490 LXXVIII. SOLANACEiE [Solanum 



tose, underside of 1. always densely woolly, prickles numerous, also on 1., stout, up to 

 h in. long. L. from sinuate to pinnatifid, blade 1-5, pet. f-1 iu. long. Racemes lateral, 

 corolla blue, |-1 in. across. 



/?. L. small. 



7. S. trilotiatum, Linn. ; Wight Ic. t. 854. Common on the sea coast of the Western 

 Peninsula, in the Sundriban and in the tidal forests of Burma and the Malay 

 Peninsula. Ceylon. A small straggling and climbing evergreen shrub, nearly 

 glabrous, prickles numerous, short stout recurved also on 1. Peduncles short, 2-8-fld., 

 pedicels J-1J in. long, corolla blue, sometimes white, 1-1J in. across. 8. S. graeilipes, 

 Dene. Sind. Baluchistan. Kuram valley. Punjab. A small shrub, pubescent with 

 minute stellate hairs, prickles few, none on 1. L. 14 in. diam., sinuate, base usually 

 cordate, blade 1J_ in. diam., pet. slender, 4-1 in. long. Peduncles very short, 1-3-fld., 

 pgdicels slender A-li in., corolla § in. across. 



(b) Fr. jt in. diam. overtopped by the enlarged sepals. 



9. S. Wig-htii, Nees ; Wight Ic. t. 841. Nilgiris. Softly velvety, 1. and sepals with- 

 out prickles, peduncles short, 1-3-fld., pedicels slender, in fl. 4-14 in. long, corolla blue, 

 2 in. across. Calyx-segments in fr. ovate-lanceolate J in. long. 10. S. barbisetum, 

 Nees. Sikkim, 1-6,000 ft. Assam. Tenasserim. Hirsute. Prickles straw-cold., up 

 to 4 in. long, abundant on petioles and 1. Eacemes lateral, many-fld , 2-3 in. long, 

 pedicels J in. long, corolla blue. Berry enclosed by the enlarged densely prickly calyx. 



(c) Fr. large, 1 in. long and more. 



11. S. ferox, Linn. : Wight Ic. t. 1399. Vern. Sinkadi, Sinkeujan, Burm. Assam, 

 Ehasi hills, Chittagong. Burma. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. Malay Penins. 

 China. A shrub or small tree, branchlets, petioles and 1. densely clothed with soft 

 stellate wool, prickles flat, shining, abundant on 1., the longest 4 in. L. with broad 

 triangular lobes, blade 6-12, pet. 1-24. in. long. Fl. in short dense lateral woolly 

 racemes, corolla white, 1-1J in. across, berry globose, 1-14 in. diam., densely clothed with 

 needle-like hairs, 12. S. Khasianum, Clarke. Khasi hills. Ma3 T myo 3 Upper Burma. 

 Yunnan. Hirsute with long soft hairs, prickles straw-coloured, the largest § in., base 

 broad flat. Lobes of 1. ovate, corolla white or pink, | in. across, berry 1 in. diam. 

 glabrous. 13. S. Melongena, Linn. Brinjal. Vern. Banbhata, Centr. Prov. ; Kayan, 

 Burm. Cultivated and run wild throughout India and Burma. Herbaceous, sometimes 

 unarmed, fl. blue, in few-fid. cymes, corolla 1-1J in. across, lobes broadly triangular, 

 hairy outside. Fr. white or dark purple, 1-9 in. long. 



2. WITHANIA, Pauquy ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. 239. 



Unarmed shrubs, 1. entire. PL 5-6-merous, axillary, solitary or fascicled, 

 calyx enlarged and enclosing the fr., corolla campanulate, lobes short, valvate 

 in bud, anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally. Berry many-seeded, embryo 

 curved. Species 5. Canaries. Mediterranean region. South Africa. India. 



1. W. somnifera, Dnnal. — Syn. Physalis somnifera, Link; Wight Ic. t. 853. Sind. 

 Kuram valley. Punjab. Merwara (Asind). Gangetic plain, also at the foot of the 

 Himalaya, to 1,000 ft. Central Provinces. Western Peninsula, Ceylon. Mediterranean 

 region. Tropical and South Africa. Attains 5 ft., thinly velvety, 1. ovate, blade 3-5, 

 pet. 1-14 in. long, fr. calyx inflated, papei - 3 r . 2. W. coagulans, Dunal. — Syn. Puneeria 

 coagulans, Stocks ; Wight Ic. t. 1616. Sind. Baluchistan (Khamdzar). Trans Indus, 

 to 3,000 ft. Kuram valley. Salt range. Sutlej valley at 3,000 ft. (Panir). Southern 

 Punjab. Afghanistan. A small shrub, 1. densely clothed with minute grey stellate 

 tomentum. L. ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate, blade 1-2, narrowed into pet. J in. 

 long. Fl. polygamous, fr. calyx leathery closely surrounding the berry. 



3. LYCIUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit, Ind. iv. 240. 



Shrubs, branchlets often spinescent. L. entire, mostly fasciculate on 

 arrested branchlets. PI. solitary or few together, 4- or 5-merous, corolla 

 funnel-shaped, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens usually unequal, ovary 2- 

 celled. Fr. a small berry, seeds compressed, embryo curved, cotyledons linear. 

 Species 50-60, temperate and subtropical regions of both hemispheres, most 

 numerous in South Africa and South America. 



1. L. europium, Linn. — Syn. L. indicum, Wight let. 1403. Sind. Punjab. Merwara. 

 Guzerat. Fl. Oct.-March. Western Asia and South Europe (fl. mostly light purple). 

 Vern. Gangro, Sind ; Ganger, Punj. ; CJiirchitta, Delhi ; Eric Mehndi, Merwara : Gangro, 



