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+ + Flowers in a raceme, often much reduced, rareJij solitary. 

 f Berries free, not inclosed, hut only supported by the calyx. 

 *S. KKKox, L. I'cgu Riiiigo iind Tcnassorim, and introduceil into the 



Usyn-ka-de (Kurz). Aiidumaus. Cultivated by the Kanus. 



Prickly armed, flowers in very short racemes. Berries 1 to H inch thick, 

 globular, liirsute, or puherulous. 



var. Trongum, Poir. 

 More thickly stelhite-tomentose, the flowers more frequently solitaiy, hemes 

 somewhat larger, losing their hairiness, and becoming glossy and sparingly pubescent. 



S. IxDicuM, X.E. All over Burma. 



Prickly armed, flowers racemose, berries gli))]ular, the size of a pea. 



X X Corolla quite glabrous. 

 J Caly.v 6-merous. 

 S. sriRALE, Boxb. Ava. 



A glabrous shrub, flowers in long racemes, about ' of an inch across, leaves entire. 



* S. TTTBERosrir, L. (M.). Capable of being cultivated in the drier parts of Pegu. 



Common Potato. 



S. RrBRtni, WiUd. (M.). 



*S. jiELONGENA, L. Cultivated. 



Kha-yan. Brinjal. Egg-plant. 



This -n-ell-known plant produces one of the most esteemed vegetables in the East, 

 of which there are many varieties. It is much improved by careful cultivation, 

 requiring a rich soil and plenty of water. Dr. Mason gives the following vernacular 

 names for different species of Solanum: Kha-yan-kyen, Ta-byeh, Neh-pu-kha-yau, 

 Kha-yan-gywot, Kha-yan-pa-meh. 



Ltcopersicum, Tourncf. 



* L. EscuLEXTrJi, "Wall. (il.). 

 Kha-yan-mya-phung. Tomato. 



PnisALis, Linnaus. 



*P. PERrviAXA, L. Cultivated. 



Pung-bcn. 



Cape or Brazil country goosebeny or cherry, so called, apparently on the 

 lucus a non lucendo jirinciple, from bearing not the slightest resemblance in look or 

 flavour to either fruit. The fresh fruit is veiy wliolcsome, and makes an excellent 

 preserve. Tlie seeds of P. fcruosa are used to coagulate milk, for cheese, and a 

 decoction of its leaves as a febrifuge, and similar properties seem to be present in 

 all the species, due to the presence of a bitter principle named P/iysaline, whose 

 flavour may often be detected, when first the fruit is put into the mouth. The 

 plant abundantly repays careful cultivation. 



+ 4- Orules and seeds solitary in the cells. 

 Gahdxkkia, Jl'allich. 

 Anthers almost sessile. Ovary 2-eelled, the solitary ovules springing laterally 

 from the septum. Seeds concave. 



G. ovATA, Wall. KS.S. Ava. 



All parts quite glabrous. Flowers rather small, white, or greenish-white, on 

 filiform A inch long pedicels minutely 2-braeteola1e at the middle, usually by threes 

 on a filiform peduncle, arising from the axils of the lea\es. Berries 2-seeded, the 

 size of a pea. 



