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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.—SOLANUM FONTANESIUM, Bund. DESFONTAINES’ NIGHTSHADE. 
Synonyme. —Nycterium Fontanesium, Loud. Ilort. Brit. 
Engravings _Bot. Reg. t. 177 ; and our fig. 5, in Plate 46. 
Specific Character. —Stem rather woody, though annual, pricldy, 
pilose. Leaves deeply pinuatifid. Segments sinuated. Corollas 
almost regular. Anthers small ; lower one a little curved at the apex, 
brown.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A coarse weedy-looking plant, growing three or four feet high, with yellow flowers and 
spiny calyxes. The stem and branches are also covered with strong spines ; and the leaves are very rough, much 
waved or curled at their edges, armed with prickles, and covered with a whitish down. The plant is supposed 
to be a native of Brazil, and it was introduced in 1813. 
2.—SOLANUM CAMPANULATUM, R. Rr. THE BELL-FLOWERED NIGHTSHADE. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 3672 ; and our fig. 6, in Plate 46. I ovate, angularly-lobed, hairy, very pricldy on both surfaces, as well as 
Specific Character. —Prickles crowded, straight, subulate. Leaves 1 thecalyxes. Racemes simple, armed. Corollas campanulate.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A very handsome species, a native of New Holland, near Port Jackson, whence it was 
introduced in 1819, hut being soon lost, it was re-introduced in 1837- 
OTHER SPECIES OF SOLANUM. 
S. RACEMIFLORUM, Don. ; S. SCABRUM, Jacq. 
Flowers white, but rose-coloured beneath; berries large and red. A very handsome species, the native 
country of which is not known ; introduced in 1818. 
S. A5THIOPICUM, Lin.-, LYCOPERSICUM 7ETHIOPICUM, Mill. 
The flowers are white and drooping; and the fruit is large, red, and resembling that of the Tomato or Love- 
apple. There are several varieties ; one with lilac flowers and large white fruit, another with dark purple fruit, 
and another with small yellow berries not larger than peas. The species is an old inhabitant of our gardens, 
having been introduced before 1597- 
S. DILLENII, Schultes. 
A native of Hungary, with small white flowers, and the berries marked with white dots. Introduced in 1818. 
S. GUINEENSE, Lam. 
The flowers are whitish, or of a pale violet colour ; and the berry is round, about the size of a small cherry, 
and black and shiny when ripe. A native of Guinea, introduced in 1817- 
S. NIGRUM, Lin. THE GARDEN NIGHTSHADE. 
This plant is common as a weed in gardens, and also in waste ground, throughout Europe. Its flowers are 
white; and its berries, which resemble black currants, are poisonous. This is the Yerba mora of the Spaniards, 
and the Morelle a fruits noirs or Morelle creve-chien of the French. There are several varieties, natives of the 
South of Europe ; but none of sufficient beauty to be deserving of cultivation. 
S. FISTULOSUM, Rich. 
The stems are hollow, but in other respects this species resembles S. Guineense. There are two varieties, one 
with black berries and the other with red ones. The species is a native of the East Indies, and was introduced 
about 1820. 
