234 OIL .SOLANACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Solanum* 



17. S. khasianum. Clarke ; hirsute, leaves ovate lobed, racemes 

 lateral 1-4-flowered, corolla small lobes lanceolate acuminate, berry 1 in. diarn. 

 globose glabrous much longer than the unarmed calyx. Solanum n. 14, Herb. 

 Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



KHASIA Mrs. ; Nunklow, H.f. $ T. 



A stout species, in indumentum and leaves resembling S. barbisetum. Stem 

 densely yellow-hirsute, and with straight patent prickles | in. Leaves 7 by 5 in., 

 deeply lobed, hirsute; prickles f in. straight, on both surfaces; petiole 1-2 in. 

 Peduncles hardly any ; pedicels f in. Sepals in flower | in., lanceolate, hirsute, not 

 prickly. Corolla f in. diam., nearly glabrous without. Stamens equal. Berries 

 1-3 on each peduncle ; fruit-sepals ^ in., ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, not prickly. Seeds 

 J in. diam., smooth. 



18. S. Wiglitii, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 51 ; leaves ovate toothed 

 or lobed hirsute, cymes lateral laxly 1-3-flowered, corolla large tube longer 

 than the lobes, berry glabrous overtopped by the ovate-lanceolate sepals. Dunal 

 in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 1334; Wight Ic. t. 841. S. Hohenackeri, Van 

 Heurck $ Muett. in Van Heurck PL Nov. 87. 



NILGHEEEY MTS.. alt. 4-6000 ft. ; Canoor Ghat, Wight, Gardner, &c. 



Herbaceous ; shoots tomentose. Leaves 4 by If in., villous above, more densely 

 beneath, prickles few ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles axillary or extra-axillary, short ; 

 pedicels |-2 in. Calyx-lobes (in flower) ^ in., oblong-lanceolate. Corolla 2 in. diam., 

 blue, woolly without ; lobes ovate, shortly acuminate. Style minutely sparsely 

 pubescent. Berry ^ in. diam., globose ; sepals in fruit ^ in., without prickles. Seeds 

 in. diam., brown, smooth, without tubercles ; the dried testa reticulated by the 

 drying and sinking in of the cells leaving the cell-walls prominent. 



10. S. torvum, Swartz Prodr. 47; stem prickly, leaves ovate sinuate or 

 lobed stellately tomentose beneath without prickles, racemes lateral dense, 

 flowers white, berry -^ in. diam. globose smooth much exceeding the triangu- 

 lar-oblong unarmed calyx-lobes. Dunal Sol. 263, t. 23, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. pt. i. 260 (excl. var. y) ; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 53 a ; Wight Ic. t. 

 345 ; Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 175 ; Sendtn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. 94, t. 7, fig. 

 1-8 with ayn. ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 225. S. stramonifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 572; Wall. Cat. 26^7 ; perhaps of Lamk. in part, not of Jacq. S. ferrugineum, 

 Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. iii. 46, t. 334 ; Dunal Sol 36, and in DC. 1. c. 266. S. 

 pseudosaponaceum, JBlume Bijd. 702; Dunal in DC. I.e. 274. S. Wiglitii, 

 Miquel PI. Hohenack. n. 36, not of Nees. 



Throughout INDIA in the tropical region, except the western desert area ; very 

 common in BengaJ. DISTRIB. Malaya, China, Philippines, Tropical America. 



A shrub, 8-12 feet high, or flowering as a herb. Leaves 6 by 4 in., lobes shallow 

 rarely deep, softly hairy above, never prickly; petiole 1 in. Peduncles usually extra- 

 axillary, short ; racemes many-fld., often dichotomous ; pedicels often ~-^ in. Calyx- 

 lobes in flower in., lanceolate, sparingly hairy. Corolla 1-1^ in. diam. ; lobes ^ in., 

 triangular, pubescent without. Ovary and style glabrous. Berry yellow; calyx- 

 lobes patent, not half as long as the berry. Seeds scarcely in. diam., smooth. 

 This, when dried, has been much confused with the blue-flowered 8. indicum and S. 

 Melongena ; the former may be distinguished by the prickly leaves, the latter by the 

 few-flowered cymes with a much larger berry and fruiting-calyx. 



20. S. indicum, Linn, partly; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 55; 

 leaves mate .-innate or lobed stellately woolly beneath nerves prickly, racemes 

 lateral many-fld., flowers blue, berry in. diam. globose smooth much exceeding- 

 the triangular-oblong calyx-lobes. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 131 ; Roxb. FL Ind. i. 

 570; Watt. Cat. 2626; Wight. Ic. t. 346; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 309; 

 Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 174 ; Kurz For. Fl. 226. S. violaceum, Jacq. Fragm. 



