234. cu. SOLANACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Solanum. 
17. S. khasianum, Clarke; hirsute, leaves ovate lobed, racemes 
lateral 1-4-flowered, corolla small lobes lanceolate acuminate, berry 1 in. diam. 
globose glabrous much longer than the unarmed calyx. Solanum n. 14, Herb. 
Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 
Kuasia Mrs.; Nunklow, H. f. 4 T. 
A stout species, in indumentum and leaves resembling S. barbisetum. Stem 
densely yellow-hirsute, and with straight patent prickles 2 in. Leaves 7 by 51, 
deeply lobed, hirsute; prickles 2 in. straight, on both surfaces; petiole 1-2 m. 
Peduncles hardly any ; pedicels 2 in. Sepals in flower } in., lanceolate, hirsute, not 
prickly. Corolla 2 in. diam., nearly glabrous without. Stamens equal. Berries 
1-8 on each peduncle ; fruit-sepals 4 in., ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, not prickly. Seeds 
} in. diam., smooth. 
18. S. Wightii, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 51; leaves ovate toothed 
or lobed hirsute, cymes lateral laxly 1-3-flowered, corolla large tube longer 
than the lobes, berry glabrous overtopped by the ovate-lanceolate sepals. Dunal 
in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 1334; Wight Ic. t. 841. S. Hohenackeri, Van 
Heurck & Muell. in Van Heurck Pl. Nov. 87. 
NiraugRRY Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft. ; Canoor Ghat, Wight, Gardner, &c. 
Herbaceous ; shoots tomentose. Leaves 4 by 13 in., villous above, more densely 
beneath, prickles few; petiole 1 in. Peduacles axillary or extra-axillary, short; 
pedicels 1-2 in. Calyx-lobes (in flower) à in., oblong-lanceolate. Corolla 2 in. diam., 
blue, woolly without; lobes ovate, shortly acuminate. Style minutely sparsely 
pubescent. Berry } in. diam., globose ; sepals in fruit 3 in., without prickles. Seeds 
4 in. diam., brown, smooth, without tubercles; the dried testa reticulated by the 
drying and sinking in of the cells leaving the cell-walls prominent. 
19. S. torvum, Swartz Prodr. 47; stem prickly, leaves ovate sinuate or 
lobed stellately tomentose beneath without prickles, racemes lateral dense, 
flowers white, berry 4-4 in. diam. globose smooth much exceeding the triangu- 
lar-oblong unarmed calyx-lobes. Dunal Sol. 263, t. 23, and in DC. Prodr. 
xiii. pt. i. 260 (excl. var. y); Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 53a; Wight Ic. t. 
345; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 175; Sendtn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. 94, t. 7, ig. 
1-8 with syn.; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 225. S. stramonifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. L 
572; Wall. Cat. 2627 ; perhaps of Lamk. in part, not of Jacq. S. ferrugineum, 
Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. iii. 46, t. 334; Dunal Sol. 36, and in DC. l. c. 266. 9 
pseudosaponaceum, Blume Bijd. 702; Dunal in DC. l.c. 274. S. Wight 
Miquel Pl. Hohenack. n. 36, not of Nees. 
Throughout Innra in the tropical region, except the western desert area; very 
common in Bengal.—Disrris. Malaya, China, Philippines, Tropical America. 
A shrub, 8-12 feet high, or flowering as a herb. Leaves 6 by 4 in., lobes shallow 
rarely deep, softly hairy above, never prickly; petiole 1 in. Peduncles usually extra- 
axillary, short ; racemes many-fld., often dichotomous ; pedicels often 1-} in. Calyz- 
lobes in flower 4 in., lanceolate, sparingly hairy. Corolla 1-11 in. diam. ; lobes 3 n» 
triangular, pubescent without. Ovary and style glabrous. Berry yellow; calyx- 
lobes patent, not half as long as the berry. Seeds scarcely j5 in. diam., smooth.— 
This, when dried, has been much confused with the blue-flowered S. indicum and S. 
Melongena ; the former may be distinguished by the prickly leaves, the latter by the 
few-flowered cymes with a much larger berry and fruiting-calyx. 
20. S. indicum, Linn. partly; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 55; 
leaves ovate sinuate or lobed stellately woolly beneath nerves prickly, racemes 
lateral many-fld., flowers blue, berry à in. diam. globose smooth much exceeding 
the triangular-oblong calyx-lobes. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 131; Roxb. Fl. Ind. Y. 
570; Wall. Cat. 2626; Wight. Ic. t. 346; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i 309; 
Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 174; Kurz For. Fl. 226. S. violaceum, Jacq. Fragm- 
