214 
SOLANACEiE. 
1. SOLANUM, Linn. 
Calyx rotate, with 5 or 10 teeth. Corolla rotate, with a short tube 
and 5 spreading lanceolate or deltoid lobes. Stamens 5, inserted in the 
throat of the corolla ; filaments short ; anthers linear, permanently 
conniving round the style, dehiscing by two pores at the tip. Ovary 2- 
celled, with axile placentation and numerous ovules ; style filiform ; 
stigma capitate. Fruit a globose or oblong juicy berry. — Herbs or 
shrubs, with flowers in axillary cymes. Disteib. Cosmopolitan, mostly 
tropical. Species 500. 
Stem unarmed. 
Annual herbs. 
Leaves entire . 1. S. nodiflorum. 
Leaves repand 2. S. nigrum. 
Perennials. 
Glabrous, large-fruited 3. S. macrocarpum. 
Tomentose, small-fruited 4. S. auriculatum. 
Stem and leaves prickly. 
Flowers and berries small * S. indicum. 
Flowers and berries large. 
Leaf-veins unarmed * S. Melongena. 
Leaf-veins prickly * S. sanctum. 
1. S. nodiflorum, Jacq. ; JDunal in DC. Prod. xiii. 46. A tall 
glabrous annual, reaching several feet in height, rather shrubby in the 
lower part, with long spreading branches. Leaves ovate, acute, entire, 
1-3 in. long, membranous, cuneate or rounded at the base. Flowers 
in copious short-peduncled axillary cymes. Calyx minute; teeth 
deltoid. Expanded corolla under \ in. broad, nearly white. Berry 
black, glabrous, the size of a pea. Jacq. Ic. t. 326. S. nigrum, var. 
patulum, Linn. 
Mauritius and Rodriguez, in waste places, and cultivated in kitchen-gardens. 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. Bride Malgache. 
2. S. nigrum, Linn. ; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. 50. A diffuse an- 
nual, 1-2 feet high, with glabrous or pubescent stems. Leaves petioled, 
rhomboid, acute, membranous, 2-3 in. long, irregularly crenate-sinu- 
ated. Flowers in copious short-peduncled lateral cymes ; pedicels £- 
a in. long, cernuous. Calyx under t a- in. long; teeth deltoid. 
Corolla whitish, under | in. across when expanded. Berry the size of 
a pea, shining, glabrous, usually black. 
Mauritius, frequent in waste ground. A cosmopolitan weed. S. villosum, Lam. 
is a variety with hairy leaves and stems, and S. miniatum , Bernh. with red berries. 
Bride Martin. 
3. S. macrocarpum, Linn. ; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. 353. A 
robust unarmed shrubby perennial, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 
oblong, membranous, subobtuse, cuneate at the base, 6-9 in. long, with 
long deltoid lobes ; petiole 1-3 in. long. Cymes sessile, one fork bear- 
