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6. Solanum lambii Fernald, Bot. Gaz. 20: 536. 1895. 

 Sinaloa and Jalisco ; type from Villa Union, Sinaloa. 



Woody vine, the branches stellate-pubescent; leaves slender-petiolate, 

 rounded-ovate, 4 cm. long or less, entire, finely stellate-pubescent or rarely 

 glabrate; pedicels geminate or fasciculate; corolla bluish, 1.5 cm. long; fruit 

 5 to G mm. in diameter, glabrous. 



7. Solanum sideroxyloides Schlecht. Linnaea 8: 253. 1833. 

 Type from Hacienda de la Laguna, Veracruz. 



Shrub, the branches stellate-tomentose ; leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong- 

 ovate, 7 cm. long or less, acute or short-acuminate, obtuse at base, entire, 

 brownish-tomentose beneath ; pedicels fasciculate ; corolla white ; fruit gla- 

 brous. 



8. Solanum lentum Cav. Icon. PI. 4: 4. pi. 808. 1797. 



Solanum stellatum lentum O. E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antill. 6: 189. 

 1909. 



Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Oaxaca. Cuba, Guatemala, and El Salvador. 



Shrub, trailing or scandent, sometimes 3 meters long, the branches densely 

 stellate-pubescent ; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 6.5 cm. long or less, entire, 

 obtuse or rounded at base ; pedicels usually fasciculate ; corolla usually violet, 



14 to 18 mm. long ; fruit red, 6 to 8 mm. in diameter, glabrous. " Quesillo," 

 "manzana months," " guaco " (El Salvador). 



Closely related to 8. virgatum Lam., a West Indian species, and perhaps 

 not distinct. 



9. Solanum nocturnum Fernald, Proc. Amei'. Acad. 35: 570. 1900. 

 Guerrero and Oaxaca ; type from Acapulco. 



Woody vine, the branches minutely stellate-pubescent or glabrate ; leaves 

 slender-petiolate, acute or obtuse, entire, finely and sparsely stellate-pubescent 

 when young but soon glabrous; pedicels solitary or geminate; corolla 12 to 



15 mm. long; fruit 1 em. in diameter. 



10. Solanum chiapense T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 192. 1915. 

 Type from Finca Irlanda, Chiapas. 



Shrub, glabi'ous throughout, probably scandent ; leaves on very short petioles, 

 elliptic or lance-oblong, 10 cm. long or less, narrowed to the obtuse or acutish 

 apex, obtuse or subacute at base, entire ; pedicels solitary or geminate ; anthers 

 unequal. 



11. Solanum stephanocalyx T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 374. 1917. 

 Veracruz ; type from Zacuapan. 



Plants slender, herbaceous or fruticose, the branches puberulent or nearly 

 glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate or elliptic-ovate, 14 cm. long or less, acute to 

 rounded at base, entire, puberulent beneath along the veins or glabrous ; pedi- 

 cels solitary or geminate ; corolla 12 to 18 mm. long. 



12. Solanum jasminoides Paxton, Mag. Bot. 8: pL 5. 1841. 



Morelos and Veracruz, naturalized ; cultivated about the City of Mexico. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Plants scandent, suffrutescent, puberulent or glabrous; leaves slender-petio- 

 late, triangular-ovate, 5 cm. long or less, narrowed to the obtuse or acute apex, 

 rounded to subcordate at base, entire, glabrous or nearly so, the lower leaves 

 usually parted or cleft ; flowers slender-pedicellate, in large cymes ; corolla 

 white or bluish, nearly 2 cm. broad. " Flor de San Diego" (Veracruz). 



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