Solanum.] CI. SOLANACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 229 
SUBORDER IV. Cestrinese.  Corolla-obes induplicate-valvate. Fruit 
capsular, Seeds scarcely compressed ; embryo straight. 
Flowers panicled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105. NICOTIANA. 
1. SOLANUM, Linn. 
Shrubs herbs or small trees, spinous or unarmed. Leaves alternate or sub- 
opposite in equal pairs, entire lobed or pinnatifid. Cymes dichotomous or 
racemose, lateral or terminal. Calyx 5- or 10-lobed, rarely 4-lobed, or sub- 
entire, unaltered or enlarged in fruit. Corolla-tube short, rotate, rarely cam- 
panulate ; limb 5- (rarely 4-6-) lobed, plaited in bud. Stamens 5 (rarely 4-6) 
in the corolla-throat, filaments short; anthers oblong, narrowed upwards, con- 
hivent into a cone, opening by terminal pores or short slits. 2-celled, 
rarely (in cultivated forms) 3-4-celled; style columnar, stigma small. Berry 
small or large, globose or elongate. Seeds very many, discoid; embryo 
peripherie.— Species 700, chiefly in the hotter parts of the globe, most nume- 
Tous in America, 
S. tuberosum, Linn. (the Potato) is extensively cultivated in India, from the sea- 
level up to nearly 8000 feet. 
" Unarmed. Sepals not overtopping the berry. 
t Cymes or racemes peduncled ; calyx-teeth 5 (rarely 4 or 6). 
l. S. nigrum, Zinn.; glabrous or sparingly ubescent, leaves ovate or 
oblong Sinuate toothed or lobed, peduncles Patra aill , pedicels subumbelled, 
calyx-teeth small obtuse, corolla white. Blume Bijd. 694; Wall. Cat. 2615; 
Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 150; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 446 with syn.; Kurz 
For. Fl. ii. 224, S. rubrum, Miller; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 565; Nees in Trans. 
Linn. Soc, xvii.39; Dunal Lc. 57. S. triangulare, Lamk. IU, ii. 18; Dunal 
Lc 53. S, villosum, Lamk. Ill. ii. 18; Dunal l.c. 58; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 
284, S. incertum, Dunal Sol. 155, and in DC. l.c. 57; Nees Lc. 38. 8. 
nodiflorum, Jacg. Ic. Rar. ii. t. 326; Dunal in DC. Lc. 46. S. uliginosum 
and rhinocerotis, Blume Bijd. 695; Dunal in DC. l.c. 50. S. Roxburghii, 
Dunal Lc, 57; Wight Ie. t 344. S. fistulosum, Rich.; Nees l.c. 37; Dunal 
le. 49. S, miniatum, Bernh. ; Dunal l.c. 56; Boiss. Lc. S. paludosum, 
Pterocaulon, suffruticosum, Rumphii and erythreum, Dunal l.c. 57, 52, 53, 57 
and 371, with many others.—Rheede Hort. Mal. x. t. 73; Rumph. Herb. Amb. 
V. t. 26, fig. 2, 
penc oaghout Inpia and Ckvrow, alt. 0-7000 ft.; common.—DisrRis. All tem- 
€ and tropical pa. rld. . 
" erbaceous or eaten, Leaves 34 by 2 in., narrowed at both ends ; petiole 
410. Peduneles i-i in; pedicels 5-8, 4 1n. Sepals à. in., ovate-oblong ; in fruit 
often obscure, the calyx saucer-shaped. Corolla à in. diam., nearly glabrous. Ovary 
glabrous, style-base hairy. Berry l in. diam., globose, red or black, sometimes 
Yellow. Seeds a5 in. diam., smooth or nearly so. 
u 
. cymes laxl icled, calvx-teeth small obtuse, 
l in DC. Prodr. xii pt s 78; "Bentl. $ Trim. Med. Pl. 190. S. lyratum, 
dnd Fl. Jap. 92; Dunal l.c. 79. S. persicum, 
' Axum, Royle Il. 279 (name only). 
W. Hmaraya, alt. 4-8000 ft., from 
8 TE Kashmir to Gurwhal, frequent. 
lem" Choongtam, J. D. H.—Disrnre. Europe, 
W. and Central Asia, China, 
