI) ; [Cuba to Guiana]. 

 , 45. S. bahamense, L, Shrubby, steUate-puberuIous or pubescent-tomentose, prickly 

 or unarmed on the stem or leaves : prickles tawny, compressed-suiulate s.t the base, straight ; 

 ^ leaves lanceolate-oblong or lanceolate, with-a 6ltmtish or deltoid point, sinuate-repand or 

 repand-entire, petioled ; cymes lateral, short, simply racemiform, long-pednncled : pedicels 

 at length cernuous ; calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid, much shorter than the corolla ; corolla purple, 

 ^-partite : segments linear, bluntish, somewhat longer than the stamens ; anthers linear ;' 

 style thickened at the included or shortly exserted point ; berry globose, red. — Dill. EUh. 

 t. 271.— 3'-4' high, variable; prickles thin, 3'", leaves 4"-lV, calyx 1'", anthers 3'" long - 

 coroUa 8'", ben7 2"'-3"' diam. 



a. Leaves sinuate, lanceolate-oblong : down at length scattered. 



yS. lanceolatum. Leaves subentive, undulate or repand, usually tomentose beneath. — SI. 

 t. 145./. 3. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. (0) ; Jamaica !, all coll. (a, ff) ; Antigua !, Nichols., Wullschl., 

 S. Vincent!, Chiild.; [Mexico], 



tt Stem furnished with recurved prickles ; corollas-partite (Juripeba, Bun.). 



46. S. lanceifoUum, Jacg: Shrubby, trailing, scabrous, prickly on- the branches, 

 petioles and midribs of the leaves : all prickles short, recarved ; down stellate, scarce, 

 minute, leaving all parts green ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, long-acumi- 

 nate, repand-entire or slightly angular,, long-petioled ; cymes lateral, lax, few-flowered : pedi- 

 cels and calyx unarmed ; calyx 5-fid, about one-fonrth as long as the corolla : loies subu- 

 late with a long appendage; corolla variegated-white, 5 -partite: segments linear, pointed, 

 slightly exceeding the anthers ; berry globose, yellow.— Jaoj. le. Bar.t. 329.— S. crotonoides, 

 Siei. (non Bun^. S. insequale, Prl., S. Preslei and ealvifactuin. Bun., ex syn. Sieb.— 

 Leaves membranaceous, 5"-4", prickles l"'-a"', corolla 6"', anthers 4'" long. — Hab. Domi- 

 nica !, Imr., in mountain-woods ; Trinidad !, Sieb.Tt. 133 ;, [Martinique ; Venezuela !]. 



47. S. micracanthos, Lam. Shrubby, scabrous, prickly on the branches, petioles, and 

 midribs of the leaves : all prickles short, recurved; down stellate; leaves elliptical-oblong, 

 pointed, entire, shortly tapering into the long petiole, dull-green above, hoary-velvety be- 

 neath ; cymes lateral, corymbiform, shortly pedunded : pedicels and calyx unarmed, hoary- 

 velvety ; calyx 5-fid, about one-third as long a« the corolla : lobes lanceolate-linear, long-' 

 aoummate; corolla 5-partite: segments subulate, nearly twice as long as the unequal 

 stamens; berry globose, yellow.— S. ohscurum, iSe«. Tnn. 19 !— Leaves 6"-2i", prickles 

 V"-V", coroHaS'", anthers 2"'-3'" long; berry 4"'-5."' diam.— Hab. Trinidad!, Sieb. 

 Lockh., dr., on rocky hiUs; [Guadeloupe]. 



48. S. scabrum, V. Shrubby, trailing, scabrous, prickly on the branches, petioles and 

 midribs of the leaves : all prickles short, recurved, compressed below ; down stellate ; leaves 

 elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, sinuate-angular, petioled, concolor, dull-green; cymes lateral, 

 diverging-racemiform or corymbiform ; calyx prickly, 5-fid, one-third as long as the corolla: 

 lobes subulate with a short point; corolla bluish, externally tomentose, 5-partite: seg- 

 ments oblong-laneeolate, little exceeding the anthera ; berry globose.— S. volnbile Sw — 

 Leaves 5"-3", prickles 1"'^2"', corolla 6'", anthers 4'" long.— Hab. Carribean Islands (Bun.) ; 

 [Haiti; Panama!, m savannahs, New Granada!]. 



49. S. Juripeba, Mch. Shrubby, prickly; prickles of the branches recurved, com- 

 pressed at the base, those of the petioles and midribs of leaves straight (or wanting) • dovni 

 stellate; leaves elliptical, subentire or sinuate-angular, petioled, the younger ones hoary- 

 pubescent beneath; calyx unarmed, shortly 5-lobed, one-sixth to one-tenth as long as the 



