594 NOTES ON THE COMMON NlffHTSHADE, 



New Zealand : One Tree Island, Auckland {T>. Petrie; April, 

 1901), Wanganui (W. A. Allison, 1913). 



Norfolk Island (ex Australian Museum, April, 1898; and J. 

 H. Maiden and J. L. Boorman, November, 1902). 



Jaluit, Marshall Island (Dr. Schnee, 1902). 



Upolu, Samoa Island (Dr. B. Funk, 1902). 



New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago (R. Parkinson, 1901). 



New South Wales : Broadwater, Richmond River (E. Cheel; 

 September, 1916). 



With regard to the plants from Norfolk Island, Mr. Maiden(59) 

 gives the following particulars: — "Common everywhere (A. 

 Cunningham, in Heward). Found by him also on Phillip Island. 

 Eaten by prisoners, who collect and cook the berries of the 

 " Black Nightshade" (S. nigrum). The berries are accounted 

 virulently poisonous in England, but their character may pos- 

 sibly be changed by the warmer climate of Norfolk Island.' 

 Mr. Maiden (57) also records a S. nigrum for Lord Howe Island, 

 and for Pitcairn Island (58); and states that it "springs up 

 wherever land is cleared. It is known as " Black Currants," the 

 fruits being occasionally used for jam, as on the mainland." 



In the exotic collection, there are specimens from Philippine 

 Islands, which seem to belong to this species. 



SoLANUM MEMPHITICUM {S. nigrum var. memjyhiticum Walp.). 

 Seeds of this were obtained from Botanic Gardens, Madrid, 

 Spain; and sown under No.31, on 17th May, 1916. They were 

 rather tall, and very similar to S. guineense, in that the leaves 

 were entire: but the flowers, however, were whitish, with a 

 decided tinge of purple, or, in some, distinctly purplish. The 

 berries are at first green, and become blackish with age, tinged 

 with purple and green, and are not so large as those of S. 

 guineense. In Dunal's Monograph (24 ), this is regarded as a 

 valid species. 



SOLANUM DOUGLASI Dun. 



Seeds of this were obtained from the Botanic Gardens, Madrid, 

 Spain. It was originally described by Dunal in 1852(24), from 

 specimens collected in California by Douglas, in 1833. The 



