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ARBORETUM AND FRUT1CETUM. 



PAHT III. 



CHAP. LXXXIV. 



OF TKK HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER SOLANA N CEiE. 



The few ligneous or sutiruticose hardy plants contained in this order are 

 included in the genera Sbl&num, Lyciura, and Crabowskir/, which are thus 

 characterised : — 



Noi Vmm Pliny, Calyx 5-cleft, rarely 4-cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely campanu- 

 latc. usually o-cleft. Anthers connivent, dehiscing by pores at the apex. 

 Berry -'-celled, rarely 4-cclled. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 398.) 



Ly'civuL. Calyx 5-toothed, or 3 — 5-lobed. Corolla funnel-shaped or tu- 

 bular. Anthers usually exserted, and not connivent, opening lengthwise. 

 Berry 2-celled. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 398.) 



Crabowskir Schlecht. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped. Limb 

 convolute in aestivation, reflexed. Drupe containing two, 2-celled, bony 

 carpels. Cells 1 -seeded. (Don's MUl.,iv. p. 400.) 



Genus I. 



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50LA V NUM Pliny. The Nightshade. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia # 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., p. 149. t. 62. ; Lin. Gen., No. 251. ; Schreb. Gen., No. 337. ; Juss. Gen., 



Ifla, ed Usteri, p. 141. ; Moench Meth., p. 473. j R. Br. Prod., 444.; Dunal Mon. Sol., 115. ; 



Lindl. Nat. Syst. Hot, p. 295. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 400. 

 Si/noi/i/Jih's. Melonshna Tourn. Inst., p. 151. t. 65. ; Pseudo-Capsicum Moench Meth., p. 476. ; 



Nvc'tenum rent, .lard. Malm., p. 85. ; Aquartm Jacq. Amer., p. 15. t. 12. ; Morelle, Ft: ; Nacht- 



sciiatten, (.icr. 

 Derivation. The first use of the word Solanum occurs in the writings of Tragus, who applied it to 



Clicnopi.dium hyhridum. It is said to be derived from solari, to console. The Greeks called our 



European solanums struchnoi, a name which Linnaeus transferred to the genus of tropical shrubs, 



Str^chnos, to which the nux vomica belongs. {Bot. Beg., t. 1516.) 



Gen. Char., §c. Caly permanent, 5-, rarely 4-, cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely 

 cainpanulate, 5-, rarely 4-, cleft. Anthers oblong, connivent, opening by 2 

 pores at the apex. Berry almost globose, 2 — 3 — 4-celled, but usually 

 2-celled. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 400.) — Herbs or shrubs, unarmed or prickly, 

 rarely spiny. Leaves undivided, sinnated, lobed, impari-pinnate, or decom- 

 pound, usually alternate ; but, in many species, twin, rarely ternary. Pedun- 

 cles solitary or numerous, simple or miiltifid, axillary or extra-axillary, 1- or 

 many-flowered, opposite the leaves, or scattered, or terminal. The pedicels 

 in .V. tuberosum are articulated under the flower. The fruit of S. esculen- 

 tum is lame and 5-celled. In some species, the flowers are sometimes 

 6— 9-cleft. 



1 1. S. Di;lcama n ra L. The Bitter-sweet, or woody Nightshade. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 264. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 409. ; Smith's 



Eng. FL, 1. p. 317.; Lodd Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synoni/rurs. S. scandens, Neck. Gallo- Bel., 119.: Dulcamara flex- 

 / / in h Meth. ; p. 514. ; .S'. scandens seu Dulcamara Tourn. 



In*t.,\i. 149.; Amara dtilcis Gerard Emac., 350. ; Dulcis amara 



Trag., Bid ; Glycypicros seu Dulcamara Bauh. Hist., 2. p. 109. 



iCOtt; la Morelle grimpanto, Iti'grtault /lot. Icon. 

 Engravings. Engl Bot,t 585. ; I5axt. Brit FL PI., vol. 2. t. 110. ; 



' irl II. Lood, 1. t. 14 ; FL Dan., t. 607. ; Woodv. Med. Hot, 

 . , Stev. et Church. Med. Hot. Icon. ; and our Jig. 1104. 



Sjirc. Char., Sec. Shrubby, scandent, flexuous. 

 Leaves ovate-cordate ; superior ones hastate. 

 Corymbs almost opposite the leaves. Shrub 

 glabrous. Leaves cordate; superior ones has- 

 tate, all quite entire. Corymbs panicled. Co- 

 rolla violet-roloured, with reflexed segments, 



cud legment furnished with 2 green spots at the 



Berries elliptic, red. (Don's Mill., iv. 



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