234 en. soLAUACBa;. (0. B- Clarke.) ISolanum. 



17. S. kbasianum, Clarke; hirsute, leaves ovate lobed, racemes 

 lateral 1-4-flowered, corolla small lobes lanceolate acuminate, berry 1 in. diam. 

 globose glabrous mucb longer than the unarmed calyx. Solanum n. 14, JKsri. 

 Ind. Or. S.f. ^ T. 



Khasia Mts. ; Nunilow, H.f. 4- T. 



A stout species, in indumentum and leaves resembling S. barbisetum. Stem 

 densely yellow-hirsute, and with straight patent prickles | in. Leaves 7 by 5 in., 

 deeply lobed, hirsute; prickles | in. straight, on both surfaces; petiole 1-2 in. 

 Peduncles hardly any ; pedicels f in. Sepals in flower | in., lanceolate, hirsute, not 

 prickly. Corolla | in. diam., nearly glabrous without. Stamens equal. Berries 

 1-3 on each pedunde ; fjruit-sepals 5 in., ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, not prickly. Seeds 

 \ in. diam., smooth. 



18. S. Wigbtil, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 61 ; leaves ovate toothed 

 or lobed hirsute, cymes lateral laxly 1-3-flowered, corolla large tube longer 

 than the lobes, berry glabrous overtopped by the ovate-lanceolate sepals. Dunal 

 in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 1334; Wight Ic. t. 841. S. Hohenackeri, Van 

 Hev/rck 8f MueB, in Van Seurck PI. Nov, 87. 



NiLGHESET IIts., alt. 4-6000 ft. ; Canoor Ghat, Wight, Gardner, &c 

 Herbaceous ; shoots tomentose. Leaves 4 by If in., villous above, more densely 

 beneath, prickles few; petiole 1 in. Peduncles axillary or extra-axillary, short; 

 pedicels ^2 in. Calyx-lobes (in flower) J in., oblong-lanceolate. Corolla 2 in. diam.,. 

 blue, woolly without ; lobes ovate, shortly acuminate. Style minutely sparsely 

 pubescent. Berry J in. diam., globose ; sepals in fruit f in., without prickles. Seeds 

 ^ in. diam., brown, smooth, without tubcaxiles ; the dried testa reticulated by the 

 drying and sinking in of the cells leaving the eeU-walls prominent. 



19. S. torvum, Swartz Prodr. 47; stem prickly, leaves ovate sinuate or 

 lobed steDately tomentose beneath -without prickles, racemes lateral dense, 

 flowers white, berry ^5 in. diam. globose smooth much exceeding the triangu- 

 lar-oblong unarmed calyx-lobes. Dunal Sol. 26S, t. 23, and in DC. Prair. 

 xiii. pt. i. 260 (ej:cl. var. y) ; Nees in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xvii. 53 a ; Wig/tt Ic. t. 

 345 ; Dais. Sr Gib^. JBomb. Fl. 175 ; SencUn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. 94, t. 7, fig. 

 1-8 with syn. ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 225. S. stramonifolium, 2io.vb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 572 ; Wall. Cat. 2627 ; perhaps of Lamk. in part, not of Jacq. S. femigineuin, 

 Jacq. BoH. Schoenb. iii. 46, t. 334; Danal Sol. 36, and in DG. 1. c. 266. S. 

 pseudosaponaceum, Blume Bijd. 702 ; Dunal in DC. I. c. 274. S. Wightii, 

 Miquel PI. Sohenach. n. 36, not of Nees. 



Throughout India in the tropical region, except the western desert area ; very 

 common in Bengal. — Disteib. Malaya, China, Philippines, Tropical America. 



A shrub, 8-12 feet high, or flowering as a herb. Leaves 6 by 4 in., lobes shallow 

 rarely deep, softly hairy above, never prickly ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles usually extra- 

 axillary, short ; racemes many-fld., often dichotomous ; pedicels often \-\ in. Calyx- 

 lobes in flower ^ in., lanceolate, sparingly hairy. Corolla 1-1| in. diam. ; lobes ^ in., 

 triangular, pubescent without. Ovary and style glabrous. Berry ydlow; calyx- 

 lobes patent, not half as long as the berry. Seeds scarcely ^ in. diam., smooth. — 

 This, when dried, has been much confused with the blue-flowered S. indicum and S. 

 Mdongena ; the former may be distinguished by the prickly leaves, the latter by the 

 few-flowered cymes with a much larger berry and fruiting-<alyx. 



20. S. indicum, lAnn. partly; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 55; 

 leaves ovate sinuate or lobed stellately woolly beneath nerves prickly, racemes 

 lateral many-fld., flowers blue, berry ^ in. diam. globose smooth much exceeding 

 the triaingular-oblong calyx-lobes. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 131 ; Itoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 570; Watt. Cat. 2626; Wight. Ic. t. 346; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiiL pt. i. 309; 

 Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 174 ; Kurz For. Fl. 226. S. violaceum, Jacq. Fragm. 



