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oled, oval, nerved, pubescent beneath ; um- 
bels with long, compressed peduncles ; ber- 
ries spherical. 
tamnoi'desi, (Ju. ^ .) stem round, aculeate ; 
leaves ovate-oblong, acute, sub-panduri- 
form, obsoletely cordate, 5 -nerved ; common 
peduncle longer than the petiole. 
hista'ta, (Ju. Ip.) stem angled, prickly; 
b)-auches unarmed ; leaves lanceolate, acu- 
minate, hastate- auricled at the base, 3-ner- 
ved, prickly, ciliate on the margin. Var. 
/c/?^cecZate, leaves long, narrow, lanceolate. 
S. 
bona'nox, (Ju. ^ .) stem unarmed, angled ; 
leaves heart-ovate, smooth, 7-nerved, prick- 
ly, ciliate. S. 
ova'ta, ( Ju. Ip .) generally unarmed ; leaves 
ovate, acute, cuspidate, 3 -nerved, uniformly 
colored ; common peduncle shorter than 
the petiole. S. 
cin"cidifo'lia, ( Ip .) prickly ; leaves un- 
armed, round-cordate, acuminate, 5-nerved, 
glabrous, net-veined, short-petioled. S. 
walte'ri, (Ju.Z/.) aculeate ; leaves cordate, 
ovate, smooth, 3-uerved ; berries 3-seeded, 
acuminate. S. 
aV'ha, (J. ^ .) generally unarmed ; stem 
obsoletely angled ; leaves lance-elongated, 
coriaceous, glabrous, entire, 3-nerved, um- 
bels short-peduncled, few-flowered. S. 
pu'mila, (S. ^ .) unarmed ; leaves cordate, 
ovate, entire, somewhat 5 nerved, soft-pubes- 
cent beneath ; umbels short-peduncled ; 
pedicels very short ; berries oblong, acute ; 
stem prostrate ; corolla 0. 2-4 f. S. 
lanceola'ta, (J.l?.) unarmed; leaves lan- 
ceolate and ovate, acute or acuminate, 3-5 
nerved, very glabrous, perennial; umbels 
many-flowered ; peduncles short ; berries 
red. 8. 
ru'bens, a very handsome species, the 
tendrils of which are of a bright red. Ex. 
exceV'm, remarkable for the large size of 
the leaves. Ex. 
SOLA'NUM. 5—1. (Solanea.) [From solor, 
comfort, because some species give ease by 
their narcotic quality.] 
dulcama'ra, (bitter-sweet, p-b. Ju. ^ .) 
Btem unarmed, woody, climbing; lower 
leaves mostly cordate, glabrous, upper 
ones mostly guitar-hastate, few-flowered ; 
corymbs opposite to the leaves. This is 
the trae bitter-sweet, though the celastrus 
scandens is called so by some. Damp. 
ni'grum, (deadly night-shade, w-p-b. J. 
0.) stem unarmed, erecti-sh, or erect; 
branches angled, dentate ; leaves ovate, re- 
pand, glabrous ; racemes 2-ranked, nodding. 
1-2 f. Ex. 
tubero'suvi, (potato, bw. Ju. ^.) stem 
wing-angled, unarmed; leaves interrupt- 
edly pinnate ; leafets entire ; flowers sub- 
corymbed ; roots knobbed, tuberous. Cul- 
tivated. 
lycoper" sicum, (love-apple, tomato, y. S. 
0.) stem unarmed ; leaved pinnatifid, gash- 
ed ; racemes 2 parted, leafless ; fruit glab- 
rous, torulose. Ex. 
pseudo-capsi'cum, (Jerusalem cherry,^.) 
stem woody ; leaves lanceolate, repand ; 
umbels sessile. Ex. 
caroliu"ense. (horse-nettle, b. J. %.) stem 
aculeate ; leaves ovate-oblong, tomentose, 
hastate-angled ; racemes lax. 1-2 f. 
Jlavid"um, sufFruticose, densely tomen 
tose ; branchlets and calyx aculeate ; leaves 
solitary, oblong, obtusish, lower ones I'e- 
pand-sinuate, upper ones obsoletely sinu- 
ate ; racemes about 3-flowered. 
melonge'na, (egg-plant. J. ©.) unarmed ; 
leaves ovate, tomentose ; peduncles pen- 
dent, incrassate ; calyx unarmed. Ex. 
mammo' sum, (y. Ju. @.) stem aculeate, 
herbaceous ; leaves cordate, angled, lobed, 
villose on both sides and prickly. S. 
Virginia' num, (b. Ju. ^.) stem erect, 
aculeate ; leaves pinnatifid, prickly ; seg- 
ments sinuate, obtuse ; margins ciliate , 
calyx prickly. S. 
verhascifo'lium, (Ip.) stem unarmed, fru- 
tescent; leaves ovate, tomentose, entire; 
corymbs bifid, terminal. S. 
hirsu'tum, (p. 2X.) small, pilose, hirsute ; 
leaves broad-obovate ; raceme somewhat 
3-flowered ; peduncles filiform. S. 
SOLE'A. 5—1. (Cisti.) 
con" color, (Ap. w-y. 11.) stem simple, 
erect ; leaves wedge form, lanceolate, ses- 
sile, irregularly toothed above; peduncles 
short, 2 3 flowered ; calyx nearly as long as 
the petals; spur none. 2-4 f. B-ocks. 
Green violet. 
SOLIDA'GO. 17—2. (CorymMfercB.) [From 
solido, to make firm, from its supposed vir- 
tue in healing wounds.] 
A. Flowers onesided; leaves with three 
combined nerves. 
canaden"sis, (Canadian golden-rod, y. Ju. 
2/.) stem downy ; leaves lanceolate, serrate, 
rough ; racemes panicled, recurved ; rays 
hardly longer than the disk ; stem angular ; 
leaves sessile, three inches long, sometimes 
nearly entire. 2-5 f. 
pro'cera, (great golden rod, y. Ju. 11.) 
erect, villose; leaves lanceolate, sen-ate, 
scabrous, villose beneath ; racemes erect, 
spike-fonn, before flowering, nodding ; rays 
short. 4-7 f. Low grounds. 
cilia'ris, (fringed golden-rod, y. 11. ) stem 
erect, smooth, angular ; leaves lanceolate, 
sub -3-nerved, smooth, scabrous on the mar- 
gin ; racemes panicled, secund ; peduncles 
glabrous ; bracts ciliate ; rays short. 3 f. 
rpjiex"a, (y. Au. 11.) erect, villose ; leaves 
lanceolate, sub seiTate, scabrous, reflexed; 
branches panicled, sub-secund, reflexed. 
Pine woods. 
gigan"tea, (giant golden-rod, y. Au. 11) 
stem erect, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, 
smooth, serrate, rough edged, obscureir 
3 nerved ; racemes panicled ; peduncles 
rough-haired ; rays short. 4-7 f. 
lateri'Jiora, (side-flowered golden-rod, y. 
Au. 11.) stem erect, a little hairy ; leaves 
lanceolate, slightly 3-uerved, glabrous, 
rough-edged, lower ones sub-serrate ; ra- 
cemes panicled, a little recurved, sub-sec- 
und; flowers large, the rays being much 
longer than the calyx ; stem striated, often 
purplish, pinnatifid, with numerous lateral 
flowering branches. 2-3 f. 
B. Racemes or jiowers \ sided; leaves veiny. 
aUis"aima, (variable golden-rod. y. Au 
