228 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Solanum ^thiopicum, Linne. 



Tropical Africa. Cultivated there and elsewhere on account 

 of its edible berries, which are large, red, globular and 

 uneven. The plant is annual, 



Solanum Dulcamara, Linne, 



Middle and South Europe, North Africa, Middle Asia. A 

 trailing half-shrub, with deciduous leaves. The stems are 

 used in medicine, and contain two alkaloids : Dulcamarin and 

 Solanin. 



Solanum edule, Schumacher and Thonning. 



Guinea. The berry is of the size of an apple, yellow and 

 edible, 



Solanum Fendleri, Asa Gray. 



New Mexico. A new kind of Potato, enduring a tempera- 

 ture of zero. Mr. Meehan's endeavours to obtain good-sized 

 tubers have as yet not been successful. The following jDlants 

 are also spoken of by Dr. Rosenthal and others as new kinds 

 of Potato, perhaps to be developed through cultivation: S. 

 demissum (Lindley), S. cardiophyllum (Lindley), S. utile 

 (Klotzsch), S, verrucosum (Schlechtendal), S. Bulbocastanum 

 (Dunal), S. stoloniferum (Schlechtendal), all from Mexico 

 and some from elevations 10,000 feet high; S. Magiia 

 (Molina) from Chili and S. immite (Dunal) from Peru. 



Solanum Gilo, Raddi. 



Tropical America; much cultivated there for the sake of it& 

 large spherical orange-coloured berries, which are eatable. 



Solanum Guinense, La March. 



Within the tropics of both hemispheres. The berries of this 

 shrub serve as a dye of various shades, particularly violet, 

 for silk. 



Solanum indigoferum, St. Hilaire. 



Southern Brazil. A dye-shrub, deserving here trial-culture. 



Solanum Lycopersicum, Linne. {Lycopersicum esculentum. 

 Mill.) 



The Tomato. South America. Annual. Several varieties 

 exist, differing in shape and colour of the berries. It is one 

 of the most eligible plants with esculent fruits for naturalisa- 

 tion in our desert-country. As well known, the Tomato is 

 adapted for various culinary purposes. 



Solanum macrocarpum, Linne. 



Mauritius and Madagascar, A perennial herb. The berries 

 are of the size of an apple, globular and yellow. S, Thonningi 

 (F, Jacq.), from Guinea, is a nearly -related plant, S, calyci- 

 num (Moc. et Sess,), from Mexico, is also allied. 



