SOLANUM— SOLID AGO. 
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oled oval, nerved, pubescent beneath ; nm- 
Dels with long, compressed peduncles ; ber- 
ries spherical. 
tarnvoi'deft, (Ju. ^ .) stem round, aculeate ; 
leaves ovate-oblong, acute, sub-panduri- 
form, obsoletely cordate, f)-nerved ; common 
peduncle longer than the petiole. 
hista'tn, (Ju. ^7.) stem angled, prickly; 
branches unarmed ; leaves lanceolate, acu- 
minate, hastate- auricled at the base, .3-ner- 
ved, prickly, ciliate on the margin. Var. 
lanceola ta,\en.\es long, narrow, lanceolat-e. 
S. 
bona'nox, (Ju. stem unarmed, angled ; 
leaves heart-ovate, smooth, 7-nerved, prick- 
ly, cihate. S. 
ona'ta, (Ju. Ip .) generally unai-med ; leaves 
ovate, acute, cuspidate, 3-nerved, uniformly 
colored ; common peduncle shorter than 
ttie petiole. S. 
cin'cidifo'lia, ((7.) prickly; leaves un- 
nrmed, round-cordate, acuminate, S-nerved, 
glabrous, net-veined, short-petioled. S. 
walte'ri, (Ju.2/.) aculeate ; leaves cordate, 
ovate, smooth, 3-nerved ; berries 3 seeded, 
s^cuminate. S. 
aJ"ha, (J. ^ .) generally unarmed ; stem 
obsoletelj' angled ; leaves lance-elongated, 
coriaceous, glabrous, entire, 3 nerved, um- 
bels short-peduncled, few-flowered. lS^ 
pu'mila, (S. Ip.) unarmed ; leaves cordate, 
ovale, entire, somewhat 5-nerved, sofl-pubcs- 
cent beneath ; umbels short-peduncled ; 
pedicels very shoit ; berries oblong, acute ; 
stem prostrate ; corolla 0. 2 4 f. S 
lanceola' ta, (J. ^.) unarmed ; leaves lan- 
ceolate and ovate, acute or acuminate, 3-5 
nerved, very glabrous, perennial; umbels 
many-flowered ; peduncles short ; berries 
red. S. 
ni'fiem, a very handsome species, the 
tendrils of whicli are of a bright red. Ex. 
excel" sa, 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.] 
ditlcama'ra, (bitter-sweet, p-b. Ju. ^ .) 
Blem unarmed, woody, climbing ; lower 
leaves mostly cordate, glabrous, upper 
ones mostly guitar-hastate, few-flowered ; 
corymbs opposite to the leaves. This is 
the true bitter-sweet, though the celastrus 
Bcandens is called so by some. Damp. 
ni'grum, (deadly night-.shade, w-p-b. J. 
0.) stem unarmed, erectish, or erect; 
branches angled, dentate ; leaves ovate, re- 
pand, glabrous ; racemes 2-ranked, nodding. 
1-2 f. Ex. 
tubero'avm, (potato, b-w. Ju. stem 
wing-angled, unarmed ; leaves inteiTupt- 
edly pinnate ; leafets entire ; flowers sub- 
lorymbed ; roots knobbed, tuberous. Cul- 
tivated. 
lycope/'ssicnrn, (love-apple, tomato, y. S. 
stem unarmed . leaved pinnatifid, gash- 
ed ; racemes 2 parted, leafless; frui glab- 
rous, torulose. Ex. 
q)xeudo-capn'cnm, (Jerusalem cherry, 
Btem woody ; leaves lanceolate, repand ; ■ 
nmbels se.^sile. Ex. | 
t:aruliii"cnse. (horse nettle, b J @ .) stem j 
aculeate ; leaves ovate-obU'Og, tomento 
hastate-angled ; racemes lax. 1-2 f. 
Jlavid"vm, sulFrutioost, d^msely tomen 
tose ; branchlets and calyx aculeate ; leavet 
solitary, oblong, obtusish, lower ones re^ 
pand-sinuate, Hi)per ones obsoletely sinu 
ate ; racemes about 3-flowered. 
melorige'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' mtm, (b. Ju. ^.) stem erect, 
aculeate; leaves pinnatiild, i)rickiy ; seg- 
ments sinuate, obtuse ; margins ciliate 
calyx prickly. S. 
vcrhascifo' Hum, (yp .} stem unarmed, fru- 
tescent; leaves ovate, tomentose, entire; 
corymbs bifid, terminal. S. 
hirsu'tvm, (p. 11.) smaU, pilose, hirsute; 
leaves broad-obovate ; raceme somewhal 
3 flowered ; peduncles filiform. S. 
SOLE'A. 5—1. (Czsti.) 
con"color, (Ap. w-y. 2^.) stem simple, 
erect ; leaves wedge form, lanceolate, ses- 
sile, iiTCgularly toothed above; peduncles 
short, 2 3 flowered ; calyx nearly as long as 
the i)eta!s; spur none. 2-4 f. Rocks. 
Green violet. 
SOblDA'GO. 17—2. iCorymhifercE.) CFrom 
sohdo, to make firm, from its supposed vir- 
tue in healing wounds.] 
A. Flowers onesided; leaves with three 
combined nerves. 
cannde)i"sis, (Canadian golden-rod, y. Ju. 
2^.) stem downy ; leaves lanceolate, serrate, 
rough ; racemes panicled, recui-ved ; rays 
hardly longer than the disk ; stem angular 
leaves .sessile, three inches long, sometimes 
nearly entire. 2-5 f. 
pro'ccra, (great golden rod, y. Ju. 11.) 
erect, villose; leaves lanceolate, serrate, 
scabrous, villose beneath ; racemes erect, 
spike-form, before flowering, nodding ; rays 
short. 4 7 f. Low grounds. 
cilia! ris, (fringed golden-rod, y. 2^.) 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. 
roJlex"a, (y. Au. li-) erect, villose ; leaves 
lanceolate, sub serrate, scabrous, reflexed, 
branches panicled, sub-secund, reflexed. 
Pine woods. 
gigaii"tea. (giant golden-rod, y. Au. 2^.) 
stem erect, glabrous; leaves lanceolate 
smooth, serrate, rough-edged, ob-scurel^ 
3 nerved ; racemes panicled ; peduncles 
rough haired ; rays short. 4-7 f. 
lateii'jiora, (side-flowered golden-rod, y 
Au. 2^.) stem erect, a little hairy ; leaves 
lanceolate, slightly 3-nerved, glabrous, 
rough-edged, lower ones sub-sen-ate ; ra- 
cemes panicled, a little recurved, sub-Sbc- 
und ; flowers large, the rays being much 
longer than the calyx; stem striated, often 
purplish, pitmatiiid, with nuinerous lateral 
flowering brandies 2-3 f 
B. Rnccmc^^orjlmvers \ sided; leaves vein;!/ 
aUis"si>na, (variable goldcn-rod. v Ai- 
