SOLANE^. 441 



corolla: lobes ovate, often mncronate; corolla bluish, externally toincntose, 5-partite : 

 segments lanceolate-linear, acuminate, little exceeding the anthers ; berry globose. — Dun. 

 Solan, t. 15.— S. obscunuu, F. S. stamineiim, Steud. ! S. heterophyllum, Lam. : a form 

 with ternately approximate leaves. S. Rodschiedii, Mei/. Esseq. I: a form with sinuate leaves 

 and stout prickles.— Leaves 5"-3" (-2"), prickles l"'-4"', corolla 6"'-10"', anthers 6"' long. 

 — Hab. Trinidad I, Lookh., in dry, cultivated ground ; [Panama !, Venezuela I, Guiana !, 

 Brazil I]. 



50. S. jaiuaicense, &iii. I Shrubby, wholly tomentose, prickly along the branches and ' 

 midribs of the leaves ; all prickles recurved, subcompressed, yellow ; wbol stellate ; leaves 

 rhomboid, sinuate-angular (or entire), cuneate at the suisessile base; cymes lateral umbel- 

 liform, subsessile ; calyx usually prickly, h -partite, half as long as the corolla : segments 

 lanceolate, or linear, acuminate ; corolla bluish or white, 5-partite : segments lanceolate, 

 little exceeding the anthers ; berry globose, yellow. — SI. 1. 144./. 3. Bun. Sol. t. 20 and 22. 

 — S. brevipilum, heterotridum, and ouneifolium, Bun. — Leaves 6"-3" (-2"), prickles 3'"- 

 IV"; corolla 3'", anthers 2"' long; berry 3"'-2"' diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Al., 

 Wallschl., in waste ground ; [Cuba ! to Brazil 1]. 



ttt Stem furnished with straight (rarely slightly recurved) prickles ; corolla h-fid, 

 plaited at the base (Torva, -iVj.) 



/ 51. S. torvum, Sw. Shrubby, tomentose, prickly along the branches, petioles, and 

 midribs of the leaves (or unarmed) : prickles distant, straighiish, subcompressed ; wool 

 stellate ; leaves ovate, sinuate-angular or subentire, pointed, subcordate or truncate at the ^ 

 base, long-petioled; scabrous above, hoary -velvety beneath; .cymes lateral, usually bifid, 

 scorpioid-corymbiform : pedicels glandular ; calyx unarmed, 5-fid, at length 5-partite, one- 

 fourth as long as the corolla : lobes ovate, mucronate-acute ; corolla whitish, stellate, 5-fid : 

 lobes ovate-lanceolate ; style incurved above ; berry globose. — Bun. Solan, t. 23. Jaeq. 

 Scte»*r. 3. 1 324.— S. ferrugineum, Jacq.—\mah\e; leaves 8"-2", prickles l"'-2i''', 

 corolla S"'-?'", anthers 3'" long ; berry 4'" diam. — Hab. Jam&ica'., Mac/., March, Wulhchl., 

 in hedges ; S. Kitts !, Antigua !, Wutlschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trini- 

 dad !, Sieb. Tr. 35, Or. ; [Cuba I and Mexico I to Brazil and Ecuador ! ; Bermudas ; East 

 Indies !]. 



52. S. inclusum, Gr. Shrubby, tomentose, prickly along the branches, and rarely on 

 the midribs of the leaves : prickles distant, slender, straight ; wool stellate ; leaves ovate, f. 

 or ovate-oblong, repand-entire or slightly sinuate, bluntish, petioled, scabrous above, hoary- t 

 tomentose beneath ; cymes lateral, few-flowered ; calyx prickly at the base or unarmed, ' 

 5-fid, one-third as long as the corolla : lobes ovate or ovate-oblong, bluntish ; corolla blu- 

 ish, 5-fid: lobes ovate-lanceolate, /sejc^ as long as the anthers ; berry depressed-globose, 

 red, surrounded by the excrescent, foliaceous calyx. — S. tomentosum americanum, Auct. 

 S. tomentosum, Hort. Germ. S. hybridum. Bun. {non Jacq.). — S. tomentosum, L., of the 



' Cape (S. coccineum, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 43.) has much smaller, pea-like berries, supported by 

 a minute calyx.— Leaves 2"-3", prickles 3"'-2"', corolla 5"f-6"', anthers 2'" long ; berry 

 8"'-]0"' diam., equalling or exceeded by the calyx. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., St. Thomas, i. 

 V. ; [Cuba !, French islands I ; Mexico to Guiana]. 



** Leaves bearing stout, straight prickles on the veins and midrib (Acanthophora, Bun) 



53. S. stramonifolium, Jacq. (non Bun.). Shrubby, tomentose with steliate down, 

 prickly on the leaf-ribs and branches (rarely unarmed) : prickles stout, straight, compressed 

 or recurved on the branches ; leaves broadly ovate, angular-pinnatifid, scabrous aboVe, hoary- 

 tomentose beneath : lobes deltoid, spreading ; cymes lateral, subsessile, scorpioid-contracted ; 

 calyx unarmed, i-crenate, one-fourth as long as the corolla : crenatures roundish or mncro- 

 nate; corolla blue, S-partite, externally tojnentose: segments- ovate-lanceolate ; anthers 

 ovate-lanceolate, incurved; berry globose, tomentose, yellow. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. ^. 44.— S. 

 toxicarium. Rich. S. deraerarense. Bun. /—Leaves 8"-3", yellow prickles 8"'-2"', corolla 

 3"'-6"', anthers 2"'-3"' long; berry 6"' diam.— Hab. Trinidad!, Steb. Tr. 23, Sch.; 

 [Guiana!, Brazil !]. 



54. S. hirtum, V. Shrubby, tomentose with stellate down, long-hirsute on the pedicels 



