Obd. 60. SOLANACEiE. 



1. SOLANUM, Linn. 



1. SOLANUM UMBELLIFERUM, EscTl 



Solanum umbettiferum, Eschscholtz, in Mem. St. Petersb. 10, p. 220 ; Torr. Bot. 



Whippl. Kep. 1. c. p. 127, & Bot. Mex. Bound, p. 151. 

 S. Calif ornicum, S. genistoides, & S. Menziesii, Dimal, in DC. Prodr. 



Hab. Near San Francisco, California. — SufFrutescent, 3 feet high, 

 with upright rigid branches. Leaves scarcely an inch long, ovate, 

 entire, densely pubescent on both sides. Flowers in small terminal 

 clusters, deep blue, about half an inch in diameter. Fruit very deep 

 purple, the size of an ordinary cherry. 



2. Solanum nigrum, Linn. 



Hab. Bay of San Francisco, California; probably brought from 

 farther south. 



2. NICOTIAN A, Linn. 

 1. Nicotiana quadrivalvis, PursJi. 



Nicotiana quadrivalvis, Pursh, Fl. 1, p. 141; Nutt. Gen. 1, p. 132; Hook. Fl. 

 Bor.-Am. 2, p. 91 ; Dunal, in DC. Prodr. 13, part 1, p. 571. 



Hab. Near Santa Clara, California, where it is abundant and ap- 

 parently indigenous. This species is cultivated by the aborigines, 

 from Western Kansas to the Pacific. Nuttall says that he nowhere 

 found it growing spontaneously. 



