Solanum.] 



XGI. SOLANACE.E (WRIGHT). 



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JJ Corolla less than 9 lin. in diam. 



Leaves glabrous or nearly so when mature. 





Leaves more or less sinuate 



18. 



S. athiopicum. 



Leaves entire. 







Cymes nearly sessile, corymbose 



19. 



S. paupemm. 



Cymes peduncled, racemose . 



20. 



S. Goelzei. 



Cymes peduncled, sub umbellate. 







Corolla 4-5 lin. in diam. 







Herbaceous . 



21. 



S. nodiflorum. 



Shrubby . 



23. 



S. nakurense. 



Corolla 9 lin. in diam . 



24. 



S. carense. 



Leaves with simple hairs. 







Leaves more or less lobed 



22. 



S. nigrum. 



Leaves entire. 







Herbaceous . 



25. 



S. Jrirtulum. 



Suffruticose. 







Pedicels filiform 



26. 



S. campanv.liflorv.in 



Pedicels clavate. 







Corolla-lobes obtuse ; stem 







terete . 



27. 



S. lykipiense. 



Corolla-lobes acute ; stem 







4-angled 



28. 



S. pseudospinosum. 



Leaves with stellate hairs. 







Cyme6 dichotomous. 







Leaves ghibrescent above . 



29. 



S. subulatum. 



Leaves permanently h.iiry above . 



30. 



S. verbascifolium. 



Cymes not dichotomous. 







Leaves entire. 







Flowers 4-rnerous. 







Leaves ovate, acute 



31. 



S. scldmperianum 



Leaves ovate - lanceolate, 







acuminate . 



32. 



S. senegambicum. 



Flowers 5-merous. 







Cym?s umbellate. 



33. 



S. polyanthenium. 



Cymes corymbose 



34. 



S. catombelense. 



Cymes racemose. 







Leaves solitary 



35. 



S. mossambicense. 



Leaves geminate. 







Corolla rotate. 







Flowers S-12 . 



36. 



S. distichum. 



Flowers 3-5 . 



37. 



S. Reichenbachii. 



Corolla campanulate 



38. 



S. geminifolium. 



Leaves sinuate or lobed. 







Leaves white beneath ; lowest 







flower alone fertile . 



39. 



S. albifolium. 



Leaves green beneath ; many 







flowers fertile . . . 



40. 



S. scalare. 



** AKMAT.E. — Plants bearing spines. (See also 10, S. 







pandurceforme.) 







f Microphyllce. — Leaves rarely more than li in 







long. 







Flowers in peduncled cymes. 







Corolla-lobes oblong . 



41. 



S. Heudelotii. 



Corolla-lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate • 



42. 



S. macracanthum. 



Corolla-lobes linear. 







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