172 RYDBERG: SOLANUM IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 
corolla about 8 mm. long, the lobes deltoid-lanceolate, longer 
than the tube, puberulent especially along the margins; fruit 
unknown. 
Type collected in Nicaragua, 1868, C. Flint 8 (U. S. Nat. 
Herb. no. 42676) 
23. SOLANUM POLYADENIUM Greenm. Proc. Am. Acad. 39: 
89. 1903 
This is a very distinct species, differing from the other species 
with star-shaped corolla in the glandular pubescence, the broader 
corolla lobes, and the oblong fruit. 
Hwatco: Pringle 13136, 8692; Rose & Painter 7080. 
MICHOACAN: Arséne 5232. 
3. BULBOCASTANA 
Leaves pubescent, acute or obtuse; corolla 17-20 
Want. Bteg0.. fo Soe as ey See ss Sa ee 24. S. bulbocastanum. 
Leaves glabrous, acuminate; corolla about 10 mm 
We eae ees Cero eae ee 25. S. morelliforme. 
24. SOLANUM BULBOCASTANUM Dunal, in Poir; Lam. Encycl. 
Suppl. 3: 749. 1813. 
Bitter* proposed two varieties: dolicophyllum and latifrons. 
The former cannot be separated from the type, the latter I have 
not seen. 
VERACRUZ: F. Mueller (in 1855). 
PUEBLA: Arséne 10132. 
MExIco oe District): Pringle 9340; 9136; Rose & Hay 
5513; Salaza 
MORELOs: Dingle 6397. 
25. SOLANUM MORELLIFORME Bitter & Muench, Repert. 12: 
154. Of. 2. 1683: 
In both of the two instances this plant has been collected, it 
boc eee growing in hollow trees. 
tapas: Muench (in 1912). 
Po oR Purpus 7399. 
4. OXYCARPA 
Principal leaf-segments 9-11; calyx-lobes lanceolate. 
Calyx-lobes 3-4 mm. long, acuminate; corolla not 
glandular; leaf-segments _ elliptic-lanceolate, 
abruptly contracted at the base.............. 26. S. monoteranthum. 
* Repert. 11: 447. 1912. 
