Solanum.] 
LXXXVI. SOLANACEiE. 
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Leaves narrow or on long petioles, mostly above Jin. long. 
Leaves ovate oblong or lanceolate, entire or sinuate-toothed. 
Corolla deeply lobed (4 to Jin. diameter) 22. S. esuriale. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, mostly lobed at the base. 
Corolla-lobes rather short (Jin. diameter) . 23. S. chenopodinum. 
Leaves oblong or lanceolate, entire. Corolla with short broad lobes 
(J to lin. diameter) 24. S. Sturtianum. 
Leaves densely and softly tomentose or velvety-hirsute on both sides or 
at least underneath, sometimes greener and shortly tomentose 
above. 
Eacemes short, few-flowered or pedicels solitary or 2 together. Calyx 
divided nearly to the base into narrow segments. 
Calyx-segments subulate-acuminate. 
Leaves mostly entire, scabrous above with scattered hairs. 
Stems usually prickly. Flowers mostly racemose 25. S. furfuraeeum. 
Prickles exceedingly rare. Flowers mostly in pairs .... 20. .S'. diant hophorum. 
Leaves densely velvety-tomentose on both sides, the larger 
ones much sinuate 27. S. Dallachii. 
Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute. Leaves densely velvety- 
tomentose or hirsute on both sides 28. S. densevestitum. 
Calyx-segments oblong-linear, obtuse. Leaves (small) densely 
tomentose 21). S. nemophilum. 
Racemes or cymes many-flowered, on long very prickly peduncles. 
Leaves green and closely tomentose above, white and softly tomen- 
tose underneath, often lobed 30. S. semiarmatiim. 
§ 4. Prickles slender or rarely thickened at the base on the calyxes as well <is on the branches 
and generally on the leaves. Stellate pubescence, rarely mixed with si)itj)/e hairs, or all simple, 
on the whole plant or on the corolla only. 
Leaves green and glabrous or spri .kled with stellate hairs or hirsute on 
the upper or both sides, sinuate-lobed or pinnatifid. 
Leaves deeply pinnatifid ; lobes mostly obtuse. 
Prickles and midrib reddish. Flowers violet, with pale centre. 
Berry globose 31 .* S pyracanthum. 
Prickles stout, hairs stellate. Flowers violet. Berry variegated 
white and yellow 32. *S sodomceum. 
Prickles stout, hairs simple. Flowers whitish. Berry rich scarlet 33. "S. aculeatissimum. 
Prickles stout, curved. Leaves white on the under side. Berry 
large, bearing short conical prickles 34. 'S. aculeastrum. 
Leaf lobes mostly acute. Corolla unarmed 35. .S', xanthocarpum. 
Leaves sprinkled with stellate hairs or hirsute, without any glandular 
pubescence. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, in pairs, the pedicels slender, not racemose 
Calyx-lobes narrow, acuminate 3(5. S. pungetium. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, racemose. Calyx-lobes broad, acute . . 37. S. eremophilum. 
Leaves hirsute and glandular-pubescent on both sides. Flowers 
racemose. 
Corolla large, broadly campanulate, very shortly lobed .... 38. S. campanulatum. 
Corolla rather small, deeply lobed 39. .S', adenophorum. 
Leaves green and glabrous or slightly stellate above, white and 
densely tomentose underneath. Leaf-lobes rathet acute. Calyx- 
lobes acuminate 40. S. cinereum. 
Leaves pinnatifid, narrow, shortly tomentose, with very numerous long 
prickles. Calyx-lobes broad, obtuse or acute, much enlarged round 
the fruit after flowering 41. S. carduijorme. 
Leaves obtuse (mostly under 2in. long), entire or sinuate, with few or 
no prickles. 
Fruiting-calyx membranous, globular, very prickly, completely en- 
closing the fruit. Leaves ovate or oblong 42. S echinatum. 
Fruiting-calyx open, 6 to 8 lines diameter. Ovary 3-eelled . . . . 43. S. ellipticum. 
Leaves mostly acuminate or acute (3in. long or more), entire, not at all 
or scarcely prickly. Flowering-calyx under 3 lines Ion 4 ; fruiting- 
calyx 6 to 8 lines diameter. Ovary 4-celled 44. S. quadriloculatum. 
1. S. nigrum (black), Linn. Sp. PL 266 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 446. 
An erect annual or biennial, with very spreading branches, 1 to nearly 2ft. high, 
glabrous or pubescent with simple hairs, without prickles, but the angles of the 
stem often raised and smooth or rough with prominent tubercles. Leaves 
petiolate, ovate, with coarse irregular angular teeth or nearly entire, 1 to 2in. 
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