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roUa-]ohQS oblong, obtuse; anthers oblong, twice as long as 

 the slender filaments; ovary y^ooWy. October-December. 

 — Shriih 4°-5° high; leaves G'-9' long; corolla J' wide. 



*♦ Prickly ; flowers racemed ; corolla mostly angularly lobed. 



S. Carolinense, L. Hirsute with stellate hairs; stems 

 erect; leaves ovate-oblong, angularly lobed or toohted, 

 abruptly contracted into a short petiole ; the veins and 

 petiole, like the stem, armed with straight yellow prickles ; 

 racemes simple, slender, 3-several-flowered ; calyx-\6bQ^ 

 acuminate. — Var. Floridana (S. Floridana, Dunal) is less 

 hairy ; stems ascending from a creeping base ; leaves nar- 

 rower, sinuate-lobed or toothed, with more numerous and 

 stronger prickles. June-September. Stem 1°-!^° high; 

 leaves 3-5' long; corolla 9"-12" wide, blue or white. 

 Perennial. 



S. HiRSUTUM, Nutt., not of Dunal. Dwarf, hirsute ; 

 leaves broadly obovate, very obtuse, nearly entire, narrowed 

 at the base, prickly on the midrib ; racemes 3-flowered ; 

 peduncles filiform ; roots profusely creeping ; stem a span 

 high, beset with yellowish hairs ; calyx,yery rough ; flowers 

 purple ? 



S. PSEUDO-CAPSICUM, L., the Jerusalem Cherry ^ is some- 

 times spontaneous near dwellings. 



S. TUBEROSUM, L., is the Irish Potato, as it is here 

 called; S. Melongena, L., the Egg- Plant ; and S. Lyco- 

 PERSicuM, L. (Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill.), the To- 

 mato. 



CAPSICUM, Tourn. Ked Pepper. 



Calyx cup-shaped, 5-7-toothed; corolla wheel-shaped, 

 5-7-cleft, plaited ; stamens 5-7, inserted on the throat of 

 the corolla, exserted ; anthers connivent, opening length- 

 wise; stigma obtuse; herry juiceless, partly 2-3-celled, 



