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taken new toot, after which they may be treated in 
the fame manner as the former fort. This plant has ; 
not as yet been planted in the full ground in Eng- 
land, but it lives through the winter under a common 
frame. 
The other fpecies which were included in this genus, 
are now removed to Celastrus. 
LYC OPE RSI CON. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 150. tab. 
63. Solanum. Lin. Gen. Plant. 224. [of Am&, a 
wolf, and Perfica, fat. a Peach.] Love Apples, or 
Wolf’s Peach. 
The Characters are. 
The flower has a -permanent empalement of one leaf, 
which is cut into Jive acute fegments at the top , and is 
permanent. The flower has one petal, which is wheel- 
jhapcd, with a very Jhort tube , and a large five-cornered 
brim, which fpreads open and is plaited. It hath five 
fmall awl-fhaped ftamina, terminated by ■ oblong fummits 
which clofe together. It hath a Youndijh germen, fupport- 
ing a fender fiyle the length of the ftamina , crowned by 
an obtufle ftigma. The germen afterward becomes a round- 
ijh flejhy fruit or berry , divided into fever al cells , indofing 
many fiat feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the feventh fe&ion 
of Tournefort’s fecond clafs, which includes the herbs 
with a wheel-fhaped flower of one leaf, whofe pointal 
becomes a foft fruit. Dr. Linnaeus has joined this 
genus, and alfo the Melongena of Tournefort, to the 
Solanum, which he places in the firft fe&ion of his 
fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 
have five ftamina and one ftyle ; but as there are nu- 
merous fpecies of Solani, fo it is much better to keep 
thefe feparate, to avoid confufion, which if we allow 
the fruit as a charaiteriftic note, fhould be done ; for 
as the fruit of the Solanum has but two cells, and the 
fruit of this many, fo that diftin&ion may be allowed 
to feparate the genera. 
The Species are, 
it Lycopersicon {Galeni) caule inermi herbaceo, foliis 
pinnatis incifis, fruftu rotundo glabro. Love Apple 
with an herbaceous unarmed ftalk , pinnated cut leaves , and 
a fmooth round fruit. Lycoperficon Galeni. Ang. 217. 
The Wolf Leach of Galen. 
2. Lycopersicon ( Efculentum ) caule herbaceo hirfutif- 
fimo, foliis pinnatis, incifis, fruftu comprefTo fulcato. 
Love Apple with a very hairy herbaceous ftalk, winged ' 
cut leaves, and a comprejfed furrowed fruit. Solanum 
pomiferum, fru&u rotundo ftriato molli. C. B. P. 
167. Apple-bearing Nightjhade, with a foft, round , 
ftriated frnit, commonly called Tomatas by the Spaniards. 
3. Lycopersicon ( Mihiopicum ) caule inermi herbaceo, 
erefto, foliis ovatis dentato angulatis, fubfpinofis fruc- 
tu fubrotundo fulcato. Love Apple with an herbaceous, 
erect, unarmed ftalk , oval angular leaves indented, having 
a few fpines, with a roundijh furrowed fruit. Lycoper- 
ficon frudtu ftriato duro. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 150. 
Wolfs Peach with a hard ftriated fruit. 
4. Lycopersicon ( Pimpinellifolium ) caule inermi herba- 
ceo, foliis inmqualiter pinnatis, foliolis obtufe-dentatis, 
racemis fimplicibus. Love Apple with an herbaceous 
unarmed ftalk , leaves unequally winged , whofe lobes are 
bluntly indented, and fimple branches of flowers. Li- 
coperficon inodorum. Julf. Wolf s Peach having no [cent. 
5. Lycopersicon ( Peruvianum ) caule inermi herbaceo, 
foliis pinnatis tomentofis incifis, racemis bipartitis fo- 
liofis. Love Apple with an unarmed herbaceous ftalk , 
winged cut leaves, which are downy, and a leafy double 
/pike of flowers. Lycoperficon pimpinellte fanguifor- 
bas foliis. Feuill. Obf. 3. p. 37. Wolfs Peach with 
leaves like Burnet. 
6 . Lycopersicon ( Procumbens ) caule herbaceo, pro- 
cumbente, foliis pmnatifidis, glabris, floribus folita- 
riis alaribus. Love Apple with an herbaceous trailing 
ftalk, wing-pointed fmooth leaves , and flowers growing 
Singly from the wings of the ftalk. 
7. Lycopersicon ( Tubsrofum ) caule inermo herbaceo, 
foliis pinnatis integerrimis. Love Apple with an unarmed 
herbaceous ftalk , and winged leaves which are entire. So- 
lanum tuberofum efculentum. C. B. P. 1 67. Efculent 
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tuberous Nightjhade , commonly called Potatoe , by the In- 
dians Batatas. 
The firft fort here mentioned is fuppofed to be the 
Lycoperficon of Galen. This is an annual plan t, with 
an herbaceous, branching, hairy ftalk, which will rife 
to the height of fix or eight feet, if fupported, other- 
wife the branches will fall to the ground •, thefe are 
garnilhed with winged leaves of a very rank difagree- 
able odour, compofed of four or five pair of lobes 
terminated by an odd one ; thefe are cut on their 
edges, and end in acute. points. The flowers come 
out from the fide of the branches upon pretty long 
foot-ftalks, each fuftaining feveral yellow flowers, 
ranged in a Angle long bunch or thyrfe, and are fuc- 
ceeded by round, fmooth, pulpy fruit, about the fize 
of a large Cherry. There are two varieties of this, 
one with yellow, and the other with red fruits 1 The 
plants flower from June till the froft flops them, and 
the fruit ripens in fucceffion from the end of July, till 
the froft kills the plants ; this fort is ufed in medicine. 
The fecond fort is very like the firft, excepting the 
fruit, which differ greatly ; for thofe of the fecond 
fort are very large, compreffed at both ends, and 
deeply furrowed all over the hides. This fort never 
varies to the other, fo that it is undoubtedly a diftind: 
fpecies. This is the fort which is commonly culti- 
vated to put into foups ; and the Portugueze, Spa- 
niards, and fome others, ufe them in many of their 
fauces, to which they give an agreeable acid flavour. 
The third fort is alfo annual ; this rifes with an ered 
herbaceous ftalk a foot and a half high, dividing into 
feveral branches, garnifhed with oval angular leaves, 
from three to four inches long, and alrnoft three 
inches broad in the middle ; they are placed alter- 
nately upon pretty long foot-ftalks, which have one 
or two fhort fpines upon them, as there alfo is upon 
the midrib of the leaves. The flowers come out fingly 
upon foot-ftalks from the fide of the branches ; they 
are white, and are fucceeded by red ftriated fruit, 
which are firmer than thofe of the other forts, and 
about the fize of Cherries. This fruit ripens in the 
autumn, and the plants decay foon after. 
The fourth fort is fomewhat like the firft, but the 
leaves are unequally winged, having fome fin after 
lobes placed between the large ones ; the lobes of 
this are fhorter, broader, and not cut like thofe of the 
firft, but have fome obtufe indentures toward their 
bafe. The leaves of this fort have not that rank dif- 
agreeable odour which the two firft have ; the fruit of 
it is not fo large as thofe of the firft, but they are 
round and fmooth, and are very late before they ri- 
pen here ; fo that unlefs the plants are raifed early 
in the fpring, they will not produce ripe fruit. 
The fifth fort is alfo annual ; this hath a very branch- 
ing herbaceous ftalk, fpreading out into many divi- 
fions, and is not fo hairy as the two firft ; the leaves 
are compofed of a greater number of lobes, which arc 
much fhorter and more indented on their edges, 
where they are a little waved, and are downy. The 
flowers ftand upon very long foot-ftalks, which branch 
out and fupport a large number of flowers at the top 
thefe have a longer ftyle than thofe of the other fpe- 
cies, which is permanent, remaining .on the top of 
the fruit. This fort is late in ripening the fruit, fo 
that unlefs the plants are railed early in the fpring, 
the fruit will not ripen in England. 
The feeds of thefe two forts were fent from Peru by 
Mr. Jofepn de Juflieu to the Royal Garden at Paris, 
part of which was fent me by his brother Dr. Ber- 
nard de Juflieu, of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 
The fixth fort was raifed by Mr, James Gordon, 
gardener at Mile-end, who gave me fome of the 
feeds, but from what country it came I could not 
learn. This hath very weak, trailing, fmooth ftalks, 
not more than a foot long, garnilhed with fmooth 
leaves, ftanding by pairs oppofite j thefe are regularly 
cut on the fides almoft to the midrib, in form of a 
winged leaf $ and thefe fegments are alfo indented on 
their edges, and at their points. The flowers come 
out 
