150 63. soLANACEiE-. [Solamim. 



Ordeu 63. SOLANACEiE. 



Herbs, shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers regular 



bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla caropauulate or rotate, lobes 5. 



Stamens 5, ou corolla-tube. Ovary 2-celled. Seeds indefinite 



discoid. 



Corolla-lobes plaited in bud ... ... ...Solantjm. 



Corolla- lobes imbricate Lycium. 



SOLANUM, Liiin. 



Herbs, shrubs or'small trees prickly or unarmed. Leaves simple. 

 Corolla rotate. Stamens 5, anthers opening by terminal pores. 

 Fruit a berry. 



fc'mall tree, unarmed. Berry yellow ... ...S. verhascifolhim. 



Small tree, prickly. Berry red... ... ..S. (/iganteum. 



S. giganteum, Jacq. Coll. IV. 125; Fl. Br. I. 4. 2.33; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 175. Kutri, M. Cheena or cJmnna jhdr of Mahdbaleshvar, 

 Graham. Throughout the North Konkan and Kanara, usually in evergreen 

 forests or in the vicinity of evergreen forests. Cymes stellately white 

 woolly, corolla blue. Fl. E.S. Fr. Oct., Nov. 



S. verbascifolium, Linn. Dunal in DC. Prod. XIII, pt. 1. 114 ; Fl. 



Br. I. 4. 230; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 175. Throughout the presidency. 

 In the Supa sub-division of North Kanara in deciduous forests, common. 

 Fl. Oct., Nov. Fr. Dec, Jany. Corolla white, pubescence brownish yellow. 



LYCIUM, Linn. 



Spinous shrubs. Leaves small, often fascicled. Flowers small 

 Stamens usually unequal, anther cells dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Berry small, seeds few. 



Stamens not exserted ... ... ... ,..L. europcEum, 



Stamens exserted ... ...L. harharum. 



(These 2 species are doubtfully distinct. Fl. Br. I. 1. 241.) 



I. europseum L. ; Sibth. Fl. Grsec. t. 236 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 240 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 345. Gnwjro, chirchitta, M. In the dry Deccan districts and 

 Sind, in the plains. Fl. Oct., Mch. 



L. barbarum L. ; Berss. Fl., Orient. lY. 289 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 241 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 345. Sind. Fl. Oct., ]\Ich. 



Order 64. GESNERACEiE, 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite, irregular, bractcate, axillary or terminal. Calyx 5-divided. 

 Corolla gamopetalous ; tube long or short ; segments 5, imbricate in 

 bud. Stamens on the corolla-tube 5, didynamous or 2 only fertile. 

 Disc various. Ovary 1-celled or sub-2-celled; style linear; stigma 

 capitate or 2-lobed ; placentoa parietal, bifid ; ovules many. Fruit 

 a capsule or berry. Seeds many, minuto; albumen or scanty. 



