176 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
t. 5424; fruticosum, erectum, inerme ; foliis solitariis geminisve ovatis acuminatis repando-dentatis 
v. subintegerrimis membranaceis, glabris; floribus cymosis, cymis lateralibus 4-6-floris, 5-meris ; 
calyce 5-glanduloso; corolla rotata (alba) pubescente, laciniis ovatis acuminatis; antheris lineari- 
oblongis (luteis) stylo multo longioribus; bacca (rubra v. lutea) globosa compressa v. subovata 
sulcata glabra 2-3-loculari.—5S. Uporo, Dun. in DC. Prodr. l. c. p. 188. S. viride, Sol. (non R. 
Brown!) mss. in Forst. Plant. Escul. n. 42! et Forst. Prodr. p. 89, n. 507 (sine descript.) ; Parkin- 
son's Drawings of Tahitian Plants, t. 27 (ined.). S. aviculare, Guill. Zeph. Tait. p. 45 (non 
Forst.).—Nomen vernac. Vitiense ** Boro dina, i. e. Solanum verum v. genuinum," Tahitense “ Po- 
roporo.”—Viti Levu and nearly all the other Vitian islands (Seemann! n. 841, Milne!). Also 
collected in the Society (Banks and Solander! Nelson!) Tongan (Barclay!) and Samoan Islands 
(Sir E. Hcme !) ; also New Caledonia or Friendly Islands (Forster! in Mus. Brit.). 
The Boro dina, being one of the plants which, in Fijian estimation, ought to accompany a cannibal feast 
is cultivated, and there are generally several large bushes of it near every Bure-ni-sa (or stranger's house), 
where the bodies of those slain in battle are always taken. It is a bushy shrub, seldom higher than six 
feet, with a dark glossy foliage, and berries of the shape, size, and colour of tomatoes. The fruit has a faint 
aromatic smell, and is occasionally prepared like tomato sauce. The leaves are wrapped around the bo- 
kola, as those of the taro are around pork, and baked with it on heated stones. Salt is not forgotten. 
Even the white settlers use the leaves of this plant as a pot-herb. R. Brown's S. viride has styles longer 
than the stamens, and berries not larger than a good-sized pea, whilst S. anthropophagorum has styles 
shorter than the stamens, and berries having the dimensions of tomatoes and the larger olives. Solander’s. 
being merely a name, unaccompanied by a description, that of R. Brown, free from this defect, naturally - 
has the preference. Dunal’s S. Uporo, described from insufficient materials, was at first not recognised by 
me, or else I should not have added the name anthropophagorum io its synonymy; but I now retain my 
name because Uporo is but a corruption, * Poroporo” being the correct Tahitian name of the plant. $. 
aviculare, Forst., (with which Hook. fil. very properly unites S. laciniatum, Ait.) is very different from 
S. anthropophagorum, and does not occur in the Society Islands; Guillemin meant S. anthropophagorum by 
his S. aviculare. à 
ExeraNATION OF Prare XXXVII. representing Solanum anthropophagorum, Seem.—Fig. 1, an entire 
flower ; 2, calyx; 3, corolla laid open; 4, cross section of fruit :—all, with the exception of Fig. 4, magnified. 
4. S. Vitiense, Seem. (sp. nov.) (Tab. XXXVI) ; arborea, inermis, glabra; foliis integerrimis . 
geminis, majore ovato-oblongo v. ovali-acuminato, altero minore subrotundato; cymis axillaribus 
9-4-foris, floribus 5-meris; calyce cupuliformi truncato; corollze laciniis ovatis acutis, apice 
tomentosis; stylo staminibus longiore; bacca ovata obtusa levi pisi majoris magnitudine.— Viti 
Levu (Seemann ! n. 340, ex parte). er 
* 
Distributed by me as S. viride. It differs from both species going under that name by its arboreous 
- habit (being a tree from 24-30 feet high, with a dense large crown) and axillary cymes. Leaves green, a 
little paler below, about 4 inches long, 2 inches broad. Peduncles nearly twice as long as the 
petioles. Corolla whitish. Berry not much larger than a good-sized pea. Its nearest ally is S. membra- 
naceum, Wall., (S. subtruncatum, Wall.) from which it is at once distinguished by its absolutely truncate 
calyx. Even the youngest buds show no sign of the subulate teeth found on the cup-shaped calyx of the 
true S. membranaceum, Wall. (S. subtruncatum, Wall.). There is both in Bentham’s and Hooker’s her- 
barium, a specimen collected by Cuming (n. 83) which seems to belong to my S. Vitiense, but its leaves 
are more acuminate, and there are no good flowers. By some mishap specimens of an Ardisia were mixed 
with my n. 340. : x: 
EXPLANATION OF Prats XXXVI., representing Solanum Vitiense, Seem.—Fig. 1, an entire flower, 
just opening; 2, the same quite open; 8, corolla laid open; 4, a stamen; 5, cross section of ovary; 6 and 
7, ripe fruit; 8 (by a misprint 8), cross section of ripe fruit :—all slightly magnified. | 
5. S. tetrandrum, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 445; fruticosum, inerme, erectum ; ramis teretibus, 
junioribus stellato-tomentosis ; foliis geminis oblique oblongo-ovatis acuminatis integerrimis v. sinu- 
ato-dentatis v. lobatis, supra glabris v. pube rara conspersis, subtus ubique molliter stellato-pubes- 
centibus v. tomentosis; racemis extra-axillaribus corymbosis ; floribus 4-5-meris; calycibus angu- 
latis, sinubus interdum dentibus accessoriis acutis, fructiferis parum acutis; corollæ tomentosze, 
profunde 4—5-fidz laciniis oblongis; baccis subglobosis glabris pisi majoris magnitudine.— S. in- 
amenum, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 228.— Totoya (Milne!), Narai (Milne!), Gau 
