9&2 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol, XIX. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals United. 



Tnc]io!ePis tibstica, 



COMPOSITiE. 

 F. B, I. iii. 382. 

 Northern Kashmir, 

 8-12,000 ft. 



Solanum dulcamara, 

 Solanium icdicum, 



Saniyuri. 

 SOLANACE^. 

 F. B. J.iv. 234. 

 The Plains to 5,000 f b. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



Solannm £Iolon?cna, 

 Tlie Egg-plant, 



Brinjul bengan. 



S0LANACEJ5. 



F. B. 1. iv 235, 



The Plains to 4,C00 ft. 



Solanum coag'iilavis, 



Bari mauhari, tinrji. 

 SoIiANACE.^;. 

 F. B.I. V. 236. 

 The Plains. 



Hiclnus communis, 

 Tlie Castor Oil Plant , 



Areiid. bedriHjir, harvauli 

 EuPHORBIACE.a:. 

 F.B. I. iv. 4.57. 

 The Plains. 



small, branches clustered above, slender, twiggy 

 ending in a stifi' flower stalk with a small erect head ; 

 leaves 1-3 ins. long, sessile, leathei-y, very narrow 

 blunt, lobed, upper ^-1 by jL-^ in., ovate, linear, 

 margin not lobed ; flowers scarlet, in heads -^-'^ in. 

 diam., bracts round heads, outer ovate, needle 

 pointed, inner lanceolate, needle pointed, ^ in. long, 

 corollas i in. ; long ; fruit (achenes) ^ in. long, rather 

 ribbed, a brush of hairs on top of each achene ^ in, 

 long, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small, branches many, very prickly, prickles stout, 

 flattened, often recurved ; leaves 3-0 by 1-4 ins., 

 ovate, lobed, star-shaped hairs above, woolly beneath,^ 

 nerves prickly, stalk 1 in. long ; flowers f-1 in. diam. 

 in lateral woolly recemes, calyx 5 lobed ^ in. triangular, 

 very woolly, corolla lobes 5, broad triangular, woolly 

 without, stamens h, forming a cone ; berry yellow, 

 5 in. diam., round, smooth, protruding beyond the 

 calyx lobes, seeds ^ in. diam., discoid. The root is 

 said to be aphrodisiac, 



small, prickly or unarmed ; leaves B-O by 2-4 ins., 

 stalk 1 in., ovate lobed, star-shaped hairs beneath ; 

 flowers blue, 1-1^^ in. diam., in short small clustere, 

 calyx lobes ^-^ in., oblong, linear, corolla shortly lobed, 

 stamens 5, forming a cone ; l)erry 1-9 ins., purple 

 green, seeds very many, discoid. Generally cultivated, 



very like the last species, but the berry is only 1 in. 

 diam., and yellow. The fruit is sometimes eaten fresh 

 or pickled. 



Petals None, 



large, stem hollow, young shoots bluish green ; 

 leaves 6-24 ins, diam.,green to red, round. 5-7 lobed, 

 lobes toothed, membranous, oblong to linear, sharp or 

 long-pointed, stalk 4-12 ins. long ; flowers | in. diam. 

 in terminal erect branching recemes, male and female 

 on different plants, male flower, calyx membranous. 



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