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BNUMEBATION OF [Solanacece. 



Folia caulim semiamplexicaulia vel plus minus decurrentia. Corolla cyaneo- 

 pui-purca. 



As remarked by Dr. Wight, the present plant is very closely allied to C. micranthum, 

 and the two may possibly prove to be varieties only of one species. 



9. TRICHODESMA, E. Br. 



1. T.Indicum, R. Br. (DC. Prod. x. p. 172, cum syn. : W 

 lUust. 11. t. 172.)— c.p. 1887. i- ' J- . 



IIab. Jaffna, Gardner; Trincomale, Rev. 8. 0. Glenie. 



2. T. Zeylanicum, E. Br. (DC. 1. c.)— C.P. 1888. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of tlie island. 



CXIV. SOLANACE^. 



1. SOLANUM, Toum. 



1. S. mgrum, Linn.— 5. ruhrtim, Eoxb. Wight, Ic. t. 344.— c.p. 2865. 



Hab. Common throughout the island. Nom. vulg. "Xaloo-kang- 

 waireya. ° ° 



2- S. verbascifolium, Linn. (Duval in DC. Prod. xiii. p. 114, cum 

 syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1.398.)— c.p. 1902. 



Hab. Common in the Central Provmce. Norn. vulg. " HakkariUa." 

 3^ S. auriculatum, Ait. (Dun. 1. c. p. 115, cum syn.)— c.p. 3525. 

 HAB. Common m cultivated ground, and also caUed " HakkarHla." 



4^ S. pnbescens, Willd. (Wight, Ic. t. 1402.)-c.p. 1901. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



5. S. membranaceum, WaU. (Dun. 1, c. p. 143.)— c.P. 1900. 



4000 



■V^ar. calvce 5-dentato. — c.p. 2864. 



Wight 



liAB. iNot uncommon 

 4000 to 5000 foPt. 



This so closely resembles, except in the fewer teeth of its calyx, Wight's figure 

 quoted above, that I cannot venture to describe it as a di3tinct species. It is very 

 nearly aUied, too, to S. membranaceum, but is much more hairy, and has larger 

 flowers and frmt : they may possibly, however, be varieties of one species. 



/. o- xerox, ijinn. (Uun. J. c. p. 255, cum 



■c.p. 2868. ■ i^ , urn 



bat too." 



4000 feet, Nom. vulg 



The ripe fruit is eaten ly the Ciughalese. 



SQs'l— ^^f"*^®'^' ^^^^' (^^- 1- c. p. 258, cum syn, ; Wiglit, Ic. t 



Hab. Matturatte and Eambodde, in the Central Province, at an ele^ 

 vation of ,^000 fr* .^nrwi Pr.^f 



^' **;o^^^"*' ^^^^' (^^^- 1- c. p. 260, cum syn. ; Wight 

 c.p. Jo67, 



Hab 



