SOLANACE. 
stem, which is angular, thick and hooked ; leaves oval, sinuated, 
hoary beneath, furnished with strong straight prickles on both 
surfaces; segments of the leaves angular; peduncles corym- 
bose, many-flowered, with one fertile flower at the base; 
calyx a little increased after florescence ; corolla quinquefid : 
with oblong-lanceolate segments. ©. S. Native of the East 
Indies, and Africa.?. This species differs from S. Melongéna, 
which it is very like, in the strong, recurved, more crowded 
prickles of the stem, and in the leaves being more deeply sinu- 
ated, having the lobes angular on both sides, and in the corolla 
being 5-cleft to the middle. 
Variable-spined Egg-plant. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
285 S. MELANÓXYLUM (Link, enum. 1. p. 188.) leaves cordate- 
oblong, rather unequal at the base, sinuated, prickly, tomentose, 
green above, and canescent beneath. (2. H. Native country 
unknown. Prickles fuscescent. Peduncles axillary, solitary. 
Calyx tomentose, prickly, with obtuse segments. Corolla vio- 
laceous, 6-parted. Anthers separate. 
Black-wooded Egg-plant. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. 
to 3 feet. 
286 S. rusca‘rum (Lin. spec. 268.) stem shrubby; leaves 
ovate-oblong, sinuately lobed, obtuse, rather tomentose ; pedun- 
cles lateral, bifid at the base; berries globose. 5. S. Na- 
tive of tropical America. Dun. sol. p. 212. syn. p. 39. S. 
Campechiénse, 9, fuscàtum, Lin. mant. 340. Branches prickly, 
fuscescent on the side towards the sun, beset with short, scat- 
tered, stellate hairs. Leaves prickly on both surfaces, rather 
roughish above, but tomentose beneath. Prickles recurved. 
Calyx prickly in the fertile flowers, but unarmed in the sterile 
flowers, 5-cleft. Corolla pale violet. Berry variegated with 
white and green, sometimes yellow. 
Var. a, violaceum ; prickles violaceous. Tourn. inst. p. 149. 
Var. B, liteum; prickles yellow, or greenish white. ©. 
S. fuscatum, Jacq. coll. 1. p. 51. icon. rar. t. 42.  Melongeéna 
fructu rotundo, cum spinis ex albo virentibus, Tourn. inst. p. 
152.? 
Fuscous Egg-plant. 
to 4 feet. 
287 S.Sopo'meum (Lin. spec. 268.) stem shrubby, diffuse ; 
prickles straight, dilated at the base; leaves oblong, sinuately- 
pinnatifid, shining above, and rather scabrous and prickly 
on both surfaces, as well as the calyxes; lobes of leaves 
obtuse, angular, or sinuated ; peduncles bifid. ©.? h.? G. 
Native of the North of Africa, and South of Europe, from 
which it has been probably introduced to New Holland, Cape of 
Good Hope, and Brazil. Lam. ill. no. 2358. t. 115. f. 1. R. 
Br. prod. p. 446. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 235. Thunb. 
prod. 1. p. 37. S. Hermánni, Dun. sol. p. 212. t. 2. B.— 
Munt. phyt. cur. f. 212. good.— Mor. hist. 3. sect. 13. t. 1. f. 
15.—Herm. lugdb. p. 573. t. 575.—Pluk. alm. 351. phyt. t. 
226. f. 5.—Sabb. hort, rom. 2. p. 12. t. 57. Solanastrum, 
Heist. Fabr. Helmst. p. 348, ex Willd.— Tourn. inst. 249. 
Stem and branches usually fuscous, or purplish ; branches beset 
with minute stellate hairs at top. Leaves deep green. Prickles 
yellow, subulate, brown at the base. Calyx prickly in the 
fertile flowers, and unarmed in the sterile ones. Corolla purple, 
5-cleft. Berry size of a walnut, globose, variegated with 
white and green, at length yellow. 
Sodom Egg-plant, or Apple of Sodom. Fl. June, July. Clt. 
1688. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
288 S. I'npicum (Lin. spec. 268.) shrubby, prickly; prickles 
of the stem compressed, recurved; leaves solitary, or twin, 
oblong, or ovate, tomentose, discoloured, sinuately lobed, or 
pinnatifid, unequal at the base; racemes interfoliaceous, sub- 
cymose ; calyx prickly, with straight, linear, reflexed seg- 
VOL. IV. 
Pl. 2 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. Shrub 3 
433 
ments; berries globose; corolla quinquefid. ^5. S. Native 
of Barbadoes. Dun. sol. p. 228. syn. p. 40.—Dill. elth. 
362. t. 270. f. 349.—Rob. t. 28. Tourn. inst. p. 149. exclu- 
sive of the syn. of Mor.—Plukn. alm. 350. phyt. t. 225. f. 
9.—Rumph. amb. 5. p. 240. t. 86. f. 1.? Leaves prickly on 
both surfaces, green above, and paler beneath. Down stellate. 
Prickles straight; those of the stem shorter, and brown; and 
those of the leaves pale green. Peduncles lateral, simple, 5-6- 
flowered. Corolla large, bluish-purple, undulated, semi-5-cleft, 
somewhat pentagonal. Berry pear-shaped.? This species is 
said to differ from S. Curoliniénse in the leaves being more 
deeply sinuated, in the segments being sinuately-toothed, in the 
racemes being shorter, and in the calycine segments being re- 
flexed, and in the corollas being larger. 
Var. a; leaves cuneiform, or truncate at the base, sinuately 
lobed. k. S. Native of Silhet and Sirinagur, Penang, &c. 
S. I'ndicum, Lin. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 252. ex Nees in Lin. trans. 
17. p. 55. S, violàceum, Jacq. fragm. p. 82. t. 133. f. 1. Dun. 
sol. p. 128. S. canéscens, Blum. bijdr. p. 701. S. Sodómeum, 
Russel, herb.  Cheru-chunda, Rheed. mal. 2. t. 36. 
Var. (9; leaves truncate at the base, or cuneate, erosely pinna- 
tifid. k. S. Native of Penang and Bengal. Nees,l.c. S. 
pinnatífidum, Roth, nov. spec. 129. S. Héynei, Roem. et 
Fey syst. 4. p. 669. S. Indicum, Wall. cat. no. 2626. 
I. SorawuM. 
Var. y; leaves smaller, cordate at the base, sinuately lobed. 
h.S. Native of the East Indies. Nees, l. c. S. agréste, 
Roth. nov. spec. 130. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 55. S. 
I'adicum, Wall. cat. no. 2626. G. suppl. no. 240. 
Var. ó; leaves smaller, truncate, or subcordate at the base, 
repandly angular; stem sparingly prickly; racemes usually 
1-4-flowered. h.S. Native of the East Indies. Nees, 1. c. 
S. pubéscens, Heyne, herb. Wall. cat. no. 2629. hort. 
Indian Egg-plant. Fl. July. Clt. 1732. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
289 S.coa'cuLANs (Forsk. fl. egypt. arab. p. 47. Vahl. 
symb. 2. p. 41.) stem shrubby; leaves ovate-oblong, sinuately 
repand, rather tomentose, whitish beneath, prickly on the middle 
nerve beneath; prickles smoothish. h.G. Native of Arabia, 
Felix, where it is called Beikaman. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 4. p. 
35. t. 469. Delile, descr. p. 63. t. 23. f. 1. Dun, sol. p. 214. 
t. 2. Stem sparingly prickly, clothed with white tomentum at 
top. Leaves clothed with short stellate tomentum, greenish 
above: lobes obtuse. Prickles straight, or a little recurved, 
subulate at first, rather tomentose, but at length smoothish. 
Peduncles bifid, tomentose. Flowers as in S. Sodómeum. Berry 
roundish, ovate, yellow at maturity. 
Curdling Egg-plant. Fl. July. Clt.. 1802. 
feet. 
290 S. Sa’ncrum (Lin. spec. 269.) stem shrubby, tomentose ; 
leaves ovate, repand, oblique at the base, clothed with hoary 
tomentum on both surfaces ; prickles rather tomentose ; berries 
nearly globose. h. S. Native of Palestine. Vahl, symb. 2. 
p. 49. Dun. sol. p. 215. syn. p. 40. S. incànum, Forsk. fl. 
egypt. arab. p. 46, but not of Lin. S. coccíneum, Hort. par. 
Melongéna spinósa, fructu rotundo croceo, Tourn. inst. p. 152. 
Pomum de Hiericho melongénis congener, Bauh. hist. 3. p. 619. 
with a bad figure. Póma Hierachüntica, Imp. p. 878, with a 
bad figure. Every part of the plant is clothed with white, short, 
stellate tomentum, the prickles also. Leaves sinuately repand, 
obtuse, or acute, obliquely cordate at the base. Prickles com- 
pressed, broad at the base, subulate at apex, at length glabrous. 
eon prickly beneath. Racemes and flowers as in S. coágu- 
ans. 
Holy Egg-plant. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1818. Shrub 3 feet. 
291 = DU'BIUM (Fres. pl. egypt. p. 166.) prickly, and 
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