ig4<r S»£N'TANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Solatium,, 



Pomura amorls, Rumph. amb. v. /. 154./. 1. 



Although this is now very common in India, I suspect it is as little 

 a native as the common Potatoe, which is now very generally cul- 

 tivated over India, even by the natives for iheir own use. 



Obs. by N. W. 

 The potatoe is very generally and successfully cultivated in the 

 valley as well as on tlie lower hills of Nipal so as to afford fresh 

 crops the whole year round. The roots are planted in February, 

 June and November, and are gathered after three months. 



4. S. rubrum, fVi/ld. sp. i. 3034. 



Annua!, erect, unarmed. Branches somewhat angular. Leaves 

 ovate, dentate, lobate. Umbels short-ped uncled. Flowers and 

 berries drooping. 



He tig. Goer k hi. 



Keen isjuuda, Rheed.mal. x.t. 73. 



A common weed in gardens ail over India, with flowers and ripe 

 seed the whole year round. 



Seeds received from the Mauritius under (he name of So anum no* 

 cliflorum, (Willd. sp. i. 1035,) produced this very plant. On that 

 Island it is called Brede, and very generally cultivated as a pot herb. 



Obs. by N. W. 



The red variety of S. nigrum I have frequently met wiih on un- 

 cultivated places, among rubbish, in Nipal, both in the valley and 

 on the sides of hills and mountains, at a considerable elevation. At 

 a place tailed Mareko I have found a variety which answers exactly 

 to VVilldenow's S. nigrum var- meianocerasum- — At the isle of France 

 there are two varieties of nigrum cultivated and very generally eaten 

 boiled in broth, or as a vegetable curry. It is considered a 'wholesome 

 food of which I have often partaken with impunity ; still I recollect 

 having seen one of the Aide de Camps of Sir R- T. Farquhar suffer 



