232 Solanacece. [Solanum. 



then truncate with the short teeth below the edge and pointing 

 downwards ; cor. about h in., lobes deep, linear-lanceolate, 

 very acute ; berry -^ in., crimson-red. 



Var. /^, pubescens, Trim. S. denticidattim, Thw. Enum. 216 (?B1.)- 

 C. P. 2864. 



L. more or less hispid-pubescent on both sides, cal.-segm. 

 5, distant, linear, not thick; berry rather larger. 



Montane zone from 4000-7000 ft.; rather common. Fl. Sept.-Feb.; 

 white, sometimes tinged with violet. 



Also in the mountains of S. India and Malaya. 



I do not think we have more than one species here, but it is very- 

 variable; ihe calyx-teeth vary from short, thick, and fleshy to linear and 

 lax. A form with lobed or angular leaves, S. Gonakai., Dun., is recorded 

 from Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. 



S. bigeniinatttm, Nees, does not seem to require separation from 

 S. IcEve, and S. denticuiatiini., BL, appears to be distinguished only by the 

 constantly more numerous (over 5) cal.-teeth (see Wight, Ic. t. 1397). 



3. S. pubescens, VVilld. Phytogr. 5 (1794). 

 Thw. Enum. 216. C. P. 1901. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 230. Wight, Ic. 1402. 



Shrubby, branched, covered when young with very fine 

 stellate pubescence, 1. 2|~5 in., ovate-oblong, acute at base, 

 subacute, slightly sinuate, glabrous above, with few stellate 

 hairs beneath, petiole \-2. in., stellate-pubescent ; fl. on rather 

 long ped., which become thickened in fruit, cymes at first 

 terminal, becoming leaf-opposed, racemose, simple, peduncle 

 short, j-f in.; cal. slightly stellate-pubescent, segm. lanceolate, 

 acute, cor. | in. diam. or more, lobes long, oblong, acute ; 

 berry \ in., glabrous, ' red.' 



Dry region, rare. Polonarua; Anuradhapura (Gardner); Minery 

 (Thvvaites). Fl. Feb. ; 'purple.' 

 Also in Peninsular India. 

 I have not met with this. 



4. S. verbascifolium, L. Sp. PL 263 (1753). Hdkarilla, S. 



5. aiiricidatuin, Ait., Moon Cat. 15; Thw. Enum. 216. C. P. 1902, 



3525- 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 230. Wight, Ic. t. 1398 (not good). 



A large shrub, 6-10 ft, whole plant covered with a dense 

 yellowish-grey tomentum of scurfy stellate hair; 1. large, 5-9 

 in., lanceolate-oval, rounded or acute at base, acuminate, sub- 

 acute, tomentum velvety above, very woolly beneath, petiole 

 |-i in., stout; fl. numerous, on short, nodding, very woolly 

 ped., cymes terminal, becoming lateral, dichotomous, dense, 

 corymbo.se, peduncle 2-4 in., stout, erect ; cal. cup-shaped, 

 very woolly, segm. short, broadly triangular, acute; cor. i in. 

 diam., woolly or pubescent outside, lobes deep, oval-oblong, 



