Solanum. ] CH. SOLANACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 231 
or glabrescent. Racemes densely woolly, or villous; pedicels 4-14 in. Calyx-lobes 
$- in. in flower, in fruit 1 in. ` Corolla 3-1} in. diam., closely tomentose without. 
Anther of the lowest stamen produced upwards, longer than the others. Berry j in. 
diam., globose, smooth. Seeds $ in. diam. and upwards. 
Var. ? lobata ; leaves lobed very tomentose beneath, flowers smaller.—Khasia 
Hill—This example (from Herb. Calcutta, named S. pubescens by Kurz) has no 
fruit, nor prickles. It resembles the unarmed form of S. Melongena, but the flowers 
are too small. 
tt Pedicels axillary, clustered or solitary, or in a subsessile umbel; calyx- 
teeth 5-10 or obsolete; corolla glabrous without or nearly so. 
7. S. subtruncatum, JVall. Cat. 2620; leaves lanceolate acuminate 
at both ends entire glabrous or nearly so, flowering calyx cup-shaped entire or 
obscurely toothed fruiting saucer-shaped entire, corolla 4 in. long. Dunal in 
DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 180. S. denticulatum, Nees in Trans. Tann. Soc. xvii. 
P not of Blume. S. Neesianum, Wail.; Nees l.c. 42, not of Wight nor of 
on 
I prasu Mrs. alt. 3-5000 ft., common; Wallich, Griffith, &c. Assam; 
enkins, 
A shrub, nearly glabrous. Leaves 64 by 1} in., minutely setulose above, after- 
wards glabrous ; petiole 4 in. Pedicels 2 in., 1-7 together. Calyx in flower ¥, in. 
long and broad; teeth 5 or 10, very obscure. Berry } in. diam., globose, smooth. 
ds 3 in. diam., subtriangular, smooth.—Perhaps not distinct from S. Blwmei, Nees 
(Blume Bijd. 696), which has broader leaves. 
8. S. bigeminatum, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 42 ; leaves elliptic 
acuminate at both ends entire glabrous or d flowering calyx Fe 
entire or obscurely toothed fruiting saucer-shaped subentire, corolla 2 in. long. 
Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 175. S. Neesianum, Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
175, and of Wight Herb., not of Wall. § Nees. S. cupulatum, Mig. in Pi. 
Hohenack.n, 1415. S. angulosum and flexuosum, Heyne in Herb. Madras. 
Mrs. of the S. DECCAN ; Nilgherries, Travancore; Heyne, Wight, &c. Malabar 
Ghauts, Ritchie, b i 
very nearly allied to S. subtruncatum. Leaves 6} by 3 in., membranous, sparsely 
Setulose above, margins minutely ciliate; petiole 4-1 in. Pedicels 1-6 together, 2 
m. Berry } in. diam, Seeds à in. diam. ; testa lax, subsquamose. 
Var. zeylanica; leaves smaller less membranous, pedicels shorter rusty-puberu- 
lous. S, membranaceum, Thwaites Enum. 216, not of Wall.—Ceylon, Gardner, 
Wight, Thwaites, 
9. S. leve, Dunal Solan. Synop. 22; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acumi- 
nate at both ends entire glabrous or nearly so, flowering calyx with 5 linear 
teeth è in., fruiting prominently toothed, corolla 4 in. Nees in T. rans. Linn. 
Sx. xvii, 41. S, membranaceum, Wall. Cat. 2625; Nees 1.¢.; Dunal in DC. 
odr. xiii, pt. i. 143. 
Nronguns, Wight; alt. 6000 ft., Clarke. : 
À nearly glabrous shrub. Leaves 6} by 2} in. green, membranous, minutely 
tsely setulose above, soon glabrous; petiole 2 in. Pedicels 1-5 together, j in. 
ry and seeds nearly as of S. bigeminatum, from which it hardly differs but by the 
distinet calyx-teeth. 
. 10. S. denticulatum, Blume Bijd. 697 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acu- 
7. mate at both ends subentire setulose often pubescent, caly pte usually 
-8 small divaricate, corolla 1-1 in. long. Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. E i 181. 
S^ syn. Wallich; Wight Ic, t, 1397; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 
` membranaceum and crassipetalum, Herb, Wight not of Wall. 
