84 SOLANACEiE 



white. Sepals 5 linear. Corolla % inch. Berry J^ inch 

 red. t. 433. 



Nilgiris : in light shade. 



Solanum dcnticulatum Bl. van guakai ; Vol. I p. 296. 

 Calyx teeth 7 or 8. 



Solanum macranthum Dun. A tree with large lobed 

 leaves, covered with stiff simple hairs on the upper side, 

 and with stellate hairs on the lower ; and bunches of large 

 light and dark blue flowers. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 4138. 



Occurs occasionally in gardens. A native of Brazil. 



* ^ No Prickles. Clifnbers, 



Solanum seaforthianum Dunal. A climber. Leaves 

 occasionally simple, more often deeply, pinnately-lobed, 

 or compound. Glabrous except for a few hairs, and 

 minute pubescence on the nerves ; terminal lobe largest, 

 ovate or elliptic, acuminate. Flowers in terminal pani- 

 cles white. Curt, Bot. Mag- t. 1982. 



Common on trees, in stations of both plateaus 

 Native of South America and introduced to England by 

 Lord Seaforth in 1804 from the West Indies. 



Solanum convolvulus Sendt. A climber like the 

 last, but with simple ovate entire leaves, from lYz to 2 

 inches by J^ to ^ inch. 



On trees, cultivated. Also Yercaud. Native of South 

 Brazil. 



* "^ * Prickly shrubs and herbs. 



Solanum wightii Nees ; F.B.I, iv 234, 1 18. A small 

 plant, almost a herb, distinguished at once among our 

 species by the very large flowers. Prickles few and 

 small. All green parts clothed with rather long hairs, 

 and the undersides of the leaves with a very close 

 tomentum as well. Leaves ovate, lobed, ij^ to 3 inches. 



