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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Solanum continued. 

 Melongena (Melongen 



arm* IIIHI -ongated, lin. to Sin. in diameter, 

 edible'" I ovate, sinuate or lobed, Sin. to tin. &*& 

 woolly beneath, prickly, rarely all unarmed. A. 2ft to 8ft 



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annual. SYS. S. esculentum. There are several {rarden varieties of 



Solanum continued 

 S. maoranthuin (large-flowered) 



BringaU or Brinjal; Egg Plant; 





FIG. 498. SOLANUM MARONIENSE. 



deft, outside, as well as the peduncles and pedicels, snowy-to- 

 mentose. Jr. yellow, pendulous, globose, lin. or more in diameter. 

 1. sub-cordate, sinuate-lobed, prickly on both sides, snowy-to- 

 mentose beneath, whitish-margined above. Stem erect, 3ft. to 

 4ft high, snowy-tomentose, prickly. Abyssinia, 1775. Green- 

 house. (B. M. 1928.) 



8. maroniense (Maroni River). fl., calyx 4in. to Jin. in diameter, 

 unarmed or prickly ; corolla bluish-violet, five or six-cleft, liin. 

 to 2iin. in diameter, the segments acute ; racemes cymose, lin. 

 to 5in. long, seven to twelve-flowered. I. solitary, sub-sessile, 

 attenuated into winged petioles lOin. to 15in. long, cuneate, 

 ovate, lanceolate, or lanceolate-elliptic, sinuate-angled or sinuate- 

 lobed; lobes nine or ten, entire or sub-repand, prominently 

 prickly on the veins. Stem prickly, branched at apex. h. 6ft. 

 to 14ft. Brazil. Stove. See Fig. 498. (B. M. 4158, under name 

 of S. macranthum.) 



this ; the following are two of the best : CHINESE BRINJAL, fruit 

 white, long, very juicy, less fibrous than other sorts ; LARGE 

 PURPLE, fruit sometimes as much as 6in. or 7in. long, and 1ft 

 in circumference. See also Aubergine. 



S. myrtifollum (Myrtle-leaved), fl., corolla blue, five-parted, 

 the segments broadly ovate, undulated, acute ; racemes short, 

 lateral. I. lanceolate, glabrous, attenuated at both ends. 

 Branches terete, green, h. 3ft. South America. Greenhouse. 

 (L. B. C. 1431.) 



S. nigrum (black). Hound Berry, fl. few, drooping ; calyx lobes 

 obtuse ; corolla white, in. to |in. in diameter, the lobes ciliated, 

 recurved ; cymes lateral, umbellate. Jr. black, yellow, or red, 

 Jin. in diameter. L rhomboid-ovate, narrowed into the pe- 

 tioles, lin. to 3in. long, sinuate or toothed Stem erect, 6m. 

 to 2ft. high, usually tubercled. Europe (BiiUiiii). &c. Annual. 

 (Sy. Kn. B. 931.) 



