Solcmum.] an. solanacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 229 



SuBORDEE IV. Cestrineae. CoroUorlohes induplicate-valvate. Fruit 

 capsular. Seeds scarcely compressed ; embryo straight. 

 Flowers panicled 10*. Nicotiawa. 



1. SOZiA-irUia, Lirm. 



Shrubs herbs or small trees, spinous or unarmed. Leaves alternate or sub- 

 opposite in equal pairs, entire lobed or pinnatifid. Cymes dichotomous or 

 racemose, lateral or terminal. Calyx 5- or 10-lobed, rarely 4-lobed, or sub- 

 entire, unaltered or enlarged in fruit. CoroUa-iube short, rotate, rarely cam- 

 panulate ; limb 6- (rarely 4-6-) lobed, plaited in bud. Stamens 5 (rarely 4-6) 

 in the corolla-throat, filaments short ; anthers oblong, narrowed upwards, con- 

 nivent into a cone, opening by terminal pores or short slits. Ovary 2-celled, 

 rarely (in cultivated forms) 3-4-ceUed ; style columnar, stigma small. Berry 

 small or large, globose or elongate. Seeds very many, discoid ; embryo 

 peripheric. — Species 700, chiefly in the hotter parts of the globe, most nume- 

 rous in America. 



iS. tuherosum, Linn, (the Potato) is extensively cultivated in India, from the sea- 

 level up to nearly 8000 feet. 



* Unarmed. Sepals not overtopping the berry. 



t Cymes or racemes peduncled ; calyx-teeth, 5 {rarely 4 <»■ 6). 



1. S. nigrum, Linn. ; glabrous or sparingly pubescent, leaves ovate or 

 oblong sinuate toothed or lobed, peduncles extra-axiUary, pedicels subumbeUed, 

 calyx-teeth small obtuse, corolla white. Blume Bijd. 694 ; Wall. Cat. 2615 ; 

 Dwnal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 150 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 446 vMi syn. ; Kwz 

 For. Fl. ii. 224. S. rubrum, Miller ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 565 ; Nees in Trans. 

 lAnn. Soc. xvii. 39 ; DimOl I. c. 57. S. triangulare, Lamk. III. ii. 18 ; Dunal 

 I. c. 53. S. villosum, Lamk. III. ii. 18 ; DmuU I. c. 58 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 284. S. incertum, Dunal Sol. 155, and in. DC. I.e. 57; Nees I.e. 38. S. 

 nodiflorum, Jacq. Ic. Mar. ii. t. 326 ; Dwnal in DC. I. c. 46. S. uliginosjun 

 and rhinocerolis, Blume Bijd. 696 ; Dunal in DC. I. c. 50. S. Koxburghii, 

 Dunal I. e. 57 ; Wight Ic. t. 344. S. fistulosum, Bieh. ; Nees I. e. 37 : Dunal 

 I. c. 49. S. miniatum, Bernh. ; Dunal I. a. 56 ; . Boiss. I. c. S. paludosum, 

 pterocaulon, suflfruticosum, Rumphii and erjthraeum, Dunal I. c. 67, 52, 63, 67 

 and 371, with many others. — Bheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 73 ; Bumph. Serb. Amb. 

 vi. t. 26, fig. 2. 



Throughout India and Ceylon, alt. 0-7000 ft. ; common. — ^Distbib. All tem- 

 perate and tropical parts of the world. 



Herbaceous or suffrutescent. Leames 3J by 2 in., narrowed at both ends ; petiole 

 I in. Peduiicles f-J in. ; pedicels 5-8, j in. Sepals i in., ovate-oblong ; in fruit 

 often obscure, the calyx saucer-shaped. Corolla ^ in. diam., nearly glabrous. Ovary 

 glabrous, style-base hairy. Berry \ in. diam., globose, red or black, sometimes 

 yellow. Seeds ^g in. diam., smooth or nearly so. 



2. S. dulcamara, Idrm. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 286 ; glabrous or 

 sparingly pubescent, leaves ovate or oblong subentire lobed or lyrate, peduncles 

 cxtraraxiUary, cymes laxly panicled, calyx-teeth small obtuse, corolla pm-ple. 

 Dunal in DC. Frodr. xiii! pt. i. 78; Bertal. 8f Trim. Med. PI. 190. S. lyratum, 

 Thunh. Fl. Jap\ 92 ; Duncd I. e. 79. S. persicum, Willd. ms. ; Dwrud I. c. 79. 

 8. laxum, Boyle in. 279 (name only). 



Temperate W. Himalata, alt. 4-8000 ft., from Kashmir to Gurwhal, frequent. 

 SntKiM, Choongtam, J. D. H. — Disthib. Europe, W. and Central Asia, China, 

 Japan. 



