204 LXXXIX. SOLAXACE.i;. 



less sinuately lobed, the .youug leaves stellately woolly, the older be- 

 coming; almost glabrous above, acutely decuri'eiit into the petiole from 

 a rounded or subcordate base ; petioles 1-1 1 in. long, stellately pubescent. 

 Flowers in woolly racemose cymes, apparently terminal at first but 

 becoming leaf-opposed ; peduncles |-| in. long; pedicels 4-1 in. long, 

 thickened and elongating in fruit. Calyx | in. long at flowering-time, 

 stellately pubescent, divided about g-way down ; lobes lanceolate-oblong, 

 acuminate. Corolla purple, § in. long, deeply divided ; tube -^ in. long ; 

 lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, slightly stellately pubescent outside, veined. 

 Filaments very short, thick, glabrous ; anthers j in. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 1 of them longer than the other 4. Ovary glabrous; style longer than 

 the stamens, curved, glabrous. Berry ^ in. in diam., glabrous, red. 

 Seeds discoid, reaching i in. in diam., slightly muriculate. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 230 ; Wight, Icon! t. 14U2 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 232 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 173. — Flowers: Aug.-Nov. 



A rare plant in the Bombay Presidency. S. M. Country : Badami, Bhiva I, Couke !, 

 Woodrow ; Banicopa, Bhiva I — Diktrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



4. Solanum bigeminatum, Nces, in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 17 (1837) 

 p. 42. kSuffruticose ; branches quadrangular. Leaves 5-7 by 1|-2| in., 

 the lower solitary, the upper twin, membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, entire, more or less scabrid above with short setae, glabrous 

 beneath, margirfs minutely ciliate, base very acute, decurrent on the 

 petiole ; main nerves 8-9 pairs, conspicuous beneath ; petioles ^-2 in. 

 long, glabrous. Flowers solitary or 2-6, in lateral fascicles (reduced 

 umbels) ; pedicels |-| in. long, slender, glabrous. Calyx J^ in. long, 

 cup-shaped, entire or obscurely toothed, saucer-shaped in fruit, glabrous. 

 Corolla pale-purple, | in. long, deeply divided ; tube j\ in. long ; lobes 

 ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous. Filaments filiform, -^ in. long, glabrous ; 

 anthers ^ in. long. Ovary glabrous ; style glabrous or nearly so. Berry 

 ^ in. in diam., red. Seeds jV~8 ^"- ^^'^&' somewhat angular (not discoid), 

 reticulately pitted, yellow. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 231 ; Trim. Fl. Cryl. v. 3, 

 p. 232; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 173. Solanum 

 Neesianum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. p. llo{not of Wall.). — Flowers: Oct. 



A rare plant. Konkan : Gibson ! JJeccan : Plumda Ghat, Balzell tf- Gibson ; 

 Maliableshwar, Woodrow. S. M. Country: HAmghat, Ritchie., 1301!; Londa, CooA-el 

 — Di.sTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



5. Solanum denticulatum, iJZf«»f, i>/yV/r. (1825)p. 097. A shrub 

 3-0 ft. high, unarmed, much-branched ; branehes ash-colored, smooth, 

 except for a few lenticels. Leaves 2-4^ by 1-2 in., the lower solitary, the 

 upper often twin, one of the pair being smaller than the other, elhptic- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the upper side sparsely clothed with short 

 glandular setiB, the lower side subglabrous when mature, base acute, 

 decurrent into the petiole ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, conspicuous below, 

 with reticulate venation between ; petioles .]- 1 in. long, slender. Flowers 

 in lateral fascicles (reduced umbels) ; pedicels ^ in. long, 1-4 together. 

 Calyx sparsely pubescent ; teeth 5-8 (when 5 at I'egular, when more 

 than 5 often at irregular intervals), about -^^^ in. long, Innceolate-subuhite, 

 reaching nearly J-way up the corolla. Corolla bluish-purple, ^-^ in. 

 long, dee])ly di\ided; tube ^\>— tV "^- ^""g ! lobes o\at(!-obU)ng, acute. 

 Berry |--j in. in diam,, red when ripe. Seeds -/o^s ^"- ^<^"&> somewhat 



