\difoU 



Soknum!] Lxxxii. solanete. 449 



wen seen. The spccitneas have rather the aspect of some Capsicum allied to C. stnense^ 

 Jacq., than of a Solanum, 



§ 2. Unarmed^ Pubescence stellate, at least on the corolla, 



6. S. viride, R. Br, Prod, 445. An erect unclerslimb or shrub of 6 to 7 

 ft. or even more, quite glabrous except the stellate pubescence of the flowers, 

 t'snd sometimes a very few small stellate liairs scattered oti the upper leaves. 

 Leaves solitary or in pairs, ovate-oblong, obtuse, shortly acuminate or rather 

 *icute, membranous, entire or obscurely sinuate, 3 to 5 in. long, on rather 

 long petioles. Flowers in forked pedunculate cymes, terminal or lateral, the 

 tranches of the cyme short, the pedicels often above i in. long after flowering, 

 tlie whole inflorescence and calyx glabrous or slightly stellate-tomentose, the 

 corolla always stellate-pubescent outside. Calyx scarcely above 1 line long 

 <'^tthe time of flowering, the lobes obtuse, either very short or separating to 

 [te middle. Corolla deeply divided into narrow lobes of 3 to 4 lines. Fi- 

 laments verj^ short ; anthers connivent and tapering upwards. Berries small, 



globular red "^ - -- ~^'~^ r>..- i „,•:: *. ,• inn. e ^..V/z/iV/iZ/wnj "Dun 



1- c. 73. ' 



Queensland. Broad Souua, R. Brown; Cape Grafton, Bcmls and Solander ; Cape 

 iwk, Baemel; islands off the N.E. coast, A. Cunningham, M'GUlivray, F. Mueller, and 

 others ; Port Denison, Titzalan ; Rockingham Bay, Ballachy ; Port Mackay, ISernat. 



7. S. tetrandrum, B. Br. Prod. 445. An erect unarmed underslirub 



P*^ 2 to 3 ft., sprinkled witli a small stellate tomentum, rather dense on tlie 

 'nfiorescence, more scattered on the leaves and sometimes disappearing from 

 tlie upper surface. Leaves mostly in pairs, petiolate, ovate, obtuse or shortly 

 fcuininate, entire or obscurely sinuate, membranous, the larger ones 3 to 6 

 in. long. Flowers small, in short loose lateral racemes, the common peduncle 

 jot so long as in S. viride and not at all or very rarely forked. Calyx 2 to 

 ■«? hnes long, very tomentose, unequally divided to about the middle. Co- 

 rolla stellate-pubescent outside, under ^ in. long, divided nearly to the base 

 into narrow lobes. Filaments short ; anthers connivent and tapering up- 

 wards. Berry small, globular.— Dun. in DC. Prod. xiii. part I 194 ; Seem. 

 5^- vit. 176; S, inamcenum, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jouru. u. 228; Dun. 

 '•c. 269. 



W. Australia. Arnhem N. Bay, and islands of the Gnlf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 ^'Oiilburn Islaads, A. Cunningham ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 

 "^^ - • • also in the South Pacific islands. The flowers, ia this as in S vtrtde, are 



uot:.lvvavc 4,.,npm.is. several 5-merous flowers occur indeed in liro\Tn s 



The 

 occasio 



specimens. 



.^^'■J Jloridundum. Corollas larger, very tomentose, and one of the peduncles of the spc- 

 'laien forked. -From LeicMardi'slolltction, a single specimen lu Herb. 1. Mueller. 



. f- S. verbascifolium, Jif.; Dun. in DC Prod. xiii. part i. 114. 



^ ^all stout unarmed shrub, attaining often 10 to 12 ft., thickly covered witti 



^ stellate tomentum often very dense and floccose or vekety, sometunes more 



^^ttered on tlie upper side of the leaves. Leaves ovate, acuminate, entire, 



"f and thick, often 6 to 8 in. long, on long petioles. Flowers often nume- 

 fou.<< ir, A ■, , . -,..," ^..^A +„™,;„oi nr af leiiffth lateral. 



terminal 



^^^ pedicels very short. Calyx densely tomentose, the lobes shorter than the 



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