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. 1 

 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. ferox, unless we suppose that the hairiness of the 

 calyx, which conceals the berry, was confounded by Linnaeus 

 with hairs on the berry itself. 



Solanum Gula caule lignoso aculeato, foliis ovatis sinuatis pilosis 

 utrinque aculeatis, calyce aculeato longitudine bacca? glo- 

 bosae, floribus polygamis. 



Solanum diffusum. Hort. Beng. 17? 



Solanum ferox. Burm. Fl. Ind. 56. (excluso synonyrao Rheedii.) 

 Willd. Sp. PI. i. 1039.? 



Gula Carnatice. 



Habitat in Carnatae ruderis. 



Radix annual Caulis lignosus, cubitum vel pedes duos altus, 

 teres, ramosus, patulus, pilosus, lateri solari purpureus, 

 acuieatus. Folia alterna, ad imam obliqua, ovata, sinliata, 

 obtusa, pilosa, costata, venosa, utrinque aculeata, nervo 

 centrali supra purpurascente. Petiolus teres, brevis, esti- 

 pulaceus, acuieatus. 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 ; 



VQL. XIV. 2 N alter 



