Order XXXIX.—Solanaceæ: Herb; sixty-six genera.
Atropa (deadly nightshade): Europe, western Asia. Cultivated in North America.
Capsicum (red pepper, cayenne pepper): Annual. South America, southern Asia. Cultivated in southern Europe and in United States, West Indies, middle Africa, southern Asia.
Lycopersicum (tomato): Annual. South and Central America. Cultivated in Italy, southern France, Spain, Greece, northern Africa, Islands of southern Asia, England (under glass), Virginia, Carolinas.
Nicotiana (tobacco): Santo Domingo, South Atlantic States of United States of America. Cultivated in Virginia, Kentucky, Carolinas, Venezuela, Cuba, Brazil, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Holland, Flanders, France, Alsace, Hungary, European Turkey, China, Japan, southern Africa, Australia.
Solanum (potato): Chile. Cultivated wherever cereals flourish.
Order XL.—Pedalineæ: Herb; ten genera.
Sesamum (sesame): Sunda Islands. Cultivated in India, western Asia, southern Europe, northern Africa, America.
Order XLI.—Verbenaceæ: Tree; fifty genera.
Tectona (teak): Tropical. East Indies, Burma, Philippines.