. 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. i66 SOLANACEAE. Vol. 5. Solanum Torreyi A. Gray. Torrey's Nightshade. Fig. 3721. S. Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 44. 1862. Perennial, hoary with a stellate pubescence of 8-12-rayed hairs, more or less armed with small subulate prickles. Leaves ovate in outline, 3'-6' long, sinuately 5-7-lobed, the lobes entire or undur late, obtuse; cymes appearing
. 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. i66 SOLANACEAE. Vol. 5. Solanum Torreyi A. Gray. Torrey's Nightshade. Fig. 3721. S. Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 44. 1862. Perennial, hoary with a stellate pubescence of 8-12-rayed hairs, more or less armed with small subulate prickles. Leaves ovate in outline, 3'-6' long, sinuately 5-7-lobed, the lobes entire or undur late, obtuse; cymes appearing terminal, soon evi- dently lateral, branched, loosely several-flowered; flowers showy, large; calyx-lobes ovate, abruptly long-acuminate, persistent at the base of the berry; corolla violet, i'-ii' broad, its lobes ovate, acute; berry globose, smooth and glabrous, 1' or more in diameter, yellow when ripe. On dry plains and prairies, Kansas to Texas, ported from Missouri. Re- 6. Solanum rostratum Dunal. Sand Bur. Beaked or Prickly Nightshade. Buffalo-bur. Fig. 3722. Solanum rostratum Dunal, Sol. 234. pi. 24. 1813. 5. heterandrum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 156. pi. 7. 1814. Annual, densely stellate-pubescent with 5-8- rayed hairs, usually copiously armed with yellow subulate prickles; stem erect, branched, â l°-2i° high. Leaves ovate or oval in outline, irregularly pinnately 5-7-lobed or 1-2-pinna- tifid, 2'-5' long, petioled, the lobes mostly oblong, obtuse; flowers racemose, yellow, about 1' broad; racemes lateral; pedicels stout, 3"-6" long, erect both in flower and fruit; calyx densely prickly, surrounding and wholly en- closing the berry, the prickles becoming as long as the fruit, or longer; calyx-lobes lan- ceolate, acuminate; corolla about 1' broad, slightly irregular, its lobes ovate, acute; sta- mens and style declined, the lowest stamen longer with an incurved beak; fruit, includ- ing its prickles, 1' in diameter or more. On prairies, South Dakota to Texas
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