168 SOLANACEAE 



ter : fruiting calyx pubescent, angled, sunken at base. — Common in fields 

 and waste places. May-September. 



Var. nyotaginea (Dunal.) Rydb. Leaves subentire and. less pubes- 

 cent. — In waste places near Kansas City. 



3. SOLANUM L. 

 Corolla wheel-sbaped, 5-lobed. Anthers oblong, opening by a short 

 terminal slit or pore. Berry globose. 



Plants not prickly. 

 Flowers white ; berries black. 1. ;^. nigrum. 



Flowers blue ; berries red. 2. 5. Dulcamara. 



Plants prickly. 

 Flowers yellow. 3. 8. roslratum. 



Flowers light bluish. 

 Plant densely silvery-canesoent. 4. 8. elaeagnijolium. 



Plant hirsute, not silvery. 5. 8. Carolinense. 



1. S. nigrum L. Black Nightshade. Annual, 1°-3° high, nearly gla- 

 brous : leaves ovate, undulate, petioled : flowers 4" broad, in lateral, um- 

 bellately 3-10-flowered clusters. — Common in waste places. July-October. 



2. S. Dulcamara L. Bittkeswebt. Perennial, more or less climb- 

 ing, hairy : leaves ovate or hastate, either entire or with two lobes at 

 base : flowers 6" broad, in compound lateral cymes. — In waste places at 

 Independence. Locally common. June-August. 



3. S. rostratum Dnnal. Buffalo BuK. Annual, 6''-2° high, pubes- 

 cent and usually very prickly all over : leaves ovate in outline, 1-2- 

 pinnatifid : flowers racemose, 1' broad : calyx densely prickly, enclosing 

 the berry.-^Commonly adventized in waste places. May-October. 



4. S. elaeagnifolium Cav. White Hoese Nettle. Perennial, l°-3° 

 high : leaves oblong-linear to oblong-lanceolate, nearly entire : flowers 

 violet-blue, cymose, 10" broad. — Beginning to appear along railroads, 

 Wayne City, Sheffield. Augusf^October. 



5. S. Carolinense L. Hoese Nettle. Perennial, l°-2° high : leaves 

 ovate-oblong, repand to pinnatifld : flowers light violet, cymose, 10" 

 broad. — Abundant in waste places. July-October. 



4. LYCOPERSICON Mill. 

 Herbs with pinnately divided leaves and small yellow flowers in lateral 

 cymes. Flowers as in 8olanum, but anthers elongated, longitudinally 

 dehiscent. 



1. L. esculentum Mill. Tomato. 6''-3° high, viscid-pubescent : leaf 

 segments ovate-lanoeolate, dentate : flowers 6" broad : berries reddish. — 

 Frequently found in waste places and on sand-bars along the Missouri 

 River. June-September. 



5. LYCIUM L. 



Woody, usually spiny, shrubby vines with entire leaves and small axil- 

 lary flowers. Corolla funnel-form or salver-form, Slobed. Berries small. 



