Solatium.] en. SOLANACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 229 



SUBORDER IV. Cestrineae. Corolla-lobes induplicate-valvate. Fruit 

 capsular. Seeds scarcely compressed ; embryo straight. 

 Flowers panicled ................ 10*. NICOTJAXA. 



1. SOLANU1VI, Linn. 



Shrubs herbs or small trees, spinous or unarmed. Leaves alternate or sub- 

 opposite in equal pairs, entire lobed or pinnatifid. Cymes dichotomous or 

 racemose, lateral or terminal. Calyx 5- or 10-lobed, rarely 4-lobed, or sub- 

 entire, unaltered or enlarged in fruit. Corolla-tube short, rotate, rarely cam- 

 panulate ; limb 5- (rarely 4-6-) lobed, plaited in bud. Stamens 5 (rarely 4-6) 

 in the corolla-throat, filaments short ; anthers oblong, narrowed upwards, con- 

 nivent into a cone, opening by terminal pores or short slits. Ovary 2-celled, 

 rarely (in cultivated forms) 3-4-celled ; style columnar, stigma small. Berry 

 small or large, globose or elongate. Seeds very many, discoid; embryo 

 peripheric. Species 700, chiefly in the hotter parts of the globe, most nume- 

 rous in America. 



. tuberos^tm t Linn, (the Potato) is extensively cultivated in India, from the sea- 

 level up to nearly 8000 feet. 



* Unarmed. Sepals not overtopping the berry. 



t Cymes or racemes peduncled ; calyx-teeth 5 (rarely 4 or 6). 



1 . S. nigrum, Linn. ; glabrous or sparingly pubescent, leaves ovate or 

 oblong sinuate toothed or lobed, peduncles extra-axillary, pedicels subumbelled, 

 calyx-teeth small obtuse, corolla white. Blume Bijd. 694 ; Wall Cat. 2615 ; 

 Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 150; Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 446 with syn.; Kurz 

 For. FL ii. 224. S. riibrum, Miller-, Roxb. FL Ind. i. 566; Nees in Tram. 

 Linn. tioc. xvii. 30 : Dnnal L c. 57. S. triangulare, Lamk. III. ii. 18 ; Dunal 

 I.e. 53. S. villosum, Lamk. III. ii. 18; Dunal I.e. 58; Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 



Bijd. 



Dunal I. a. 57 ; Wiyht Ic. t. 344. S. fistulosum, Rich'. ; Nees I. c. 37 ; Dunal 

 I. c. 40. S. miniatum, Bernh. ; Dunal L c. 56 ; Boiss. I. c. S. paludosum, 

 pterooaulon, suflYiilicosum, llumpbii and erytlirjeum, Dunal I.e. 57, 52, 53, 57 

 and 371, n-t/.h mawj others. Rheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 73 ; Humph. Herb. Amb. 

 vi. t. 26, fig. 2. 



Throughout INDIA and CEYLON, alt. 0-7000 ft.; common. DISTRIB. All tem- 

 perate and tropical parts of the world. 



Herbaceous or suffrutescent. Leaves 3 by 2 in., narrowed at both ends ; petiole 

 f in. Peduncles _ in. ; pedicels 5-8, in. Sepals in., ovate-oblong ; in fruit 

 often obscure, the calyx saucer-shaped. Corolla % in. diam., nearly glabrous. Ovary 

 glabrous, style-base hairy. Berry in. diam., globose, red or black, sometimes 

 yellow. Seeds 5 T 6 in. diam., smooth or nearly so. 



2. S. dulcamara, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 285; glabrous or 

 sparingly pubescent, leaves ovate or oblong subentire lobed or lyrate, peduncles 

 extra-axillarv, cymes laxly panicled, calyx-teeth small obtuse, corolla purple. 

 Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 78; Bentl. $ Trim. Med. PL 190. S. lyratum, 

 Thunb. Fl. Jap. 92 ; Dunal L c. 79. S. persicum, Willd. ms. ; Dunal L c. 70. 

 S. laxum, Royle III. 279 (name onhj). 



TEMPERATE W. HIMALAYA, alt. 4-8000 ft., from Kashmir to Gurwhal, frequent. 

 SIKKIM, Choongtam, J. D. H. DISTRIB. Europe, W. and Central Asia, China, 

 Japan. 



