on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part II. 267 
There is a plant, however, that approaches very near to the 
Cheru Chunda, and which it will be necessary to distinguish. I 
found it first in my journey to Mysore, where it is called Gula, 
and in 1806 I gave specimens, a drawing, and a description of it 
to Sir J. E. Smith. I believe it is the same that Dr. Roxburgh 
called S. diffusum (Hort. Beng. 17.) ; but, as I am by no means 
certain, I shall continue the name Gula, and describe the plant, 
in order to prevent its being confounded with the Cheru Chunda, 
which from their great similitude is likely to happen. The 
smoothness of the berry itself is an objection to its being consi- 
dered as the S. feroz, unless we suppose that the hairiness of the 
calyx, which conceals the berry, was confounded by Linnæus 
with hairs on the berry itself. 
Solanum Gula caule lignoso aculeato, foliis ovatis sinuatis pilosis 
utrinque aculeatis, calyce aculeato longitudine bacca glo- 
bosæ, floribus polygamis. 
Solanum diffusum. Hort. Beng. 17? 
Solanum ferox. Burm. Fl. Ind. 56. (excluso synonymo Rheedii.) 
Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 1039? - 
Gula Carnatice. : 
Habitat in Carnatæ ruderis. 
Radir annua? Caulis lignosus, cubitum vel pedes duos altus, 
teres, ramosus, patulus, pilosus, lateri solari purpureus, 
aculeatus. Folia alterna, ad imam obliqua, ovata, sinuata, 
obtusa, pilosa, costata, venosa, utrinque aculeata, nervo 
centrali supra purpurascente. Petiolus teres, brevis, esti- 
pulaceus, aculeatus. Aculei validi, compressi, pilosi, in 
caule petiolo et pedunculo paulo recurvi, in calyce et foliis 
recti, in foliorum pagina inferiore virides, in aliis locis 
purpurei. Pedunculi intrafoliacei, aculeati, tomentosi, ge- 
mini; unus brevis florem unicum gerit hermaphroditum ; 
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