FLORA VITIENSIS. - i77 
(Milne!), Vanua Levu and Viti Levu (Seemann, n. 343 et 345, Hinds!, U. S. Expl. Exped.! in 
Herb. Benth., Barclay! in Herb. Brit. Mus.), Ovalau (Capt. Denham! in Herb. Brit. Mus.), East 
coast of Australia (R. Brown !). 
I cannot detect any difference between R. Brown's S. tetrandrum and Bentham’s S. inamenum. Most 
of the flowers attached to Brown's original specimen have 4-merous flowers, but there are several with 5- 
merous ones. Mr. Bentham relied perhaps too implicitly on the constancy of the tetramerous character 
when establishing his S. inamænum, for he was well aware of how close his supposed new species was to 
S. tetrandrum. When growing luxuriantly the leaves become more or less deeply lobed. Indications of . 
it are seen in Brown's specimens, and they are alluded to in Bentham's description of those of Hinds. 
In some of Milne's specimens, and in my n. 345 this feature is very prominent, making them look somewhat 
like those of S. repandum, Forst. — . k 
6. S. repandum, Forst. Prodr. n. 105, et Icon. (ined.) t. 59 et 60 (Tab. XXXVIII.) ; fruti- 
cosum, inerme, tomentosum ; foliis geminis ovatis sinuato-lobatis ; cymis extra-axillaribus ; calyce pro- 
funde 5-fido, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis acutis ; corolla (alba) extus tomentosa, sub-5-partita, laciniis ob- 
. longis; stylo staminum longitudine; bacca ovato-mucronata, 3-loculari, tomentoso-hirsuta, demum 
glabrescente, 2-3-loculari.—S. latifolium, Parkinson's Drawings of Tahitian Plants, t. 28 (ined.), 
S. Quitense, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 67 (non Lam.).—Nomina vernac. Vitiensia, “ Sou,” 
“ Sousou,” v. * Boro sou.”—Viti Levu and Rabi (Seemann! n. 342, Harvey!). Also collected in 
Tahiti (Sir J. Banks !, Wiles and Smith !, Hinds!, Barclay! in Herb. Hook., U. S. Expl. Exped. !), 
Marquesas (Matthews! n. 93), Pitcairn Island (Cuming! n. 1382). 
ExPLANATION OF PraArE XXXVIII., representing Solanum repandum, Forst.—Fig. 1 and 2, different 
views of an entire flower; 3, corolla laid open; 4, a stamen; 5, pistil; 6, cross section of ovary ; 7, ripe 
fruit; 8, cross section of ripe fruit :—all, with exception of Figs. 7 and 8, slightly magnified. Figs. 7 and 8 
copied from Parkinson's drawings above-quoted ; the colouring of the whole plate also taken from Parkinson. 
The fruit ofthis species is eaten by the natives either in soups or with yam. ; 
S. Californicum, Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. 1, p. 86, collected by Nuttall at Monterey, Cali- 
fornia, is identical with S. Menziesii, Dun. le. p. 159, collected in the same locality by Menzies. Both 
specimens being preserved at the British Museum. " 
IT. Capsicum, Tournef. Inst. p. 152. t. 66; Linn. Gen. n. 252; Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. 
sect. 1, p. 411. Calyx subcyathiformis, 5—6-dentatus, persistens, 5—6-gonus, angulis rotundatis, 
dentibus acutis v. truncatis. Corolla rotata, tubo brevissimo; limbo plicato, 5-6-fido; laciniis 
ovatis v. ovato-oblongis acutiusculis. Stamina 5-6, corolle tubo inserta, subexserta. Filamenta 
filiformia, superne attenuata, antheris longiora. Antherz cordatz, conniventes, longitudinaliter de- 
hiscentes. Ovarium 2-3-4-loculare, placentis dissepimenti v. anguli centralis basi adnatis, oc-ovu- 
]atis. Stylus simplex, apice incrassatus, staminibus longior. Stigma subclavatum, obtusum, 
obsolete 3-lobulatum v. difforme. Bacca parum succosa, inflata, oblonga, conoidea, ovata v. subglo- 
bosa, incomplete 2—3-locularis, rarissime 1-locularis, placentis septisque superne deliquescentibus. 
Semina subreniformia, oc, compressa. Embryo intra albumen carnosum periphericus, teres, hemi- 
cyclieus.— Herbe annuz aut perennes, v. frutices, ob baccas acriter aromaticas ubique cultz; 
caulibus dichotomis ramosissimis; foliis inferioribus solitariis, superioribus geminis ternisque, petio- 
latis integris v. subrepandis utrinque attenuatis; pedunculis alaribus extra-axillaribusque, 1-floris, 
solitariis, geminis, ternisque, nunc erectis, nunc varie curvatis; corollis sordide albis, ochroleucis v. 
violaceis; baccis erectiusculis v. pendulis aurantiacis, coccineis v. purpureis. 
1. C. frutescens, Linn. Spec. vol. i. p. 271, excl. syn. Clus. Dun. l. c.; frutescens; caule 
erecto glabró, ramis flexuosis teretibus cum ramulis subangulatis glabriusculis; foliis solitariis 
geminisve ovatis acuminatis integris glabris; calyce suberecto fere 5-gono subtruncato glabro, 
dentibus brevissimis acutis; fructibus ovatis oblongis obtusis lzevibus basi calyce cinctis 2-locularibus 
dissepimentis zequalibus.—Rheede, Hort. Malab. vol. ii. t. 56.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Boro ni 
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