442 SOIANE^. 



and calyx, prickly on the leaf-ribs and branches : prickles slender, straight, compressed (or 

 recurved on the branches) ; leaves subcordatd-roundish or broadly ovate, sinuate-angular, 

 scabrous above, hoary -tomentose beneath i cymes lateral, subsessile, soorpioid-contracted ; 

 calyx deeply h-fid, half as long as the corolla: lobes ovate-oblong, pointed; corolla 5-par- 

 tite, externally hirsute ; anthers ovate-lanceolate, incurved ; berry globose, long-hirsute. — 

 Vahl, Ic. t. 21.— S. flavescens. Dun. I {exclus. fS). S. Richardi, Sieh. Tr. 24 I^Leaves 8'/- 

 3", prickles 3"'-l"', calyx-hairs 3"', corolla 4"'-6"', anthers 3"'-4"' long ; berry 6'" diam.— 

 Hab. Trinidad !, Sieb., Soh. Cr. 



55. S. maiumosuiia, - Z. Herbaceous or suffi'utioose, densely villous mth simple 

 jointed hairs, prickly on the leaf-ribs and stem : pricMes stent, straight, compressed j leaves ■ 

 ovate, angular, sinuate ; cymes lateral, few-flowered, contracted ; calyx 5-partite, one-third 

 to one-fourth as long as the corolla : segments subulate ; corolla blue, ^-partite, hairy : 

 segments lanceolate ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, tapering from the .middle ; berry large, 

 conical, glabrous, yellowish, supported by the small calyx. — SI. t. 12. y. 1, the fruit. Desc. 

 Fl. 3. t. 186.— S. pectinatum, JDun.t—Z'-i' high; leaves 4"-6", yellow prickles 10"'-4"', 

 corolla 8"'-6"', anthers 5'", berry 2" long, — Hab. Jamaica !, Maqf., Dist., Al., a nuisance 

 in meadows; Antigua!, WullscM.; [Haiti!, French islands!; Carolina and Mexico to 

 Peru ! and Guiana !] , 



/ 56. S. aculeatissinaum, Jacg. Suffruticose, pilose with simple jointed hairs, or at 



length glabrous, except on the leaf-margin, very prickjy on the leaf-ribs, the stem, and often 



. on the calyx : priokles slender, straight ; leaves ovate, pinnatifld, rarely repand-entire, long- 



\j petioled : lobes ovate-oblong, often sinuate-dentate ; cymes lateral, few-flowered ; calyx 

 5-fld, one-third as long as the corolla : lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; co olla white, 

 5-pariife, glabrescenl -. segments oblong- lanceolate ; anthers ovate-lanceolate ; berry globose, 

 glabrous, scarlet, supported by the small calyx. — Jacq. Ic. liar. t. 41. Dun. Solan, t. 18. 

 — S. ciliatum. Lam. S. myriacanthnm. Dun. : the form with subentire leaves. S. reflexum, 

 Sehri. : the same— 2'-!' high ; leaves 6"-4", yellow prickles 4"'-7"' (-2'"), corolla 4"'-5"', 

 anthers 3'" long ; berry 6"'-8"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, yi/., in waste ground; Trinidad), 

 Cr. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico to Brazil !] 



' 57. S. fuscatum, Z. Snffruticose, soabrouS'puberulous with stellate down, prickly : 

 prickles stout, straight on the leaf-ribs and often on the calyx, shorter and often recurved on 

 the stem ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pinnatifld-sinuate with deltoid lobes, long-petioled, 

 /' the younger ones somewhat hoary beneath ; cymes lateral, few-flowered ; calyx 5-fid, half 

 as long as the corolla : lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla bluish, externally pube- 

 rulous on the angles ; limb sinuate, shortly h-fid ; anthers ohloug-lanceolate ; berry globose, 

 glabrous, surrounded by the excrescent calyx. — Jacq. Ic. Ear. i. 42.^S. campechiense, L. 

 ex Dill. Blth. t. 268./. 347.— 4'-5' high ; leaves 7'^-3", yellow or tavfny leaf-prickles 4'"- 

 3'", anthers ' 3"'-4"' long ; corolla 1", berry about 1" diam. — Hab, Antigua!, Nichols., 

 WuUschl. ; [Yucatan]. 



Sect. 5. Melon GENA, Ns.-~Jnthers of Leptostemon, but their terminal pores forming 



transverse slits. 



58*. S. Melongena, L. Herbaceous or suffruticose, pubescent or tomentose with stel- 

 late down, prickly or unarmed: prickles distant, straightish (or recurved), short, compressed ; 

 leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, repand or sinuate, long-petioled ; cymes lateral, few-l.flowered, 

 peduncled; calyx 5-9-fid: lobes ovate, pointed ; corolla hlw, 5-9-fid, 5=-9-androus : lobes 

 deltoid; anthers oblong-lanceolate; berry, large, ovoid (or subglobose), supported by the 

 excrescent calyx.— Plum. Ed. Burm. t, 224./. 2. Desc. Fl. 3. t. 187. — S. insanura, X., 

 Sw. S. esoulentura, melauocarpum, and Plumieri, Dun. — Corolla 5"'-8"', anthers 3'"-2"', 

 berry li''-6" long. — Hab. Naturalized and cultivated in Jamaica (JLun) and the Caribbean 

 islands; [introduced from trop. Asia]. , 



Sect. 6. Hetebaquabtia. — Anthers oblong, bluntish, with minute pores at the 

 truncate point. 



59. S. polygamum, V. Shrubby, trailing, prickly or unarmed: prickles on the 

 branches and leaves slender, straight ; branches tomentose : down stellate ; leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong, bluntish, repand-entire, shortly petioled; scabrous above, tomentose or scabrous- 



