Solanum] LXXVIII. SOLAXACE.E 489 



Order LXXVTIT. SOLANACEjE. Gen. PL ii. 882. 



Mostly herbaceous, some genera comprise shrubs and soft-wooded trees. 

 Leaves as a rule alternate, stipules 0. Fl. usually bisexual, regular, penta- 

 merous. Calyx free, usually gamosepalous. corolla-lobes induplicate, imbricate 

 or valvate in bud. Stamens alternating with corolla-lobes. Ovary free, 

 generally 2-celled, ovules numerous. Fruit an indehiscent berry, rarely a 

 capsule. Embryo curved or spiral, albumen fleshy. 



On the circumference of the pith 5 nave a continuous or interrupted ring 



of phloem, often with hast fibres. 



1 orolla limb plaited in bud, anthers opening bj pores at 



ill.- -.•\«-\ 1. SoLAHl M. 



Corolla lobes valvate in bud, calyx enlarged and enclosing 



the fl - . .......... 2. WlTHANIA. 



1 0] -11a lobes imbricate in bud,calyx nol ei ged in fr. . 3. Lycium. 



1. SOLANUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 229. 



Eerbs, shrubs or small trees, spinous or unarmed, hairs usually stellate, 1. 

 alternate, often in j airs. Inflorescence of ten supra-axillary, calyx 5-10- rarely 

 1- lobed or entire, eni-ella rotate, sometimes broadly campanulate, limb ■">- 

 (rarely 4- or 6- > lobed. Stamens in the throat of the corolla, filaments short, 

 authors oblong, narrowed upwards, opening by terminal pores or short slits. 

 ovary 2-celled. Bern- with numerous seeds. Species about 800, cosmopolitan, 

 the largest number in South America. 



A. Unarmed. 



1. S. verbascifolium, Linn. : Wight Ic, t. 1398. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, 

 from the J ui in. Is. Chutia Nagpur. Western Peninsula in deciduous forests. 

 Hills I and Upper Burma, abundant on deserted Taungyas. — Ceylon, M 



go I tina, Australia, Tropical America. A large shrub or small tree, dei - 

 woolly, I. elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, blade 1-8, petiole 1-2 in. 

 long. Fl. white or pal ous pedunculate corymbs, 



calyx-teeth triangular, corolla woolly without. Berry yellow, hairy at first, § in. 

 diam., calyx enlarged in fruit, lobes shorter than berry. 



2. S. pubescens, Willd. : Wighl [c. t. 1402. Southern part of Deccan, common in low 



ot of the hills. Ceylon. A small tree, 1. ovate, sinuate, with thin stellate 

 pubescence, fl. in lax lateral ami terminal densely « oolly racemes, pedicels J-1J in. long, 

 calyx-teeth lanceolate ■ l in. a< -n— <. lduu nrpurple. 3. S. Kurzii, r> 'urn. 



As.Soc.Beng 65,54] - ,4,000ft. Khasi hills. A- oles, 



1. beneath and inflorescence densely clothed with stellate wool, 1. deeply lobed, fl. in 

 short lateral racemes, corolla purple. 



B. Prickly. 1. entire. 



-1. S. giganteum, .Tae ( |. : Wighl [c. t. 893. Mountains of the Western Peninsula from 

 Konkan southwards.- Ceylon, S A shrub or small tree, branch- 



lets, underside of 1. and inflorescence clothed with Bofl white tomentum. I., elliptic- 

 lanceolate, blade 5-8, petiole ' 2 in. long. PI. blue or purple, '. in. diam.. in 

 dichotomous corymb: peduncles. Berr} '. in. diam., glabrous, shining, scarlet, 



calyx-lobes acute i ry. 



C. Prickly, 1. more or less lobed or sinuate. 



a Fr. \-\ in. diam., calyx-lobes shorter than fr. 



a. L. large. 



">. S. torvum, Swart z : Wight [ct.846. Kayangyin,'Bxsna. Western Duars. Lower 



ommon. Manipnr. Chittagong. Chutia Nagpur. Burma, Upper and 



i. common in deserted Taungyas. Ceylon, moist region, very common, china, 



Peninsula a] pelago. A shrub with herbai us branches, hirsute, 



prickles few on bram es, none on 1. I.. atose beneath, broad, deeplj 



lobed, sinuate, rarely almost entire. Fl. in dense dichotomous cymes, corolla white, 

 1 in. across, lobes triangular, tomentose outside. <•. S. indicum, Linn.; Wight let. 

 B46 / ■"in, Beng. Subhimalayan trai outer hills, ascending to 5,000 ft. 



Ass Klm-i bills. Lower Bengal. Chutia Nagpur. Burma, Upper and Lower, on 



river banks, in Savannahs and on deserted Taungyas. China. Main} Penins. and 

 ip. A much-branched shrub, branchlets, petioles and Labovepub men- 



