706 The American Naturalist. [August, 
early as 1623,” and is mentioned in 1 783 by Bryant® as if the 
only sort in general culture in England at this time, but Mawe,” 
in 1778, enumerates the large red, as also the red and yellow 
cherry, as under garden culture. The following is its synonymy, 
mostly founded on description : 
Solanum racemosum cerasorum. Bauh. Pin., 1623, 167; Prod., 
1671, 90. ; 
Solanum amoris minus, S. mala @thiopica parva. Park. Par., 
1629, 379. 
Cujus fructus plane similis erat, magnitudine, figura, colore, 
Strychnodendro, etc. Recchius Notes, Hernand., 1651, 296. 
Fructus est cersasi instar (quoad magnitudine), Hort. Reg. Bles., 
1669, 310. 
Solanum pomiferum fructu rotundo, molli parvo rubro plano. 
Ray, 1704, III., 352. 
Lycopersicum fructu cerasi rubro. Tourn., 1719, 150. 
Lycopersicum fructu cerasi luteo. Tourn., 1719, 150. 
Solanum lycopersicum. Bryant, 1783, 212. 
Cherry-fruited. Mawe, 1 778. 
Cherry. Mill. Dict., 1807; Burr, 1863, 640, 652. 
Morelle cerasiforme. Descourt., 1827, V., 279, t. 378. 
Lycopersicum cerasifolium. Noisette, 1829. 
Cherry-shaped. Buist, 18 51. 
Tomate cerise. Vilm., 1883, 559. 
This species is probably the normal form of the tomato of the 
gardens, to which the other species above given can, be referred 
as varieties. Itis quite variable in some respects, bearing its fruit 
sometimes and usually in clusters, occasionally in racemes. It is 
but little grown, and then only for use in preserves and pickles. 
(To be continued.) 



