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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Solanum—continued. 
S. macranthum (large-flowered). A synonym of S. maroni- 
ense. 
sS. J., corolla white, the segments short, 
deltoid ; style elongated. Z. distinctly petiolate ; leaflets few- 
jugate, ovate, acute. Tubers large. h. lft. to 14ft. Chili and 
eru, 1862. Hardy perennial. This is, in all probability, merely 
a geographical form of S. tuberosum. (B. M. 6756.) 
S. marginatum (margined).* fl., calyx five or six-cleft, prickly or 
unarmed ; corolla white, with a small, purple centre, five or six- 
lia a 
Fic. 498. SOLANUM MARONIENSE, 
cleft, outside, as well as the pd and pedicels, snowy-to- 
mentose. fr. yellow, pendulous, globose, lin. or more in yo Fae 
l. sub-cordate, sinuate-lobed, prickly on both sides, snowy-to- 
ee vick cee beara eo re above. Stem erect, 3ft. to 
, Snowy-tomentose, prickly. Abyssini i en- 
$ D M ison) p y yssinia, 1775. Green 
S. maroniense (Maroni River).* fl., calyx żin. to țin. in diameter 
unarmed or prickly ; corolla j bent five or six-cleft, lin. 
to 2sin. in diameter, the segments acute; racemes cymose, lin. 
to = long, seven to twelve-flowered. l. solitary, sub-sessile, 
atten into winged petioles l0in. to l5in. long, cuneat 
ovate, or lanceolate-elliptic, sinuat net te Dai 
C „ten, enti sub-repand, prominentl 
par on the veins. Stem prickly, ra e ot on: h. oft. 
14ft. e. See Fig. 498. (B. M. 4138, under name 
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S. Melongena (Melongena).* 
S. myrtifolium (Myrtle-leaved). i , corolla blue, five-parted, 
is npes 
S. nigrum (black). 
Solanum—continued. 
Bringall or Brinjal; Egg Plant ; 
Jew’s Apple ; Mad Apple. fl., calyx lobes jin. to żin. long 
corolla blue, lin. to 1łin. in diameter, shortly lobed, hairy on the 
plaits without ; cymes lateral, few-flowered. fr. white, yellow, 
or dark purple, ellipsoid or elongated, lin. to 9in. in diameter, 
edible, J. ovate, sinuate or lobed, Sin. to 6in. pong stellately 
woolly beneath, prickly, rarely all unarmed. h. ft. to 8ft. 
Native country uncertain (widely cultivated throughout the 
tropics and frequently semi-naturalised). 1597. Greenhouse 
annual. SYN. S. esculentum. There are several garden varieties of 
this ; the following are two of the best : CHINESE BRINJAL, fruit 
white, long, very juicy, less fibrous than other sorts; LARI 
PURPLE, fruit sometimes as much as 6in. or Tin. long, and 1ft 
in circumference. See also Aubergine. SED g 
the segments broadly ovate, und acute; racemes 
lateral. . lanceolate, brous, attenuated at both ends. 
ranches terete, green. h, 3ft. South America. Greenhouse. 
(LBC. 1431)” eee eR ae 
Hound Berry. fi. few, drooping; calyx lobes - 
obtuse ; corolla white, iin. to in. Bh gp eae ths egt n 
recurved ; cymes lateral, umbellate. jr. black, w, or red, 
jin. in diameter. 7. rhomboid-ovate, narrowed into the pe- 
tioles, lin. to 3in. long, sinuate or toothed Stem west Oe. 
pod gt a ed tubercled. Europe (Britain), &c. Annual. 
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