Neuropelti8,'\ 



63. CONVOLVULACBiE. 



253 



styles 2, separate from the base. Fruit a small capsule, sessile in the 

 centre o£ a large, scarious, veined, orbicular bract. Seed globose, 

 glabrous, albuminous ; cot}'ledons plaited. 



N. racemosa, Wall. Cat. 1322 ; Fl. Br. I. 255 ; Bedd. Ic. Pi. Ind. Or. 

 t. 291. 



Malay Peninsula from Mergui southwards, Malabar plains. 



In the evergreen forests of the Supa sub-division North Kanara, near 

 Potolli, rare. PL Jany.-Feb. Pr. May. 



Order 64. SOLANACE.^. 



Herbs, shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate ; stipules 0, 

 Flowers regular, bisexual, in terminal or lateral, cymes or pedicels soli- 

 tary or clustered. Bracts and bracteoles 0. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla 

 campanulate or rotate, often plaited, lobes 5. Stamens 5, on corolla- 

 tube. Ovary 2-celled ; style linear, stigma capitate. Fruit a small or 

 large berry or capsular. Seeds indefinite, discoid. 



Corolla lobes plaited in bud ... ... 1. Solanfm. 



Corolla-lobes imbricate ... ... ... 2. Lyoium. 



]. SOLANUM, Linn. 



Herbs, shrubs or small trees, prickly or unarmed. Leaves simple. 

 Calyx 5-10-lobed, unaltered or enlarged in fruit. Cymes dichotomous 

 or racemose, lateral or terminal. Corolla rotate ; limb plaited in bud. 

 Stamens 5, anthers opening by terminal pores. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 columnar, stigma small. 



Small tree, unarmed. Berry yellow ... ... 1. 8, wrlascifolium. 



Small tree, prickly. Berry red ... ... 2. S» giganteum. 



1. S. verbascifolium, Linn., Dunal in DO. Prod. XIII. Pt. 1. 114; 

 Fl. Br. I. 4. 230 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. PL 175. 



Throughout tropical and sub-tropical India. Throughout the presi- 

 dency. In the Supa sub-division of North Kdnara in deciduous forests, 

 common. Pi. Oct.-Nov. Pr. Dec-Jan. 



A large shrub or small tree. Wood yellow, soft. Corolla white, 

 pubescence brownish yellow. 



2. S. giganteum, Jacq. Coll. IV. 125 ; PI. Br. I. 4. 233 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Pi. 175. Kutri^ M, Oheena or cJiunna jhdr of Mahabaleshvar 

 (Graham). 



Mountains of the South Deccan and Ceylon, alt. 3 — 7000 ft. 



Throughout the North Konkan and Kanara, usually in evergreen forests 

 or in the vicinity of evergreen forests. 



A small tree. Cymes stellately white woolly. Corolla blue. Fl. R, S» 

 Pr, Oct.-Nov. 



