SOLANACEAE, 815 



globose, yellow or darker, glabrous, 8-12 mm. in diameter. On dry plains and 

 prairies, Kans. to Tex. and Ariz. May-Sept. 



5. Solanum Torreyi A. Gray. Torrey's Nightshade. (I. F. f. 3215.) 

 Perennial, hoary with a stellate pubescence of 8-12 -rayed hairs, more or less 

 armed with small subulate prickles. Leaves 7-15 cm. long, the lobes entire or 

 undulate, obtuse; cymes branched, loosely several-flowered ; flowers showy; calyx- 

 lobes ovate, abruptly long-acuminate, persistent at the base of the berry; corolla 

 violet, 2.5-4 cm. broad, its lobes ovate, acute; berry globose, glabrous, 2.5 cm. 01 

 more in diameter, yellow. On dry plains and prairies, Kans. to Tex. 



6. Solanum rostratum Dunal. Sand Bur. Beaked Nightshade. (I. F. f. 

 3216.) Densely pubescent with 5-8-rayed hairs, usually copiously armed with 

 yellow subulate prickles, 3-8 dm. high. Leaves ovate or oval in outline, irregu- 

 larly pinnately 5-7-lobed or 1-2-pinnatifid, 5-13 cm. long, petioled, the lobes 

 obtuse; flowers racemose, about 2.5 cm. broad; racemes lateral; pedicels erect 

 both in flower and fruit; calyx densely prickly, wholly enclosing the berry; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, acuminate; corolla about 2.5 cm. broad, slightly irregular, its lobes 

 ovate, acute; stamens and style declined, the lowest stamen longer with an in- 

 curved beak; fruit 2 cm. in diameter or more. On prairies, S. Dak. to Tex. and 

 Mex. Occasional in waste places as a weed, Ont. to N. H., Mass. and N. J., ad- 

 ventive from the West. May-Sept. 



7. Solanum heterodoxum Dunal. Melon-leaved Nightshade. (I. F. f. 

 3217.) Glandular-pubescent, or a few 4-5-rayed hairs on the leaves, copiously 

 armed with slender yellow subulate prickles, diffusely branched, 3-9 dm. high. 

 Leaves irregularly bipinnatifid, 5— 15 cm. long; racemes lateral, several-flowered; 

 flowers 2.5-4 cm. broad; stamens and style declined; lowest anther violet, larger 

 than the four other yellow ones; corolla somewhat irregular, its lobes ovate, acumi- 

 nate; fruit similar to that of the preceding. In dry soil, Kans. (according to 

 Smyth) to Tex., Mex. and N. Mex. July-Sept. 



8. Solanum Dulcamara L. Nightshade. Blue Bindweed. Fellonwort. 

 Bittersweet. (I. F. f. 3218.) Perennial; stem climbing or straggling, some- 

 what woody below, 6-24 dm. long. Leaves petioled, ovate or hastate in outline, 

 5-10 cm. long, acute or acuminate, entire, 3-lobed, or 3-divided, with the terminal 

 segment much the largest; cymes compound, lateral; pedicels slender, spreading 

 or drooping; flowers blue, purple, or white, 1-1.5 cm. broad; calyx-lobes short, 

 oblong, obtuse, persistent at the base of the berry; corolla deeply 5 -cleft, its lobes 

 triangular-lanceolate, acuminate; berry oval or globose, red. In waste places or 

 in thickets, N. B. to Minn. N. J., Penn. and Kans. Nat. from Europe. May-Sept. 



7- LYCOPERSICON Mill. 



Annual, or rarely perennial, coarse herbs, with i-2-pinnately divided leaves, 

 and lateral irregular raceme-like cymes of small yellowish flowers opposite the 

 leaves. Calyx 5 -parted, or rarely 6-parted. the segments linear or lanceolate. 

 Corolla rotate, the tube very short, the limb 5-cleft or rarely 6-cleft, plicate. 

 Stamens 5 (rarely 6), inserted on the throat of the corolla; filaments short; anthers 

 elongated, connate or connivent, introrsely longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled; style simple; stigma small, capitate. Berry in the wild plants globose or 

 pyriform, much modified in cultivation, the calyx persistent at its base. [Greek, 

 wolf-peach.] About 4 species, of S. Am. 



1. Lycopersicon Lycopersicon (L.) Karst. Tomato. Love-apple. 

 Cherry Tomato. (I. F. f. 3219.) Viscid-pubescent, much branched, 3-9 dm. 

 high. Leaves petioled, 1.5-5 dm. long, the segments stalked, the larger 7-9, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, mostly acute, dentate, lobed or again divided, with several or 

 numerous smaller ones interspersed; flowers 10-16 mm. broad; calyx-segments 

 about equalling the corolla; berry the well-known tomato or love-apple. Escaped 

 from cultivation, N. Y. and Penn. southward. June-Sept. [Z. esculentum Mill.] 



8. LYCIUM L. 

 Shrubs, or woody vines, often spiny, with small alternate entire leaves, com- 

 monly with smaller ones fascicled in their axils, and white greenish or purple, soli- 

 tary or clustered flowers. Calyx campanulate, 3-5 -lobed or -toothed, not enlarged 

 in fruit, persistent. Corolla tube short or slender, the limb 5dobed (rarely 4-lobed), 



