542 D. Plain — Some additional Solaiiaceos. [N'o. 3, 



In general appearance and in leaves this resembles 8. indicum just as much as 

 typical 8. harhisetum resembles 8. ferox ; so unlike are the two plants that it is at 

 first sight difficult to realize that they are conspecifio. The calyx, corolla and fruit 

 are, however, exactly alike in both. 



17. SoLANUM KHASiANUM Clarke. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. :— 



Naga Hills : Kohima, etc., common ; Watt ! Glarke ! Frain ! Upper 

 Burma: Maymyo, King^s Collector! Hotlia ; /. Anderson! 



236. SoLANUM SISYMBRIIFOLIUM Lamh Illust. 2386 ; glandular hairy ; 

 leaves obloDg pinnatifid or 2-pinnatifid prickly, peduncles extra-axillary 

 and terminal many-fld. ; berry subglobose glabrous, when young over- 

 topped by tbe inflated 5-angled often armed calyx-tube whicli ultimately 

 becomes reflexed and exposes the edible fruit. Bnnal, Sol. 232 and 

 in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. J. 326, S. inflatum liornem. Hort. Hafn. i. 221. 

 S. Balbisii Dun. Sol. 232 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2568, t. 2828. 



Lower Bengal : occasionally, as an escape, in waste places and on 

 river banks. Nilghiris : at Coonoor, apparently naturalized. Khasia 

 Hills : at Shillong quite naturalized and rapidly spreading. 



A villous viscous undershrub with simple gland-tipped hairs; prickles long 

 straight slender subulate yellow or reddish-yellow. Leaves 6-12 in. long, 4-7 in. 

 wide, lobes acute sinuate-dentate the terminal exceeding the others, softly sub- 

 viscously hairy, lateral nerves 4-5 pairs prominent, like midrib beneath, beset with 

 long hairs and armed on both surfaces ; petiole l"5-7 in. slightly decurrent prickly. 

 Calyx 5-partite tube ovate cupnlar, lobes lanceolate acute sparingly armed. Corolla 

 1 in. across slightly hirsute externally, white or violet. Berry '5 in. diam., red. 



A rather variable species, frequently cultivated, readily escaping and, at least 

 in the Khasia Hills, thoroughly naturalized. The form from Coonoor has violet 

 flowers, that usually met with in Lower Bengal has white flowers. Both forms 

 are sent from Shillong but the form that has become so completely naturalized is 

 the white-flowered one. The berry in Indian specimens is always red. The species 

 is a native of S. America, but it has of late years been so frequently sent to Cal- 

 cutta Herbm. for identification, with the remark that it could not be found in the 

 Flora of British India, that a description is now given. 



255. Solanum sciNDicuM Prain; all parts closely white woolly, 

 leaves ovate or ellT|)tic irregularly sinuate or lobed without prickles, 

 cymes lateral and terminal 6-8-fld., corolla blue, berry globose mucli 

 exceeding the calyx-lobes. 



CuTCH : Stoliczka! Scinde : Stocks! CooA-e .^ Rajputana : Jessole 

 Kmg ! 



An undershrub, stems and branches beset with short stout much com- 

 pressed and much recurved prickles ; leaves •5-l*5 in. across irregularly 

 obtusely sinuate or lobed, base cordate, petiole •25--5 in. Peduncles 1 in. and 

 slender pedicels "5 in. long always unarmed; CaZ^aj-lobes '15 in. wide, triangular, 

 hardly enlarged in fruit. Corolla '6 in. across externally densely woolly, lobes 

 triangular almost as long as tube. Berry '3 in. in diam. ; seeds 'IS in. diam. smooth. 



