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pitted. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 234; Grab. Cat. p. 138; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 174; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 346; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 102; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 3, p. 234 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 173 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 258. — Flowers : Aug.-Oet. Verx. 

 Dorli ; Mothi-ringani ; Chinchurdi. 



Common in the Deccau and Konkan hills. Deccan : Khanclala, Graham, Cooke !, 

 Woodrow\; Mahableshwar, Cooke \, Woodrow. — 'DisiRi^. Throughout Tropical India; 

 Ceylon, Malaya, Cliina, Philippines. 



10. Solanum incanum, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 188. A branched 

 prickly shrub, densely clothed with soft stellate pale-fulvous hairs ; 

 prickles stout, very sharp, recurved, yellow, shining above, usually 

 tomentose at the broad base. Leaves 3-4| by l-|-3 in., ovate-elliptic, 

 subacute, sinuately lobed, velvety above wdth stellate fuscous hairs, 

 densely fuscous-woolly below, sparsely prickly along the midnerve on 

 both sides, rarely so on the lateral nerves, base subcordate or truncate, 

 rarely cuneate ; main nerves about 6 pairs; petioles |—1| in. long, 

 prickly. Peduncles lateral, usually paired, one bearing a solitary fertile 

 flower, the other bearing a racemose cyme of male flowers. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, densely stellately woolly, prickly in the fertile, usually not prickly 

 in the sterile flowers, ^ in. long, divided less than |-way down ; lobes 

 triangular, acute. Corolla pale-purple, nearly |- in. long ; lobes ^ in. 

 long, ovate, acute, stellately hairy on both sides, densely so on the outside, 

 the interspaces between the hairy bands tender, glabrous. Filaments 

 -^ in. long, flattened, glabrous ; anthers ^ in. long, narrowly oblong, 

 opening by small pores. Ovary globose, hairy at the apex ; style hairy 

 below. Berry |— 1 in. long, ovoid or subglobose, yelloAv. Seeds J^- in. in 

 diam., minutely pitted. Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. (1775) p. 46. Solanum 

 sanctum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) p. 269 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 103. 

 S. coagulans, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. p. 47 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 236 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 173 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 256. — Flowers : Jan.- 

 May. 



Sind: Daleelll; near Karachi, 5Ao/a!, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Panjab, W. 

 Peninsula) ; S.W. Asia, Arabia, Egypt. 



11. Solanum trilobatum, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 188. An 

 undershrub 6-12 ft. long, trailiug or subscandent by its numerous hooked 

 prickles ; stems slender ; branches long, divaricate, the young ones 

 sometimes with a few stellate hairs, the older glabrous ; prickles 

 from a broad triangular base, very sharp, compressed, hooked, 

 decurved. Leaves 1-2 by |-1| in., ovate or rotund-ovate, obtuse, 

 irregularly sinuate or 3-5-lobed, sparsely stellately hairy or glabrous, 

 with or without 2 or 3 prickles on the midrib, base not cordate ; petioles 

 ^-1| in. long., prickly. Flowers large and showy, violet-purple, in 

 extra-axillary racemose cymes ; peduncles very short, almost ; pedicels 

 ^-1 in. long, often prickly. Calyx cyathiform, g-^ in, long, stellately 

 hairy ; teeth -^^ in, long, triangular, acute. Corolla exceeding ^ in. 

 long ; tube -^-^ in. long ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, stellately hairy . 

 outside, usually reflexed. Filaments -^ in. long; anthers ^ in. long, 

 narrowly oblong, opening by small pores. Ovary ovoid or subglobose, 

 glabrous ; style glabrous. Berry ^-^ in. in diam., scarlet when ripe, 



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