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1. Solanum nigrum, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 186. A variable 

 annual ; stem erect, glabrous or more or less pubescent, much divari- 

 cately branched. Leaves numerous, 1-3| by |-2 in., ovate-laiiceolafe, 

 subacute or acuminate, glabrous, thin, entire or sinuate-toothed, tapering 

 into the petiole ; petioles | in. long. Flowers small, in extra- axillary 

 subumbellate 3-8-flo\vered cymes; peduncles i-| in. long, slender; 

 pedicels i-| in. long, very slendei-. Calyx i in. long, glabrous or nearly 

 so ; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse, ^V i"- long, not enlarged in fruit. Corolla 

 -J-| in. long, divided more than g-way down into 5 oblong subacute 

 lobes. Filaments short, flattened, hairy at the base; anthers jL. i^,. 

 long, yellow, oblong, obtuse, notched at the apex. Ovary globose, 

 glabrous ; style cylindric, hairy. Berry ^ in. in diam., globose, usually 

 purplish-black, but sometimes red or yellow, smooth, shining. Seeds 

 discoid, jiy in. in diam., minutely pitted, yellow. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 229 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 231 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12(1898; 

 p. 172 ; Watt, Diet, Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 2G3. Solanum ruhnim, 

 Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, n. 4; Wight, Icon. t. 344. S. incertnm, Dunal, 

 Hist. Solan, p. 155; Grab. Cat. p. 137. — Flowers: Sept.-Jan. Yern. 

 Kdnga)ii. 



A weed, often occurring in cultivated ground. 



KoNKAN : Bomhaj, Woudrow. Deccan: Poena, Cookcl, Woodrowl ; Malmblesbwar 

 in cultivated ground, Cooke ! S. M. Country : Kamghat, Eifchie, .508 ! Sind : Slocks ! ; 

 Hydrabad, Woodroic. — Distrib. Throughout India common ; Cevlon ; all temperate 

 and tropical regions of the world. 



2. Solanum verbascifolium, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 184. A 

 shrub or small unarmed tree G-20 ft. high, covered almost all over with 

 a dense yellowish or grey tomentum of scurfy stellate hairs. Leaves 

 4-8 by 2-6 in,, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, velvety-pubescent 

 above, densely woolly beneath, base acute or subrhomboid (rarely 

 rounded); main nerves about 8 pairs; petioles |-lg in. long. Flowers 

 numerous, in woolly dichotomous corymbose cymes which are at first 

 apparently terminal, afterwards becoming lateral ; peduncles stout, 1-4 

 in. long ; pedicels g-| in. long, stout. Calyx \ in. long, cup-shaped, 

 densely steUately woolly ; teeth at flowering-time -^ in. long, broadly 

 deltoid, acute, enlarged in fruit but not overtopping the berry. Corolla 

 white, nearly | in. long, deeply divided ; lobes ^ in. long, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute, stellately hairy outside. Filaments flat, glabrous ; 

 anthers g in. long, oblong, obtuse. Ovary hairy ; style glabrous. Berry 

 5 in. in diam., globose, yellow, covered with small stellate hairs. Seeds 

 yig in. in diam., slightly rugose. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 230 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 138; Dalz. A Gibs. p. 175; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 232; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 253 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 173; Wight, Icon. t. 1398 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, 

 p. 273. — Flowers : July-Nov. Verjt. Kutri. 



Deccan: Poona, Kaniikarl; Wai, Cookel S. M. Country: about Dharwar, 

 Br. IaisJi ex Grnliam. Kanaka: Supa subdivision of N. Xanara iu deciduous forests, 

 common, Talhot. — Distrib. Througliout India in the tropical and subtropical zone; 

 Ceylon, Malaya, N. Australia, Tropical America. 



3. Solanum pubescens, Willd. Phytorir. (1794) p. 5. A shrub 

 3-4 ft. high ; young branches densely stellately pubescent, the older 

 glabrous. Leaves l;j-4 by 1-2J in,, ovate, subacute, entire or more or 



