50 ME. n. N. RIDLEY ON THE 



huts. Tlie flowers are small and wbite. It certainly looks very 

 unlike any form of tbe European iS. nigrum. 



Distrihution. Brazil, common and widely spread. 



SoLANUM PANiccTLATUM, L. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 267; Diinal in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. p. 278; Sencltn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. p. SO. 



About tlie village in waste places and at San Jose (Platform 

 Island), abundant in the ruined fort. A loose little branched 

 straggling shrub about six feet high, with violet or almost white 

 flowers. 



Disfribufion. Brazil; common round Pernambuco. 



S. MAMMOSTJM, var. coENicuLUM. — S. coruigerum, Andre in Bev. 

 Hort. 1868, p. 33, non Dunal (S. corniculatum in ial.). 



The true " Jurubeba." This plant occurs in waste places round 

 the village. The fruit is used in liver complaints. The name 

 "Jurubeba" is commonly applied to any Solanum of this group; 

 but tliis, I was assured, was the correct plant. It is doubtless 

 introduced here. This species seems not to be specifically dis- 

 tinct from S. 7nammosum, which, however, is not hitherto known 

 from Brazil. The form of the fruit, which is rather larger than 

 S. maminosiim, and has an irregular number of j)roces3es at the 

 base, seems to be the onlj^ distinguishing mark. 



S. BOTEYOPHOEUM, U. Sp. 



Frutes scandens, caulibus lignosis ferme unciam diametro ; 

 cortex suberosus albescens. Rami graciles glabri. Folia valde 

 variabilia membranacea noununquam integra ovata laaceolata 

 acuta petiolata, circiter 2 uncias longa, unciam lata, sa^pius 

 triloba, lobus niedius ovato-lanceolatus 2-3 uncias longus, vuiciam 

 latus, latcralia breviora falcata ; baud rare prsesertim in plantis 

 juvenibus multilobata vel runcinata. Paniculse nutantes multi- 

 floraB, ramosa3 densa? pulcherrimse. Flores eis S. Seaforthice 

 suba^quales, violacea?, conniventes ; pedicellis ^ unciam longis. 

 Calyx viridis parvus, deutibus parvis 5. Corolla \ -uncialis, lobi 5, 

 lanceolate acutsp, marginibus pubesceutibus. Stamina 5, filamentis 

 brevibus basi iucrassatis, ad apicibus acuminatis ; authei'se flavsD 

 conica", conniventes, poris magnis duobus dehiscentes. Stylus 

 gracilis curvulus ; stigma capitatum parvum. Ovarium globosum. 

 Bacca? parvge globosae coccinese. 



This beautiful plant was very abundant in the Sapate, and 



