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tffl. Capsicum. Cal. small subcyathiform obsoletely 5-6- 
tootbed 5-6-angular, somewhat fleshy scarcely or not at all 
enlarged in fr. , not leafy. Cor. stellato-rotate 5-6-fid, tube 
very short, limb plicate, lobes acute. Stam. 5-6 subexserted, 
til. short flattened-filiform, anth. free connivent, longi- 
tudinally dehiscent. Stigma depresso-capitate subbilobed. 
Ov. 2-4-celled. Fr. inflated nearly dry imperfectly 2-3- 
celled many-seeded, oblong conoidal ovate ovoidal or glo- 
bose. — Shr., rarely herbs, unarmed. L. simple entire ovate 
or lanceolate, attenuate at each end. FI. small alary in the 
forks of the st. or extraaxillary, solitary or 2-several 
together, w., pale yellowish or violascent. FI. and their 
pedic. articulate to ped. or st. Fr. polymorphous Tooth in 
shape and size, scarlet red or y. Whole pi. in drying dis- 
articulating at the forks or axils and not only at the ped. 
and pedic. 
2. Solanttm. Cal. small not leafy stellately 5-fid or 5-par- 
tite, lobes scarcely or not at all leafy or enlarged but mostly 
dry or marcescent in fr. Cor. stellato-rotate, limb mostly 
equably 5-fid or 5-partite, lobes distinct plicato- or indu- 
plicato-valvate in bud. Stam. 5 inserted in the throat of 
cor. ; fil. short ; anth. equal linear subelongate bursting by 
2 apical pores. Fr. a 2-celled or imperfectly 4-celled 
many-seeded naked globose or ovoidal berry-like grape , 
juicy or fleshy, rarely dry. Seeds smooth or naked. — 
Herbs, shr. or subarb. often prickly. L. mostly simple 
undivided. Pubescence mostly compound or stellate very 
rarely viscid. FI. in extraaxillary lateral or at first terminal 
corymbiform 1-many-fid. cymes or umbels, mostly w., lilac, 
blue or v. FI. or their pedic. articulate to ped. or rachis. 
Fr. y., or., r. or black. 
tf3. Lycopersicum. Like Solarium but lobes of cal. in fr. 
herbaceous lax linear, cor. deeply stellato-partite, anth. 
bursting longitudinally, pyramidally coherent or coadnate 
at top into a tube with the connective produced into a 
membranous point and seeds limbate papilloso-puncticulate 
depressedly silky-pubescent or sericeous towards the limb 
or border. — Herb. arm. or per. mostly viscid villose, often 
fetid or strong-smelling pi., with simple (not stellate) hairs 
or pubescence, odd-pinnatisect or pinnatipartite 1., articulate 
pedic., y. fl. and scarlet red or y. edible juicy pulpy or fleshy 
fr. : the fl. and fr. sometimes by coalescence or multiplica- 
tion of parts irregularly 6-many-merous. 
