564 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA; Solanum. 
SECT. ‘i Unarmed. 
1. S. pubescens. Willd. spec. i. 1026. 
Sub-arboreous, unarmed, Leaves alternate, oblong, point- 
ed, entire, downy. Cymes dichotomous, 
_ Gandira* the Sanscrit name, see Asiat. Res, iv. 258. 
Beng. Urusa, 
Teling. Rusa-ghedi maun. 
Amongst the mountains in the Telinga country this grows 
to be a ‘acai or middle-sized tree, with a very thick shady 
head, Flowers during the hot season, | 
_ Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, abies doanys 
from six to ten inches long. Cymes terminal or leaf-oppos- 
ed, two-cleft ; ramifications recurved. Flowers small, white, 
very numerous. Berry the size of a cherry, 
2. S. auriculatum. Willd. spec. i. 1025, 
Sub-arboreous, every part downy. Leaves broad-lanceo- oe 
late, entire, Stipules axillary, obliquely ovate-cordate. 
Cymes in the forks of the branchlets, dichotomous. 
A native of Mauritius, and introduced by Captain Tennant, 
into the Botanic garden at Calcutta; where it blossoms dur- 
ing the rainy and cold seasons, and continues to ripen its fruit 
from December till May. 
Stem nearly erect, in six years as thick as a man’s leg, and 
about eight feet high. Bark smooth, ash-coloured. Branches 
dichotomous, spreading much, Branchlets and all the ten- 
der parts most completely clothed with sessile and pedicell- 
ed, hoary, ‘stellate. pubescence. Leaves alternate, petioled, 
broad-lanceolar, tapering to a rather obtuse point, entire ; 
clothed underneath like the branchlets ; ; upper surface a little 
hairy ; from four to eight inches long, ad two or three broad, 
Petioles channelled, downy like the branchlets, Stipules in 
sess ile, axillary pairs, obliquely ovate-cordate, large, and re- 
curvate round the branchlets, looking m more like small com- Zz 
. * Ties probably ee as eae eee pts 
