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Tvhich are somewhat reflexed ; glandular dots many, prominent in the 



areolations of the leaves and along the margins; 8 to 15 in. long, 2-5 to 

 5 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main-nerves 20 to 24 pairs, irregularly 

 spaced, starting at an angle of about 65° with the midrib, at first 

 straight then curving upwards to and along the margin where they 

 anastomose ; secondary nerves usually one between each pair of main- 

 nerves, reticulations oblique, all raised on the lower surface when dry ; 

 petiole 1 to 2*5 in. long, sometimes shorter, thick, channelled above by 

 the decurrent margins of the blade, which are connivent. Inflorescence 

 lateral or axillary, a -5 to -7 in. long corymbiform minutely pubescent 

 raceme of about 18 to 22 flowers, on a thick flattened peduncle 2 to 4 in. 

 long ; bracts small, lanceolate, very early caducous ; pedicels slender, 

 clavate, •? to 1 in. long, curved upwards in flower downwards in fruit ; 

 buds ovoid, -25 in. long. Calyx-lobes orbicular, '1 in. long, margins 

 scarious ciliate, covered with many black glandular dots ; tube shorter 

 than lobes, minutely pubescent without. Corolla-lobes dark blue without, 

 pink within, ovate, acute, "2 in. long, minutely ciliate, prominently dotted, 

 tube '05 in. long. Stamens shorter than corolla-lobes ; filaments very 

 short ; anthers ovate acuminate, the connective studded on the back 

 with prominent black glands in 2 rows. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; style 

 slender, '15 in. long. Berry globose, blueish-black, -3 in. in diam., 

 faintly striate when dry. 



Peeak : King's Collector 2207, 2970, 3060, 3264, 4071, 4110, 6486 ; 

 Bidley 9530. 



This species is distinguished by its large elliptic leaves, comparatively small flowers, 

 and large fruits, but comes in some respects near to A. oxyphylla and in others to 

 A. solanacea, and to A. polycephala, Wall. 



23. Aedisia solanacea, Eoxb. Cor. PI. 27. t. 27 (1795), Hort. Beng. 

 16, Fl. Ind. I. 580, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 269. A large 

 shrub, reaching 6 to 8 feet in height ; bark ash-coloured, branches stout, 

 glabrous, grey, somewhat angular, buds lanceolate. Leaves coriaceous ; 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, glabrous, 

 entire ; glandular dots many scattered in the areolations of the 

 nerves and especially near the margin ; 6 to 10 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. 

 broad ; midrib slender, somewhat impressed above ; main-nerves 12 

 to 20 pah's, unequally spaced, leaving the midrib at an angle of about 

 60°, at first straight but soon curving upwards to and along the margin 

 and then anastomosing ; secondary nerves many, rather prominent as 

 are the reticulations ; petiole stout, -5 to "8 in. long, channelled above by 

 the decurrent and often connivent margins of the blade. Inflorescence 

 of pedunculate corymbiform racemes, bearing 10 to 16 flowers, from the 



