264 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



which Burman unites the Ana Chunda and the Juripeba foemina, 

 is the Solanum zeylanicum, spinoaum, folio amplo incano ad pedi 

 culum strictiore of Plukenet {Aim. 350. ; Phyt. t. 226. /. 6.), 

 which is the Solanum cuneifolium of M. Poiret {Enc. Meth. Sup. iii. 

 765.) ; but it seems to be a quite different plant from the A?ia 

 Chunda. To it, however, probably may belong the other syno- 

 nyma quoted by Burman, except the Trongum agreste of Rum- 

 phius (J/er6. Amb. v. 240.), under which name are included 

 three species, all however quite different from the Ana Chunda. 



The younger Burman {Fl. Ind. 56.) quoted the Ana Chunda 

 for the S.ferox baccis calyce obtectis ; but Willdenow (Sp. PL i. 

 1059.) has justly rejected this quotation. In fact, no European 

 botanist, except perhaps Morison, since the time of Rheede, 

 seems to have seen this plant, until Dr. Roxburgh described it 

 under the name of <S. hirsutum, which I found he had done pre- 

 vious to my return from Ava in 1795. At this time I transmitted 

 by this name specimens that were given to Sir Joseph Banks. 

 But the name was not published in any printed work until 1814 

 {Hort. Beng. 17-)» previous to which the plant had been named 

 S. lasiocarpum (Enc. Meth. Sup. iii. 774.), rather a hard name, 

 but which has the advantage of prior publication. M. Poiret 

 quotes a plant from Morison as being the same with his S. lasio- 

 carpum, and no doubt his specific character clearly designates 

 the Ana Chunda ; but whether Morison had seen the plant, or 

 merely described from Rheede, T cannot say. Under the name 

 S. lasiocarpum I have deposited specimens in the Collection of 

 the East India Company. 



Cheru Chunda, p. 67. Jig. 36., where the name is written 



SCHERU ScHUNDA. 



This name is no doubt the same with the Schira Schtma, quoted 

 by Willdenow {Sp. PI. i. 1049.) from Miller's Dictionary (pro- 

 bably 



