STANDLEY TEEES AND SHRUBS OP MEXICO. 1301 



Shrub, 4 meters high or less, the branches armed with short stout prickles ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong to broadly ovate, 20 cm. long or less, acute, obtuse to sub- 

 cordate at base, subentire or usually lobate, often prickly, densely stellate- 

 tomeiitose beneath, some of the hairs stipitate ; corolla whitish, 12 to 15 mm. 

 long; fruit 1 to 1.5 cm. in diameter. " Sosa " (Michoacan, Guerrero). 



51. Solanum hernandesii Moc. & Sesse; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13': 266. 1852. 

 Chiapas. Guatemala to Nicaragua. 



Shrub, the branches fulvous-tomentose, armed with stout prickles ; leaves 

 13 cm. long or less, truncate or subcordate at base, prickly, 5 to 7-lobate, 

 the lobes often again lobate, stellate-tomentose; inflorescences few or many- 

 flowered ; corolla white, 10 to 13 mm. long ; fruit 1 cm. in diameter. " Huisto- 

 mate," "giiistomate" (El Salvador). 



52. Solanum torvum Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 47. 178S. 

 Solanum ferrnr/ineum Jacq. PI. Hort. Schonbr. 3: 46. pi. SS'i. 1798. 

 Veracruz and Ch'apas. Florida, West Indies, Central America, and northern 



South America ; also in the Old World tropics. 



Shrub, 1 to 4 meters high, the branches stellate-pubescent, armed with short 

 prickles ; leaves broadly ovate, 20 cm. long or less, acute or acuminate, usually 

 rounded or subcordate at base, sinuate-lobate, stellate-tomentose, often prickly ; 

 cymes few to many-flowered ; corolla white, 10 to 12 mm. long ; fruit 1 to 1.5 

 cm. in diameter, yellow. " Tomatillo "' (Guatemala); " bereujena " (Costa 

 Rica); " berenjena cimarrona " (Costa R'ca, Porto Rico); " pendejera," 

 " prendedera " (Cuba); " f riega-platos " (Colombia). 



The names " espina " (Yucatan), " f riega-platos " (San Luis Potosi), and 

 " conoca " (Jalisco) are reported for this species, but they probably relate 

 to other species. 



53. Solanum luadrense Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 35: 558. 1900. 

 Sonora and Chihuahua to Morelos and Oaxaca ; type from Sierra de Alamos, 



Sonora. Central America. 



Shrub. 1 to 4.5 meters high, the branches fulvous-tomentose, armed wit!i 

 short stout prickles ; leaves ovate or broadly ovate, 18 cm. long or less, acute 

 or obtuse, usually subcordate at base, subentire to sinuate-lobate, densely 

 stellate-tomentose beneath, often prickly; inflorescence few or many-flowered; 

 corolla 1.5 to 2 cm. long, white ; fruit 1 to 1.5 cm. in diameter. " Berenjena " 

 (Durango) ; " huistomate," "giiistomate," " giiis," " lava-platos " (El Salvador). 



54. Solanum mitlense Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13': 314. 1852. 

 Guerrero and Oaxaca ; type from Mitla, Oaxaca. Guatemala. 



Shrub or small tree, 3 to 4.5 meters high, the branches densely and coarsely 

 tomentose, armed with short prickles ; leaves lanceolate to broadly ovate, 

 25 cm. long or less, obtuse to acuminate, acute to subcordate at base, shallowly 

 sinuate-lobate, densely and loosely tomentose on both surfaces; cymes dense, 

 many-flowered; corolla violet, 3 cm. broad; fruit 1 to 1.5 cm. broad. " Coj'oto- 

 matl " (Puebla). 



55. Solanum laurifolium Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Solanum no. 20. 1768. 

 Solanum lanceolatum Cav. Icon. PI. 3: 23. pi. 2.'i5. 1794. 



Solanum cymosum Ortega, Hort. Matr. Dec. 1: 11. 1797. 

 Solatium macrophijHum Dunal, Hist. Sol. 199. pi. 17. 1813. 

 Solanum mex-icanum Moc. & Sess§; Dunal in Poir. Encyl. Suppl. 3: 770. 1813. 

 Solanum hartivegii Benth. PI. Hartw. 68. 1839. 

 Solanum floccosum Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 12': 141. 1845. 

 Solanum molinum Fernald, Trees & Shrubs 1: 97. pi. 49. 1903. 

 San Luis Potosi to Morelos, Oaxaca, and I'uebla. Martinique, 

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