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6. SOLAN UM, Linn. Nightshade. 



Calyx 5 to 10-parted, persistent, spreading CdROi 

 mostly wheel -shaped ; tube very short; limb plaited in the 

 bud 5 to 10-lobed. Stamens 5, exserted, converging arc 

 the style ; filaments very short. Berry usually 2-celled. — 

 s or shrubs unarmed or prickly with pinnatifid or undivided, 

 sometimes i eaves, and lateral, solitary or extra solitary v t ■ 



\c'.S. 



1. S. Dulcamara, L. BUter$w*et 



ihrubby, climbing, mostly smooth ; Icavr* o ■■'■-'. 



the apper ones halbert shaped, or with 2 ear-hie lobee at the Lai- 

 sa&all cymes, which become lateral. 



t banks an! around dwellings, naturalized June — July. Per. 

 branching several fe -t long; Flirunn drooping on hsanch 

 side of the stem. Corolla at refle&ed segment*, purple, fith a. grjea : 



::t. Berries bright rod. 



2. S. nigrum. L Matck.Ntgktskaiiei 



Low, much branched end eft - .ill Ln 



lateral ambel-like clusters, drcoj lug; berries giou- 



Waste places, common, introd . 1. July — Aug. Biennial A pois 

 of no I Leaves mostly ercse on the margin as if,.: 



by Ens . rs very small, and with white-yellow anthers. Ba 



3. S. Carolinense, L. Hone-Kittle, 



Berbaoeous, prickly; leaves ovate- -oblong, acute, sinuate -toothed cr u 



eat, prick'y along the miarib; fiotoen largo in simple lvcse raoeme*; 

 terry globular. 



Bandy soil, rare, Jane, Jaly. Per. Stem er;;ct. prickly, branched 

 about one foot high, Leaves 4 to 6 inches long, 2 to 3 wide, \ 

 pairs, with a few large repand lobes or teeth. - i pale brae or whi 



inch in diameter, ia lateral racemes. B^rry gl >&uiar,c range-yellow. 



4. S. tuberosum, L. Common Potato 



Root tuberous ; item herbaceous, vr'ngc 2 : leaves inti rruptedly pin n a he. pubeseen t ; 

 Jfewert. swbeor ymbed ; cc his valuable plant is supposed to Be a 



native of South America, -w-Lc: its wild. Although it now constitutes 



a large portion of tha food o: man, it was scarcely known until the 17th emtury, . 

 tad was not extensively cultivated t f.r. the n i ! lia of the 18th. Numerous ?a- 

 rieties arc raised from the seed, whisk differ ia thy time, of ripening, quality, form, 

 polar, size, £c. 



5. S. Melongxiya-) L. fyjg Plant. 



Prickly; leaves ovate, sabsinuate, downy ; fingers many-parted. Ann. Stem 

 branching, about 2 feet high. The fruit consists of large egg-shaped berries, from 

 the size of an egg to that of a water melon, smooth, white or of a gtefesy purple. 

 It is prepared in various ways, and considered delicious* 



S.-:o. n. LnjOPSRSicosf, Mill. Berries 3 to 8-ccllcd, often toroee. 



6. S. Lycopersicum, L. Tomato. 



Hairy; item herbaoocus, weak; leaves cnequaily ->iaaati£d, segment* jut glau- 



