458 Lxxxii, soLANE^. [Solauum. 



4. Prickles on ike cahjxes as well as on the rest of the plant. Pubescence stellate^ 



rarely almost simjtle or none, 



*30. S. sodomseum^ Linn.; Bun. in DO. Prod, xiii. part i. 366. A 

 spreading or diffuse shrub or herb of 2 to 3 ft., the foliage green but sprinkled 

 as well as tlie branches with a few small stellate hairs. Prickles stout, often 

 thickened downwards on the stem and leaves, more slender on the calyxes. 

 Leaves deeply pinna tifid, with very obtuse rounded obovate or spathulate 

 lobes, often sinuate, the whole leaf's to 6 in. long. Eacemes pedunculate, 

 few-flowered, short and simple or rarely once-forked. Calyx divided to the 

 middle into obtuse lobes. Corolla rather large, divided to near the nuddle 

 into broad lobes. Berries globular, rather large, variegated green and white 

 or at length yellow. — Sibth. Fl. Grsec. t. 235. 



N. S. "VS^ales and Victoria. A native of the JTcditerranean region and of S. Africa, 

 early introduced into the neighbourliood of Port Jaclvson, R. Brown, and now natnralizeil 

 there as well as at Plenty Creek in Victoria, and probably some other places, /. Mueller 

 and others. 



31. S. armatum, S. Br. Prod. U^. A diffuse herb or undershrub of 

 2 to 3 ft., quite glabrous except the corolla, or with a very few small stellate 

 hairs scattered on the young shoots. Prickles slender, numerous on the 

 stems, leaves, inflorescence, and calyxes. Leaves ovate or broadly oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, sinuate-lobed or pinnatifid, with acute broad or rarely nar- 

 row often sinuate lobes, the larger leaves 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers usually 

 2 or 3 but sometimes more numerous in loose lateral racemes, the comrnou 

 peduncle more or less elongated above the lowest pedicel, the pedicels rather 

 long. Calyx 4 to 5 lines long at the time of flowering, witli lanceolate acu- 



Corolla 1 to 1 ia. diameter 



S. jmugetiim, Sieb. PL Exs. not of R. Br. 



Queensland, Near Warwick, Beekler. „. , „nd 



rj. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieher, n. ^^i, 



many others ; Hastings river, Beekler. 



Victoria, Lake King and shaded valleys Dandenong llaages, F. Mueller. ^ 



S. prinopJiyllum, Dun. in DC. Prod. xiii. part i. 296, from Port Jackson, is pfooa h 



from his description, the same as S. armatum. 



. 32. S. hystrix, R. Br. Prod. 44f5. A diffuse l)ut rigid bevb.qui^e 

 glabrous, ever^^ part densely covered witli long rather stout straight P"*^^ ' 

 Leaves narrow oblong, sinuate or pinnatifid, with a narrow rhachis and su 

 lobes, intensely prickly, about 2 lines long. Flowers few, on l^rancU-n 

 prickly peduncles. Calyx exceedingly prickly, with lanceolate lobes, ^oro 

 pale blue, divided to about the middle, armed outside with a few prickles 

 those of the calyx. (R. Brown.) 



S. Australia. Petrel Bay, R. Brown. Brown's herbarium contains ^'^\^ ^'Si 

 specimen without flowers. It resembles S. caiaphrachm, but the prickles on tne t 

 described by Brown are wanting in that species, as indeed in every other Australian ^oiw 

 known to me. The above description of the flowers is taken from Brown's notes. 



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