94. SOLANACER. 171 
Solanum violaceum, Ortega ex Jacq. Fragm. p. 82, t. 132. fig. 1, nec 
R. Br. 
Solanum chinense, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1. p. 373. 
Solanum incanum chinense minus spinosum, etc., Plukenet, Phytogr. 
t. 62. fig. 1. 
Formosa (Oldham, 338! Playfair!); Szecuven: Fu city 
(Haber !); Kwanerune (Hance! Perry! Ford; Wilford!). Mus. 
Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Throughout tropical India and Malaya. 
Mr. Playfair sends a variety from Formosa, with distinctly 
racemose flowers. 
7. Solanum lysimachioides, Wall. Cat. 2609; Roxb. Fl. Ind 
ii. p. 259, excl. S. biflora, Lour.; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 
p. 44; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1. p. 181. 
HurEH: Ichang, Patung, Fang, and other localities (A. 
Henry!) ; SzecuuEN: Mount Omei, 3500 to 9000 feet (Faber !), 
South Wushu (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. 
North India, from Kumaon eastward. 
8. Solanum nigrum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 186; DC. Prodr. 
xiii. 1. p. 50; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 242; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. 
in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 475 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 220, et in Mém. 
Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 239; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 33; 
Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 229, cum synon. 
Solanum nodiflorum, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. ii. t. 326; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1. 
. 46. 
P Cuina: common throughout! Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Generally diffused in temperate and tropical regions. 
ye 9. Solanum pittosporifolium, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex inermis, undique glaber, ramulis floriferis gracilibus 
angulatis. Folia petiolata, subcoriacea, oblongo-lanceolata, cum 
petiolo 2-3 poll. longa, acuminata vix acuta, basi sepius cuneata, 
interdum leviter obliqua, margine undulata, venis primariis late- 
ralibus utrinque 6-7 inter se anastomosantibus inconspicuis ; 
petiolus gracilis, circiter semipolliearis. Flores parvi (4-5 lineas 
diametro), pauci in cymas graciles laterales et subterminales 
foliis breviores dispositi, cymæ ebracteatz ramulis filiformibus, 
pedicellis juxta flores incrassatis; calycis cupularis lobi brevissimi, 
rotundati; corolle crasse breviter infundibularis lobi oblongi, 
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