Solawum.] en. soLANACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 237 



Peninsula ; from Arracan to Malacca, in the tidal swamps, frequent. Ceylon ; drier 

 parts of the island. 



A scandent underskruh, 6-12 ft., nearly glabrons ; prickles short, stout, com- 

 pressed, recurved. Leaves 3 by 1 J in., irregidarly obtusely sinuate or lobed, base not 

 cordate ; petiole J-IJ in. PedMncles short, mostly extra-axillary; pedicels J-1^ in., 

 with short, strong, recurved prickles. Cah/x-lobes i in., ovate-oblong, minutely 

 steUately pubescent or glabrate, rarely prickly, hardly enlarged in fruit. Corolla 

 l-lj in. diam., pubescent without ; lobes triangular-lanceolate, as long as the tube. 

 Seeds ^ in., smooth, or very nearly so. 



Vae. ? Griffithii; leaves 2J by i in. linear.— Malay Peninsula, Griffith (Kew 

 Distrib. n. 5915). 



26. S. STSLCilipes, Bene, in Jacquem. Voy. JBot. 113, t. 119; minutely 

 stellately pubescent, stem priekly, leaves ovate or orbicular sinuate often sub- 

 cordate not prickly, peduncles axillary short 1-3-fld. or pedicels subterminal 

 1-3 together on very short lateral spurs, berry \ in. diam, globose glabrous 

 exceeding the sublinear sepals. Dwaal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 286 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, iv. 286. S. Jacquemonti, Dvmcd I. c. 287. 



Western India; Punjab and Scinde, Jacquemont, Stocis, Valsell. — Distrib. 

 Eeloochistan. 



An undershrub ; prickles short, conical, subrecurved. Leaves 1^ in. diam., obtuse, 

 rarely lobed, usually shallowly cordate ; petiole } in. Feduncles very short o^ ; 

 pedicels ^-1^ in., slender. Calyx-lobes | in., linear ; in fruit ^ in. Corolla | in. 

 diam., deeply lobed. Seeds ^ in. diam., smooth. — This is believed to be S. cordatiim, 

 Forsk. Fl. iEg.-Arab. 47 (Dunal Sol. 239, and in DC. Prodr. xiii. 373), an Arabian 

 species of which no authentic example can be seen. 



27. S. aculeatissimum, Jacq. Coll. i. 100, and Ic. Rar. i. t. 41; 

 pricMes very many long straight slender, leaves ovate lobed sparsely hairy, 

 peduncles 1-7-fld. mostly 1 -fruited, berry \^ in. diam. globose smooth, fruiting- 

 calyx small prickly. Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 244. 



SiNGApoEB ; ff. Thomson. — Distrib. Malaya, Tropical America ? 



The example of &. Thomson (in fruit) is identical with Zollinger, n. 529, which is 

 the type of 8. aculeatissimmn, var. denudattim, Dunal 1. c. Stems glabrous (in the 

 var. demidatum) or minutely puberulous upwards. Leaves 3-6 in. Pedwncles in fruit 

 f in. Calyx in fruit scarcely J in., but very prickly. Seeds J in. diam., extremely 

 compressed, almost winged. 



1*. Xi-rCOPEXtSXCTTIO;, MHUr. 



Tall, pubescent herbs. Leaves pinnate ; pinnse toothed or lyrate. Cymes 

 peduncled, fevy-fld. Sepals 5-6, narrow, unaltered in fruit. Corolla rotate, 

 tube very short ; limb 5-6-fid, plaited in bud. Stamens 5-6, on the corolla- 

 tube ; anthers coimivent in an elongate cone, dehiscing by slits. Ovary 2-3- 

 ceUed ; style cylindric, stigma small capitate. Seeds many, compressed, papil- 

 lose ; embryo peripheric— ^Species 3-4, American. 



Zi. esculentuzn, Miller ; Dunal Sol. 113, t. 3, fig. C, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. 26 ; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 61. L. cerasiforme, Dunal Sol. 113, 

 t. 3, fig. B., and in DC. Prodr. xiii. 26 ; Nees I. c. 62, with several other species 

 of Dunal. Solanum Lyeopersicum, lArm. ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. i. 666 ; Wall. Cat. 

 2611. 8. Humboldtii, Willd. Hort. Berol. i. 27, t. 27. S. pseudolycopersicum, 

 Jacq. Hort. Vind. i. t. 11. 



Cultivated, and as an escape, in Inula. — Disteib. Native of Tropical America. 



Flowers | in. diam., yellow; in cultivation 2-6-merous, or " double." Serry J in. 

 diam., globose red ; or, in cultivation, enlarged, pyriform or depressed globose, very 

 variable. — The Tomato. 



