4J:G LxxxTi. solanEyE. [Solanum. 



Leaves bioaJ, very densely auJ softly toineiitose with few 



prickles 43. *S^. mela7ios]permnm. 



Leaves nearly equally, densely and softly tomeutose onbotli sides, 

 entire or slightly sinnate. 

 Leaves acute or scarcely obtuse, mostly undulate (1 to 2 in. 



long), with very numerous long prickles 44-. 5. Iwrrulum, 



Leaves obtuse (mostly under 2 iu. long), entire or sinuate, w^ith 

 few or no prickles. 



rruiting calyx membranous, globular, very prickly, com- 

 pletely enclosing the fruit. Leaves ovate or oblong . . 45. 5^. ecMnaium, 



Iruitiug calyx globular, thick, nearly enclosing the fruit. 



Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate 46. 5. lasiophi/llum, 



Fruiting calyx open, 6 to 8 lines diameter. Ovarv 3-celled 47- S. en'q^licim. 

 Leaves mostly acumiuate or acute (3 in. long or more), entire, 

 not at all or scarcely prickly. 



Plowering calyx under 3 lines long ; fruiting calyx 6 to 8 



lines diameter. Ovary 4-celIed 48. ^. qiiadnloculatum. 



Flowering calyx ^ iu. long ; fruiting calvx nearly 2 in. dia- 

 meter. (Ovary not seen) . . . ,* 4,^. S. plilomoides. 



Leaves lanceolate, rather obtuse (1 to 3 iu. long), entire. 



Calyx with a globular very prickly tube and long linear lobes. 



-flowers large 50. ^. Cunmn{/Jiamiu 



There are in the Hookeriau as well as in the Muellerian herbarium a few specimens of 

 what appear to be additional species of Bolammi, but too imperfect for determination. 



§ 1. JJnarmed. Tithescence simple or no?je. 



1. S. nigrum, Z/«w. Sp. PI. 266. An erect annual or biennial, with 

 very spreading branches, 1 to nearly 2 ft. high, glabrous or pubescent with 

 simple liairs, without prickles, but 'the angles of the stem often raised and 

 smooth or rough with prominent tubercles. Leaves petiolate, ovate, with 

 coarse irregular angular teeth or nearly entire, 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers 



small and whifp in i;++!^ ^,r™«« u * . * t • .. l.^l, «« o /^nmmon 



ike ntiddle. Corolla deeply lobed, 3 to nearly 4 lines diameter. Anthers 

 very obtuse and short, opening in terminal slits, often at length continued 

 tlown the sules. Berry small, globular, usually nearly black, but sometimes 

 green yellow or dingy red.— E. Br. Prod. 445 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 288 ; So^ 

 lannm ' Morellce verce;' Dun. in DC. Prod. xiii. part i. 45 to 59, as to the 

 greater number of the supposed species included in the group ; S, rubnm. 

 ■Mill; Nees in PL Preiss. i. Sio/ 



N. Australia. Gilbert river, F. llueUer, 

 V.S'^l^TV^^ ^''^^^ ^^^"^' ^- ^^own; Poi-t Curtis, M'GlUkray, Eockingham 



it a W^' T^ '^'^'^' Bowman; Rockhampton, O'Shanesy. ,, 



warH "tn "tt r ■ '^ Jaclcson, common. Banks and Solander and many others j nortn- 

 5X1/ ^^ . •'^^l''- 'f' ?'"^^^^' ^'^ E"^^l^"d, a Stuart; southward to Gabo Llan^, 



V^^^^^^^^^ 'Vk' 7'^r^ ^" ^^^ ^--^'^^ ^iver; Victcnan Expedition. ^ ^^ 



^IVZI^L r^u ^^t^^^"^"^' Adamson, F. MueUer ; I^Iurray river, F. Uaeller. 



Hooker, 



S. Australia. 

 W. Australii 



Preiss, 



uear 



Waterhotise. 

 Maxwell; S^van Kiver, 



buUn'rn'^nv nli' ' ^'^^^WV^d in almost all tropical and temperate parts of the^orld^^ 

 but m many places, as probably m some of tlie AuLalian localities, introduced uitL ciilti 



