Solatium.] xci. solanace^e (wright). 211 



Fruit small, nearly enclosed in the spiny 

 calyx. 

 Inflorescence cymose .... 72. S. dubium. 

 Inflorescence racemose . . . 73. S. Fischeri. 

 Fruit small, not enclosed in the calyx. 



Flowers 5-merous . . . . 74. S. obliquum. 



Flowers 6-merous . . . . 75. S. urbaniantim. 



Fruit usually large, not enclosed in the 

 calyx. 



Leaves oblong 76. S. tomentelhim. 



Leaves lanceolate. 



Indumentum beneath leaves asby- 



o-rey . . • . . 77. S. trepidans. 



Indumentum of leaves rusty. 



Leaves pubescent above . . 10. S. pandurceforme. 

 Leaves scabrid above . . 78. S. englerianum. 



Leaves more or less ovate in general 

 outline. 

 Tomentum on stem floccose. 



Tomentum ashy-grey . . .79. 8. incanum. 

 Tomentum rusty . . .80. 5. chrysotrichwm. 



Tomentum on stem not floccose. 

 Leaves usually entire. 



Spines cuived . • .81. S. campylacanthum. 



Spines straight . . .82. S. phoricum. 

 Leaves lobed. 

 Spines distinctly recurved. 

 Calyx-lobes lanceolate. 



Corolla-lobes lanceolate . 83. S. magnusianum. 

 Corolla-lobes ovate . . 84. S. bathocladon. 

 Corolla-lobesovate-cuneate 85. S. Bojeri. 

 Calyx-lobes subulate . . 86. S. monotanthum. 

 Spines straight or nearly so. 

 Fruit subglobose. 



Corolla-lobes broadly tri- 

 angular . . .87. S. hybridum. 

 Corolla-lobes lanceolate . 88. S. cerasiferum. 

 Corolla-lobes oblong-oval . 89. S. antidotum. 

 Fruit oblong. 



Corolla campanulatc . 90. S. Melongena. 



Corolla rotate . . 91. S. Mtivuense. 



Leaves deeply pinnately lobed, 

 lower surface much paler 

 than the upper . . . 92. S. aculeastrum. 

 Leaves bipir.natipartite. 



Corolla broadly campanulate . . 93. S. duplosinuatum. 

 Corolla rotate .... 94. S. dasyphyllum. 



1. S. inconstans, C. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 127. A 

 climbing shrub. Stem slender, terete, smooth, 10 ft. long. Leaves 

 alternate or geminate, oblong, acute or acuminate, cordate or acute at 

 the base, up to 5 in. long and 3 in. wide, sparingly hairy on both sur- 

 faces, hairs simple ; petiole slender, up to 1 in. long, puberulous. 

 Panicle pseudo-terminal, lax, formed of peduncled or sessile cymes race- 

 mosely arranged ; pedicels short, velvety. Calyx cupular, velvety, 



