230 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



nectariferous grooves on the inside. Stamens 5, exserted. 

 Style filiform. Stigmas 2. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, 4- 

 seeded. 



1 P FiMBRiATA. Stem assurgent, hispid. Leaves pinnatifid, with undivi- 

 ded lobes. Flowers in simple, terminal racemes, revolute before flowering, 

 afterwards erect ; segments of the corolla fimbriate. 



Blue. %. May — June. Common around Macon. 6-10 in. 



Order XCIV. SOLANE^. 



Calyx 4-5. parted, persistent. Corolla hypogynous 4-5- 

 cleft. Stamens 5, inserted into the corolla, alternate with 

 its segments, sometimes l-abortive. Ovary 2.cclled, with 2- 

 polyspermous placentae. Stigma simple. Fruit a capsule 

 with 2-4 cells, and a double dissepiment, or a berry with the 

 placentae adhering to the dissepiment. Seeds numerous. 

 Embryo curved. Herbaceous, or shrubby plants, with alter- 

 nate leaves. 



Genus I SOLANUM. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. Stamens 5, conni- 

 vant, dehiscing by 2 pores at the extremity. Fruit a sub- 

 globose berry, 2-celled. 



1 S Nigrum. Stem erect, angled, glabrous, with the young branches pu- 

 bescent, unarmed. Leaves ovate-angled, dentate, tapeiing at the base, on 

 long petioles, sprinkled with hair. Flowers in 3-6-flowered umbels between 

 the leaves. CaZyx persistent, pubescent. Corolla pubescent, with acute seg- 

 ments. Fruit black, many seeded. Night shade. 



White. % Through the Summer. Damp soils, common. 



2 S Mammosum. Stem prickly. Leaves cordate, angled, villous, lobed, 

 very broad, villous and prickly on both sides. Flowers in loose terminal 

 racemes and opposite. Fruit yellow, tapering at the base. 



Yellow, ^i June — Aug. Middle and Southern Ga. 



3 S ViRGiNiA>7UM. Stem erect, prickly, branches angled. Leaves pinna- 

 tifid, prickly, ciliate, segments obtuse. Calyx prickly. Fruit small, greenish 

 white. 



White. July — Aug. Sandy soils, common. 6-10 in. 



4 S Carolinense. Stem erect, with numerous expanding branches, hairy, 

 armed with stiflf sharp prickles. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, hastate, scabrous, 

 prickly, covered with stellular pubescence. Flowers in simple lateral ra- 

 cemes. Calyx pubescent, prickly. Horse nettle. 



White. % May— July. Very common. 1-2 ft. 



Genus II PHYSALIS. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. Stamens 5-conni- 

 vant. Berry globose, 2-celled, enclosed in the inflated ca- 

 lyx. 



1 P Lanceolata. Stem erect, densely pubescent, angled, somewhat branch- 



