230 CII. SOLANACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Solanum. 
A shrub. Leaves 3-5 in. in the Indian examples often cordate-oblong, acute, 
entire lobed or almost pinnate; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 3-4 in.; cymes 2-5 in. 
diam. ; pedicels 1-3 in. Calyx in fruit almost saucer-shaped, lobes in flower ṣọ in., 
ovate-oblong. Corolla $ in. diam. Style glabrous. Berry i in. diam., globose. 
Seeds i, in. diam., smooth.—S. larum, Royle, is a starved state with the panicle 
almost capillary and flowers about 4 in. diam. 
3. S. spirale, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16, and FI. Ind. i. 566; glabrous, 
leaves elliptic entire acute at both ends, peduncles extra-axillary, pedicels long 
densely spirally racemed, calyx-teeth minute, corolla white. Wall. Cat. 2619; 
Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 40; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 146; Kurz 
For. Fl. ii. 227. 
Assam, Knasia Mrs. and East BENGAL; alt. 0-3500 ft., in and near the hills, 
common.—Distris. Ava. uu 
A herb or undershrub 4-12 feet, resembling a large S. nigrum. Leaves attaining 
8 by 3 in. attenuate at the base, glabrous or scarcely puberulous; petiole $ in. 
Pedicels numerous, 3-1 in.; racemes sometimes divided. Calyx à in., cup-shaped ; 
in fruit saucer-shaped, not enlarged. Corolla % in. diam., deeply lobed. Anthers 
oblong, scarcely narrowed upwards. Berry } in. diam., globose, smooth. Seeds in 
diam., smooth. 
4. S. vagum, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 2624; leaves elliptic acute at both 
ends sinuate glabrescent, peduncles extra-axillary, pedicels long sub-racemed, 
calyx-teeth linear-lanceolate. Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 48; Dunal m 
DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 116. 
Deccan PENINSULA; Heyne. 
A glabrescent shrub, shoots stellately white-pubescent. Leaves 6 by 2} in., very 
shallowly lobed; petiole 14 in. Peduneles 3 in.; racemes dense, sometimes divided; 
pedicels 1-1 in., spirally placed. Calyxæeeth in flower 3 in.; in fruit iin. Corolla 
3 in. diam., deeply lobed, sparingly pubescent without. Berry 1-3 in. diam., globose, 
smooth.—Very closely allied to S. spirale. 
5. S. verbascifolium, Linn.; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 1143 
stellately woolly, leaves elliptic acuminate entire, corymbs peduncled sub- 
terminal compound dense, calyx-teeth triangular, corolla white. Jacg. Hort. 
Vind. i. t. 13; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 128; Wall. Cat. 2616; Nees in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xvii. 46; Wight Ic. t. 1898; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 175; Kurz 
For. Fl. ii. 225. S. pubescens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 244; 
Blume Bid. 698, not of Willd. S. erianthum, Don Prodr. 96. 
Throughout Ixpra, in the Tropical and Subtropical zone; common.—DISTRIB. 
S.E. Asia, Malaya, N. Australia, Tropical America. 
A shrub, or subarboreous, 20 feet high. Leaves 7 by 3 in. attenuate at both ends 
or base subrhomboid ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles stout, 1-4 in.; cymes dichotomously 
compound, very woolly. Calyz-/obes in flower } in., thrice as large in fruit, but 
much shorter than the berry. Corolla 3 in. diam., woolly without. Ovary hairy, 
style glabrous. Berry j in. diam., globose, yellow. Seeds } in. diam., nearly 
smooth. 
6. S. pubescens, Willd. Phyt. 5, t. 3; leaves ovate entire sinuate thinly 
stellately hairy, racemes lateral and terminal 3-10-flowered, calyx-teeth lan- 
ceolate, corolla purple. Wall. Cat. 2629; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 60 ; 
Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 127 ; Wight Ic. t. 1402. S. calycinum, Nees 
l.c. S. conanthum, Dunal l. c. 
Deccan PENINSULA and Crrton; Wight, Thwaites, &c. 
A shrub or subarboreous ; young branches densely stellately woolly, older usually 
perfectly glabrous. Leaves 2-4 in., irregularly obscurely lobed, base rhomboid oF 
shallowly cordate shortly decurrent, young stellately subwoolly, mature thinly hairy 
