346 



(9) S. LAEiocARPUM. {Dvn.} 



Ident. Dun. Sol. 222. p. 173.— Dec. prod. XIII. p. l.p. 252. 



Engrav. Rheede Mai. II. t. 35. 



Spec. Char. Stem fruticose, prickly : leaves sub-cordate, sihu- 

 ately angled, tomentosely woolly on both sides and prickly : pe- 

 duncles and calyx either prickly or unarmed. 



Malabar. 



(10) S. XANTHOCARPUM. ( Schrud. ^ Wendl.) 



Ident. Schrad. & Wendl. Sert. Hanov. I. 8. t. 2. — Dec. prod. 

 XIII. p. 1. p. 302. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, prickly : lower brancbes pto- 

 cumbent, divaricated, diffuse-: leaves pihnatifid-sinuate, prickly on 

 both sides, sitellately pubescent, segments sinuate, acute: racemes 

 few-flowered. 



Var. a. Schraderi. Stem prickles fewer : leaves and flowers 

 larger : segments of the leaves acuter : berry larger, yellow when 

 ripe : flower bluish-purple. 



Syn. S. diffusum, Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 250. 



Coromandel. Bombay. Deccan. Flowering nearly all the 

 year. 



Var. h. jAcauiNi. Stem decurrent : prickles strong, more nu- 

 merous : leaves glabrous, less acute : berry smaller : flowers largish, 

 bright blue. 



Syn. S. Jaequini, Willd. — Roxb. flor. Ind, I. p. 261. — S. 

 Virginianum, Jacq. Ic. R&r. t. 332. 



Bengal. Flowering nearly all the year. 



(11) S. UNDATCM. (Lam.) 



Ident. Lam. 111. No. 2367.— Dec. prod. XIII. p. 1. p. 359. 



Engrav. Rheede Mai. II. t. 37. 



Spec Char. Stem somewhat herbaceous, dark -purple, prickly: 

 leaves petioled, broad-ovate, sinuate-repand, lobes very obtuse, 

 waved, with stellate hairs on both sides, green above, greenish- 

 grey "beneath, unarmed, or prickly on both sides, petioles long, 

 nerves and veins brownish-purple, unarmed or prickly : peduncles 

 wually l-flowered, solitary. 



Malabar. 



