Solanum. 843 
Flor. Sard. II, p. 148. — Perennial; branches indurate at the base 
often elongate. — Flow. February to March. 
M. ma. Alexandria. 
Also known from Palestine and Persia. 
var. humile (Bernh.) Aschers. in Flor. Prov. Brandenbg. I (1864), 
p- 452. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 284. — Solanum humile Bernh. in 
Willd. Enum. Plant. Hort. Berol.I, p. 236. — Branches woer angulate; 
fruit yellow. — Flow. March. 
M. ma. Alexandria. — N. v. Siut; Philae. 
A cosmopolitan herb like the type. 
1181. (2.) Solanum Lycopersicum L. Spec. Plant.1 (1753), p. 186. 
— Lycopersicum esculentum Mill. Gard. Dict. VIII (1768), no. 2. — 
DC. Prodrom. XIII, fase. I p. 26. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., 
p-111 no. 751. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 261. — Lyco- 
persicum arasiforme Dun. in DC. Prodrom. XIII, fase. 7, p.28. — 
A fall pubescent herb. Leaves pinnate, pinnae toothed or sometimes 
lyrate. Cymes pedunculate, few flowered. Sepals 5—6, narrow, 
unaltered in fruit. Corolla rotate, tube very short; limb 5—6-fid, 
plaited in bud. Stamens 5—6, on the corolla-tube. Anthers 
connivent in an elongated cone, debiscing by slits. Ovary 2—3-celled. 
Style cylindrical; stigma small, capitate. Seeds many, compressed, 
papillose; embryo peripheric. — Flow. October to March. 
M. ma. M. p. N. d. N.f. N. v. O. D. a. sept. D. a. mer. Cultivated 
everywhere abundantly often naturalized. 
Local name: beydingan tomaten (Del.); khuta; badindjan-el- 
quta; handtra (Ascherson); bandtra; generally: tomattn. 
An American plant. 
1182. (3.) Solanum macranthum Dun. in DC. Prodrom. XII], 
fase. | (1852), p. 384. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Illustr. Flor. d’Kg., p.112. 
— A much-branched, very spiny herb. Branches terete, covered 
with stellate hairs; spines robust, straight, yellow, glabrous. Leaves 
oblong-oval, obtuse, subentire or sinuate-pandurate, 2 cm _ long, 
stellately hairy on both surfaces and spiny on the midrib, petioled. 
Cymes lateral, few-flowered. Calyx 5-fid, hirsute, aculeate. Corolla- 
lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, hirsute. Berry the size of a cherry, 
orange, glabrous. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. N. d. Cultivated in gardens and often naturalized. 
Also known from Brasil. 
1183. (4.) Solanum insanum L. Spec. Plant. 1 (1753), p. 188. 
— Solanum coagulans Forsk. Flor. aeg.-arab., p.47. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.112 no.755. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 286. 
— Del. Mlustr. Flor. @Eg., p.63 tab. 23 fig. 7. — Sickenberg. Contrib. 
