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. terrutfedly pinna!*,— or rather pinnately dissected, with an odd terminal lobe ; 

 ike. lokts ovate, acuminate, and petiolate, rarely opposite, the alternate pah < 

 very 8> all. Flowers in terminal and somewhat nodding corymbs] on m common 

 pedunc 3 to 6 in 'hes long ; the partial peduncles slender, half an inch to an inch 

 in length, articulated to the pedicels one fourth to half an inch below the flower* 

 Calyx pubescent ; segments 5, lanceolate. Corolla bluish white ; lobes lance-orate, 

 icute, spreading ; tube short. Anthers yellow, erect, or ronnivent. Style longer 

 than the stamens : stigma capitate. Berries globose, about half an inch in diame- 

 ter, yelSswish green trhen mature. Seeds numerous. 



Hab. Hardens, and cultivated fields: very common* F\. June— July. Yr. Sept. 



ObS. This truly valuable plant is cultivated by every oicner, or occupant of land. 

 /' 15 oiu of the indispensable crops, for a family. Long culture has produced nu- 

 merous varieties,— fA* most esteemed of which, at this time, in this County, produ- 

 ces a lu-ge oblong while tuber, with the skin (ft en tinged with purple. It is called 

 the "Mtreer Potato." The plant is usually propagated, not by means of the seeds, 

 hut by cuttings of the tubers, which contain numerous buds, called eyes. We are 

 indebted to South America/or this most important vegetable. My friendtthe lot* 

 Vr. Hall win, collected native specimens of it, near Montevideo, on the river La Pla- 

 ta, in tie year 1813. 



i. S. Lycopersicum, L. Stem herbaceous; leaven interruptedly 

 ffseu(f',-pinnate, lobes incised-sevrate ; racemes %-parted, leafless; 

 fruit (Upressed-globose, often torose. Willd. Sp. 1. p. 1033. 



\ ulgo — Tomata, or Tomatoes. Love-apple. 



Gall. — Pomme d' Amour. Germ. — Liebes-Apfel. Hisp. — TomAte. 



Root annual. Stem 2 to 1 feet high, branching, succulent, weak, and straggling 

 sr procumbent unless supported, viscid, fetid, roughish, and glandular pubescent. 

 Leaves Interruptedly pseudo-pinnate, with an odd terminal leajiet or lobe ; lobe* 

 la <• acuminate, deeply incised'Serrate t petiolate. Flowers in naked lateral 



racemost clusters; common peduncle 1 to 2 inches long, dichotomously divided j with 

 nubdiuiiions articulated to the pedicels of the flowers. Calyx-segments 5 to 10, lin- 

 ear-lanctolatei long. Corolla yellow, pubescent', lobes 5 to 10, lanceolate, spreading. 

 Anthers cohering in a tube, acuminate, with the points recurved. Berries large, (1 

 to 3 or '■> inches in diameter) depressed-globose, sometimes remarkably torose, or 

 distorted by large swelling ridges, red, or reddish orange color, when mature. 

 Seeds Mm merous. 

 Hab. Gardens, and lots '.frequent. F\. June— Aug. Fr. Aug.— Sept. 



Obs. This is cultivated for Us f ruit, to hich is much esteemed by many persons* 

 *$ a sau:e, or condiment; andit is, of late years, coming into very general use. 



# Stem and leaves aculeate. 

 i. 8. ivsaxum, L. Stem herbaceous ; leaves ovate, someichat sinu- 

 mte-lobtd, tomentose ; peduncles nodding, thickened ; calyx aculeate. 

 Willd. Sp. l.p. 1037. 



Insaxe Solanum. Vulgo— Purple Egg-plant. Mad Apple. 

 •all ice — Aubergine rouge* 



Wliolt plant clothed with a stellated tomentum. Root annual. Stem aboutSL- 

 feet high, hollow, becoming firm and at length al??tost ligneous, aculeate. Leaves 

 6 to 9 inthes long, and 4 to 6 incites wide, ovate, sinuate and sublobed, densely to- 

 mentose, nerves and petioles aculeate ; petioles I to3 incite* long. Peduncles later- 

 at, solite/y, thick {sometimes slender and dichotomous at summit, or bear in z Zjlme- 



