Lxxxix, SOLANA.CE.1;. 209 



Sincl PL p. 10.^; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 17o ; 

 Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. H, part 3, p. 257.— Plowers : Dec-Jan. 



In the Bombay Presidency apparently confined to Sind. Sind : Bahell, 77 .', 

 Stocks, 252! ; near Karachi, Bkola Puranl, Coo/cel, Woodrow ; hills at the Hub, Bko'a 

 Puran, 119.'; Mulir, fFooc^rott/.—DiSTRiB. India (Panjab) ; Beluchistan. 



Solanum torvum, Swartz, Prod. Descr. Veg. (1788) p. 47. A shrub 

 8-12 ft. high with a prickly stem aud ovate sinuate or lobed leaves, 

 stellatelj tomentose beneath without prickles. Though indigenous in 

 some parts of India, being very common in Bengal, the plant is nob 

 indigenous aud is rarely cultivated in the Bombay Presiclency. Dalzell 

 and Gibson (Bo. Fl. p. ] 75) mention its occurrence in the S. M. Couutry, 

 but add that the plants were probably an escape from cultivation. ¥1. 

 B. I. V. 4, p. 234 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 175 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 3, p. 264. — Elowers : July. 



Solanum macrophyUum, Hort. ex Dunal, Hist. Solan. (1813) p. 199, 

 t. 17. A large shrub, of short life, a native of Mexieo, with large 

 leaves more or less armed with prickles. The flowers when fresh are 

 purple, changing to white, and much resemble the flowers of the potato. 

 The plant is effective in gardens owing to its bold foliage and large 

 flowers. Dalz. & Gibs. iSuppl. p. 61. 



Solanum tuberosum, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 185. The Potato, intro- 

 duced into Europe from America in the sixteenth century, is widely 

 cultivated throughout India. The potatoes grown at Mahableshwar 

 (4500 ft.) are noted for their excellence. An exhaustive account of the 

 modes of cultivation adopted in different provinces of India will be 

 found in Watt's ' Dictionary of Eeononiic Products,' vol. 6, part 3, 

 pp. 265-272. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 229 ; Grab. Cat. p. 137 ; Dalz. & Gius. 

 Suppl. p. 60; AVoodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 397. — Vern. Batdld. 



Solanum Melongena, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 186. The Brinjal or 

 Egg-plant, widely cultivated throughout India for its fruit. Its native 

 couutry is uncertain, but it does not seem to have been found truly wild 

 anywhere in India, though, as an escape, it is not uncommon. A full 

 description of the plant and its varieties, mode of culture, &e. will be 

 found in Watt's ' Dictionary of Economic Products,' v. 6, part 3, pp. 20^- 

 262. Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 235 ; Grab. Cat. p. 138; Dalz. & Gibs.. Suppl.. 

 p. 61 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 399. — Veen. Vdngi. 



2. PHYSALIS, Linn. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, entire, sinuate or 

 rarely pinnatifid. Flowers usually small, axillary, solitary, pedicellate. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-fid, much accrescent in fruit, then inflated, 

 membranous, loosely enclosing the berry ; teeth small, eonnivent. 

 Corolla campanulate, greenisli or lurid-yellow, sometimes with purple 

 spots below. Stamens 5, attached near the base of the corolla ; 

 anthers usually shorter than the filaments, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; ovules numerous ; style filifcn'm ; stigma obscurely 



