Solanum.~] en. SOLANACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 231 



or glabrescent. Racemes densely woolly, or villous ; pedicels -l in. Calyx-lobes 

 -i in. in flower, in fruit in. Corolla f-l in. diam., closely tomentose without. 

 Anther of the lowest stamen produced upwards, longer than the others. Berry in. 

 diam., globose, smooth. Seeds in. diam. and upwards. 



VAR. ? lobata ; leaves lobed very tomentose bene'ath, flowers smaller. Khasia 

 Hills. This example (from Herb. Calcutta, named S. pubescens by Kurz) has no 

 fruit, nor prickles. It resembles the unarmed form of S. Melongena, but the flowers 

 are too small. 



ft Pedicels axillary, clustered or solitary, or in a subsessile umbel ; calyx- 

 teeth 5-10 or obsolete ; corolla glabrous without or nearly so. 



7. S. subtruncatum, Wall. Cat. 2620; leaves lanceolate acuminate 

 at both ends entire glabrous or nearly so, flowering calyx cup-shaped entire or 

 obscurely toothed fruiting saucer-shaped entire, corolla in. long. Dunal in 

 DC. Pi-odr. xiii. pt. i. 180. S. denticulatum, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 

 41, not of Blume. S. Neesianum, Wall. ; Nees I. c. 42, not of Wight nor of 

 Dalz. 



KHASIA MTS. alt. 3-5000 ft., common ; Wallich, Griffith, &c. ASSAM ; 

 Jenkins. 



A shrub, nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by If in., minutely setulose above, after- 

 wards glabrous ; petiole | in. Pedicels f in., 1-7 together. Calyx in flower ~ in. 

 long and broad ; teeth 5 or 10, very obscure. Berry \ in. diam., globose, smooth. 

 Se^ds i in. diam., subtriangular, smooth. Perhaps not distinct from S. Blumei, Nees 

 (Blume Bijd. 696), which has broader leaves. 



8. S. big*eminatum, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 42 ; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate at both ends entire glabrous or nearly so, flowering calyx cup-shaped 

 entire or obscurely toothed fruiting saucer-shaped subentire, corolla 5- in. long. 

 Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 175. S. Neesianum, Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 175, and of Wight Herb., not of Wall. # Nees. S. cupulatum, Miq. in B. 

 Hohenack. n. 1415. S. angulosum and flexuosum, Heyne in Herb. Madras. 



MTS. of the S. DECCAN ; Nilgherries, Travancore ; Heyne, Wight, &c. Malabar 

 Ghauts, Ritchie. 



Very nearly allied to S. subtruncatum. Leaves 6^ by 3 in., membranous, sparsely 

 setulose above, margins minutely ciliate ; petiole -1 in. Pedicels 1-6 together, f 

 in. Berry in. diam. Seeds in. diam. ; testa lax, subsquamose. 



VAR. zeylanica ; leaves smaller less membranous, pedicels shorter rusty-puberu- 

 lous. S. membranaceum, Thwaites Enum. 216, not of Wall. Ceylon, Gardner, 

 Wight, Thwaites. 



9. S. Iseve, Dunal Solan. Synop. 22; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate at both ends entire glabrous or nearly so, flowering calyx with 6 linear 

 teeth in., fruiting prominently toothed, corolla \ in. Nees in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xvii. 41. S. membranaceum, Wall. Cat. 2625; Nees I.e.; Dunal in DC. 

 Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 143. 



NILGHEURIES, Wight ; alt. 6000 ft., Clarke. 



A nearly glabrous shrub. Leaves 6 by 2 in., green, membranous, minutely 

 sparsely setulose above, soon glabrous; petiole f in. Pedicels 1-5 together, | in. 

 Berry and seeds nearly as of S. bigeminatum, from which it hardly differs but by the 

 distinct calyx-teeth. 



10. S. denticulatum, Blume Bijd. 697 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acu- 

 minate at both ends subentire setulose often pubescent, calyx-teeth usually 

 7-8 small divaricate, corolla |- in. long. Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 41, 

 excl. syn. Wallich; Wight Ic. t. 1397; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 1&1. 

 S. membranaceum and crassipetaluin, Herb. Wight not of Wall. 



