248 JPENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. SolanurTk. 



Sect. 2nd. Armed. 



7. S. Melongena, Willd. sp.i. 1036. 



Perennial. Leaves obliquely-ovate, downy, scallop-lobed. Fertile 

 Jlowers solitary, long-peduncled, drooping; the barren ones on small 

 racemes^ Fruit oval, smooth. 



Sung. mifT, Vas tta, ^X^^t, Varttakoo, ^rRT^iy Varttaka, ^[Wf 

 ^t, Varttakee, ffiF^ffr, Hiugoolee,^^", Sirrghee, ^n^T^ft", Brian- 

 takee, ^tST'm^lii', DooshprwdliMrshmee, ^^, Bungmuz, ^fj, 

 B&nga. 



Be ng. Be go on 



Hind. Bungan. 



Telitia. Wangkaz. 



!Nila-Barudeua, Rheed. mal. x. 147. t. 74. 



Trongum hortense, Rumph. amb. v. 238. t. 85. 



Of this very universally useful, esculent species, there are many 

 varieties cultivated in India. The plants are annually renewed 

 from seed, though all the varieties are perennial ; but like the Cap- 

 sicums not so productive after the first year. They continue to 

 blossom and bear fruit the whole year, but chiefly during the cold 

 season. In Bengal, in a rich soil, they have very few prickles, but 

 in a poor one many. 



8. S. longum, R. 



Perennial. Leaves irregularly ovate, scalloped. Fruit cylindri- 

 cal, smooth; calyx sometimes armed. 



Suns*, qfS^it, Koolee. 



Beng. Kooli-begoon. 



Neer Wanga is the Telinga name of the plant, and Neer Wangkai 

 the fruit. 



Long Bfinjal of Europeans. 



1 consider this to be a species clearly distinct from melongena, tot 

 the fruit is always cylindrical, never changing by culture into any 

 other form, The plant is biennial, and in every respect like .Me- 



