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Solanum JEthiopicum, Linne\ 



Tropical Africa. Cultivated there and elsewhere on account of its - 

 edible berries, which are large, red, globular, and uneven. The 

 plant is annual. 



Solanum betaceum, Cavanilles. (Cyphomandra betacea, Sendtner.) 



Central America. This shrub is cultivated as far south as Buenos 

 Ayres and Valparaiso, also on the Mediterranean Sea, for the sake 

 of its tomato-like berries. 



Solanum Dulcamara, Linne. 



Middle and South Europe, North Africa, Middle Asia. A trailing 

 half-shrub, with deciduous leaves. The stems are used in medicine, 

 and contain two alkaloids dulcamarin and solanin. 



Solanum edule, Schumacher and Thonning. 



Guinea. The berry is of the size of an apple, yellow and edible." 



Solanum Fendleri, Asa Gray. 



New Mexico. A new kind of Potato, enduring a temperature of 

 Zero. Professor Meehan's endeavours to obtain good-sized tubers 

 have as yet not been successful. Tubers of good size have since 

 been obtained, according to Simmonds. The following plants are 

 also spoken of by Dr. Rosenthal and others as new kinds of potato, 

 perhaps to be developed through cultivation : S. demissum 

 (Lindley), S. cardiophyllum (Lindley), S. utile (Klotzsch), S. verru- 

 cosum (Schlechtendal), S. Bulbocastanum (Dunal), S. stoloniferum 

 (Schlechtendal), all from Mexico and some from elevations 10,000 

 feet high ; S. Maglea (Molina) from Chili, and S. imjaite^Dunal) 



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 Solanum Gilo, Raddi. 



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Tropical America ; much cultivated there for t&e sake of its large, ' 

 spherical, orange-coloured berries, which are eatable. 



Solanum Guinense, Lamarck. 



Within the tropics of both hemispheres. The berries of this shrub 

 serve as a dye of various shades, particularly violet, for silk. 



Solanum indigoferum, St. Hilaire. 



South Brazil. A dye-shrub, deserving trial culture. 



Solanum Lycopersicum, Linne.* (Lycopersdum esculentum, Mill.) 



The Tomato. South America. Annual. Several varieties exist, 

 differing in shape and colour of the berries. It is one of the most 

 eligible plants with esculent fruits for naturalisation in desert 

 country. As well known, the Tomato is adapted for various culinary 



