. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SOLANACEAE. Vol. III. i. Lycopersicon Lycopersicon (L.) Karst. Tomato. Love Apple. Cherry Tomato. Fig. 3726. Solatium Lycopersicum L. Sp. PI. 185. 1753- L. esculentum Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8. 1768. Lycopersicum Lycopersicum Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 966. 1S80-83. Viscid-pubescent, much branched, i°-3° high, the branches spreading. Leaves peti- oled, pinnately divided
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SOLANACEAE. Vol. III. i. Lycopersicon Lycopersicon (L.) Karst. Tomato. Love Apple. Cherry Tomato. Fig. 3726. Solatium Lycopersicum L. Sp. PI. 185. 1753- L. esculentum Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8. 1768. Lycopersicum Lycopersicum Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 966. 1S80-83. Viscid-pubescent, much branched, i°-3° high, the branches spreading. Leaves peti- oled, pinnately divided, 6'-i8' long, the seg- ments stalked, the larger 7-9, ovate or ovate- lanceolate, mostly acute, dentate, lobed or again divided, 2-4' long, with several or numerous smaller, sometimes very small ones interspersed; clusters several-flowered; pe- duncles 1'-3' long; flowers s"-8" broad; calyx- segments about equalling the corolla; berry the well-known tomato or love-apple. Escaped from cultivation and occasionally spontaneous from New York and Pennsylvania southward. Jews' ear. June-Sept. 8. LYCIUM L. Sp. PI. 191. 1753. Shrubs, or woody vines, often spiny, with small alternate entire leaves, commonly with smaller ones fascicled in their axils, and white greenish or purple, axillary or terminal, soli- tary or clustered flowers. Calyx campanulate, 3-5-lobed or -toothed, not enlarged in fruit, persistent at the base of the berry. Corolla funnelform, salverform, or campanulate, the tube short or slender, the limb 5-lobed (rarely 4-lobed), the lobes obtuse. Stamens 5 (rarely 4), exserted, or included; filaments filiform, sometimes dilated at the base; anther-sacs longi- tudinally dehiscent. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform; stigma capitate or 2-lobed. Berry glo- bose, ovoid, or oblong. [Named from the country Lycia.] About 75 species, widely distributed in temperate and warm regions. Besides the following, introduced from Europe, some 17 native species occur in the western
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