236 CI. SOLANACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Solanum. 
29. S. coagulans, Forsk. Fl. Æg.-Arab. 47; leaves ovate sinuate or 
lobed stellately woolly beneath prickly, cymes lateral few-fld., calyx-lobes tri- 
angular, flowers blue, berry globose glabrous yellow exceeding the prickly 
calyx-lobes. Delile Fl. Æg. t. 23, fig. 1; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 1. 369 ; 
Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 286. S. sanctum, Linn. Sp. Pl. 269. 
W. Inp1a; Punjab and Seinde, Jacquemont, Aitchison, &c.—DIsTRIB. S.W. Asia, 
Arabia, Egypt. 
Very near S. Melongena, more rigid and tomentose.  Peduncles paired, one bearing 
a single perfect flower, the other a raceme of males. Calyx-tube campanulate, often 
in flower-time strongly spinous. Corolla as of S. Melongena, more woolly without, 
lobes rather deeper. Berry 1 in. diam. 
23. S. sarmentosum, Nees in Trans. Linn, Soc. xvii. 58; sparsely 
hairy, leaves broadly elliptic subpinnatifid prickly, peduncles extra-axillary 1-2- 
fid, berry à in. diam. globose glabrous overtopped by the enlarged ovate 
acuminate-caudate sepals. Dunal in DC. Prodr. xii, pt. 1. 357. S. Melongena, 
Wall. Cat. 2628, letter F only. S. Jacquini, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 651, excl. 
syn., not of Willd. 
2 Penance ; Wallich. Maracca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 5914).—DISTRIB. Java, 
orneo. 
Stem procumbent, somewhat zigzag, not twining; prickles long, straight. Leaves 
4 by 2 in., obtusely lobed, young sparsely stellately pubescent beneath, mature 
sparsely hairy or glabrate on both surfaces; petiole 2 in. Sepals in flower ; M., 
in fruit 3 by 4 in., erect, sparsely hairy, usually prickly. Corolla $ in. diam., stellately 
pubescent without. Seeds 4 in. diam., flocculose-scaly. 
24. S. xanthocarpum, Schrad. $ Wendl. Sert. Hanov. i. 8, t. 2; 
leaves ovate or elliptic sinuate or subpinnatifid glabrescent very prickly, cymes 
lateral few-fld., corolla blue, berry 4—2 in. diam. globose glabrous much exceed- 
ing the calyx-lobes. Dunal Sol. 231, and in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 302; Kurz 
For. Fl. 224, S. Jacquini, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 1041 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 569; Wall. 
Cat. 2612; Dunal Sol. 231; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 56; Wight Ie. t. 
1401; Dalz. & Gibe. Bomb. Fl. 175. S. diffusum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 17, and 
Fl. Ind. i. 568; Wall. Cat. 2613. S. virginianum, Jacq. Ic. Rar. ii. 332, not 
of Linn. S. armatum, Br. Prodr. 446; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 458, with syn. 
Throughout Inp1a; from the Punjab and Assam to Ceylon and Malacca ; common. 
—Distris. S.E. Asia, Malaya, Trop. Australia and Polynesia. 
A very prickly, diffuse herb, 1-4 ft. diam., bright green, mature nearly glabrone 
Leaves 4-5 by 2-3 in.; spines } in., straight; petiole 1 in. Peduncles short, mostly 
extra-axillary ; flowers few, all perfect; pedicels and calyx stellately pubescent, oT 
at length glabrous. Calyx in flower } in.; lobes ovate-oblong, usually prickly , 
hardly enlarged in fruit. Corolla 1 in. diam., pubescent without; lobes shallow. 
Berry yelow, or whitish and green-blotched. Seeds j; in. diam., glabrous.— Has 
been supposed to extend to Tropical Africa (see Schweinf. Pl. Nilot. 25, t. 9) ; but n 
pu African plant the flowers are larger, the fruit very much larger, the habit 
erent. 
25. S. trilobatum, Linn. ; Burm. Fl. Ind. 57, t. 22; shoots stellately 
pubescent, leaves ovate or elliptic irregularly sinuate or lobed prickly 8007 
glabrate, cymes lateral 2-8-fid., corolla blue, berry 4—4 in. diam. globose muc 
exceeding the calyx-lobes. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 571; Wall. Cat. 2622 ; Dunal Sol. 
225, and in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 287; Wight Ic. t. 854; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, 
Fl. 175; Kurz For. Fl. 224. S. acetoseefolium, Lamk. Dict. iv. 306; Dun 
Sol. 226. S. canaranum, Mig. in Pl. Hohenack. n. 740. 
W. Deccan PrNINSULA; from the Concan, southward, &c., frequent. MALAY 
