230 cii. soLANACBiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [SoZawttm. 



A shrub. Leaves 3-5 in., in the Indian examples often cordate-oblong, acute, 

 entire lobed or almost pinnate ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles ^-4 in. ; cymes 2-5 in. 

 diam. ; pedicels J-J in. Calyx in fruit almost saucer-shaped, lobes in flower i in., 

 ovate-oblong. Corolla f in. diam. Style glabrous. Berry j in. diam., globose. 

 Seeds ^ in. diam., smooth. — S. laxum, Eoyle, is a starved state with the panicle 

 almost capillary and flowers about J in. diam. 



3. S. spirale, Soxb. Hart. Beng. 16, and Fl. Ind. i. 566 ; glabrous, 

 leaves elliptic entire acute at both, ends, peduncles extra-axillary, pedicels long- 

 densely spirally racemed, calyx-teeth minute, corolla white. WM. Cat. 2619 ; 

 Nees in Trans. Linn. Sac. xvii. 40 ; Dunal in DC. Prodi: xiii. pt. i. 146 ; Kurz 

 Far. Fl. ii. 227. 



Assam, Khasia Mts. and East Bengal ; alt. 0-3500 ft., in and near the hills, 

 common. — Distbib. Ava. 



A herb or undershrub 4-12 feet, resembling a large S. nigrum. Leaves attaining 

 8 by 3 in., attenuate at the base, glabrous or scarcely puberulous ; petiole | in. 

 Pedicels numerous, f-1 in.; racemes sometimes divided. Co^ya; ^ in., cup-shaped ; 

 in fruit saucer-sliaped, not enlarged. Corolla § in. diam., deeply lobed. Anthers 

 oblong, scarcely narrowed upwards. Berry ^ in. diam., globose, smooth. Seeds ^ in. 

 diam., smooth. 



4. S> vag-um, Seyne in Wall. Cat. 2624 ; leaves elliptic acute at both 

 ends siauate glabrescent, peduncles extra-axillary, pedicels long sub-racemed, 

 calyx-teeth linear-lanceolate. Nees in Trans. Linn. Soe. xvii. 48 ; Dunal in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 116. 



Deccan Peninsula ; Heyne. 



A glabrescent shrub, shoots stellately white-pubescent. Leaves 6 by 2| in., very 

 shallowly lobed ; petiole 1^ in. Peduncles J in. ; racemes dense, sometimes divided ; 

 pedicels 5-I in., spirally placed. Calyx-teeth in flower ^ in. ; in fruit 1 in. Corolla 

 I in. diam., deeply lobed, sparingly pubescent without. Berry J-^ in. (Sam., globose, 

 smooth. — Very closely allied to S. spirale. 



6. S. verbascifolium, Imn. ; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 114 ; 

 stellately woolly, leaves elliptic acuminate entire, corymbs peduncled sub- 

 terminal compound dense, calyx-teeth triangular, corolla white. Jacq. Hort, 

 Find. i. t. 13 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 128 ; Wall. Cat. 2616 ; Nees in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii. 46 ; Wight Ic. t. 1S98 ; DaU. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 175 ; Kurz 

 Far.Fl.\x.225. S. pubescens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ WaU. ii. 244; 

 Blume Bijd. 698, not of Willd. S. erianthum, Don Prodr. 96. 



Throughout India, in the Tropical and Subtropical zone; common. — Distbib. 

 S.E. Asia, Malaya, N. Australia, Tropical America. 



A shrub, or subarboreous, 20 feet high. Leaves 7 by 3 in. attenuate at both ends 

 or base subrhomboid ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles stout, 1-4 in. ; cymes dichotomously 

 compound, very woolly. Calyx-lobes in flower i in., thrice as large in fruit, but 

 much shorter than the berry. Corolla | in. diam., woolly without. Ovary hairy, 

 style glabrous. Berry ^ in. diam., globose, yellow. Seeds ^ in. diam., nearly 

 smooth. 



6. S. pubescens, Willd. Phyt. 5, t. 3 ; leaves ovate entire sinuate thinly 

 stellately hairy, racemes lateral and terminal 3-10-flowered, calyx-teeth lan- 

 ceolate, corolla purple. Wall. Cat. 2629 ; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 60 ; 

 Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 127 ; Wight Ic. t. 1402. S. calycinum, Nees 

 1, c. S. conanthum, Dunal I. c. 



Dbccan Pentnsula and Cetlon ; Wight, Thwaites, &c. 



A shrub or subarboreous ; young branches densely stellately woolly, older usually 

 perfectly glabrous. Leaves 2-4 in., irregularly obscurely lobed, base rhomboid or 

 shallowly cordate shortly decurrent, young stellately subwoolly, mature thinly hairy 



