1S96.] D. Prain — Some additional Solanaceae. o41 



Novicia? Indies® XIV. Some additional Solanacese.-- By D. Prain. 



[Reed. 24th Jane Read 1st July.] 



The present paper contains descriptions similar to those in the 



Flora of British India of a few species that have been recorded as 



Indian since the account of the order contained in that work was 



published. 



1. SOLANUM Linn. 



66. Solandm Kurzii Brace MSS. in Herb. Calcutta ; leaves irregu- 

 larly ovate, with subtruncate base acute apex and deeply triangulai^ly 

 lobed margin, densely tomentose beneath, more sparingly above, ra- 

 cemes lateral 8-12-fld., calyx-teeth ovate- lanceolate, corolla violet-purple. 

 S. pubescens var. ? lobata C. B. Clarke in Flor. Brit. hid. iv. 231. 

 S. pubescens Kurz ex C. B. Clarke loc. cit., not of Willd. 



Sikkim ; at 4000 feet elevation 2'. Thomson ! King ! Khasia : G. 

 Mann ! 



A small tree (Thomson) quite unarmed; branches densely stellately woolly. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long, 2-25 in. across; lobes '75—1 in. deep, '5 in. across, subacute or 

 acute, base unequally truncate stellately woolly, above sparsely beneath very densely ; 

 lateral nerves about 5 pairs prominent beneath ; petiole 1-125 in., densely stellately 

 woolly. Racemes densely woolly, peduncles 1 in. pedicels - 25-"5 in. Calyx shortly 

 campanulate, lobes '15-'2 in. in flower, - 25 in. in fruit. Corolla violet-purple 

 (Thomson) 5 in. across, closely tomentose without. Berry - 4 in. in diam. globose 

 smooth. 



This very distinct species appears to be rare. It was first collected by Dr. 

 T. Thomson in 1857 and again by Dr. G. King in 1874, both times in Sikkim ; 

 Mr. G-ustav Mann collected it in the Khasia Hills in 1877. No other botanist 

 appears to have met with it before or since in either locality. 



The solitary specimen seen by Mr. Clarke had no fruit ; it was therefore 

 referred tentatively in the Flora of British India to 8. pubescens. Mr. Bi*ace, when 

 Curator of the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Garden, having seen excellent 

 fruiting specimens collected by Dr. King was able to decide that the plant 

 is a distinct species ; he has noted it as intermediate, in his opinion, " between 

 S. verbascifolium and S. pubescens." 



7. Solanuji subtruncatum Wall. 

 Add to localities of F. B. I. :— 



Malay Peninsula : Perak, Eunstler n. 4709! n. 10260! Wray n, 

 3409! 3968! Scortechini ! 



16. SOLANUM BARBISETUM Nees. 



VAR. Griffithii, var. nov. ; all parts densely shortly softly stellate 

 woolly. 



Assam: Griffith n. 5911/1 [K. D.] ! Jenkins! Upper Burma : at 

 Poneshee, J. Anderson ! 

 J. ii. 69 



