Solatium.] 
LXXXVl. SOLANACEzE. 
1085 
Leaves petiolate, ovate oblong or oblong- lanceolate, very obtuse, slightly cordate 
at the base, 1 to 3in. long, the upper side glabrous or sprinkled with scattered 
stellate hairs. Flowers rather large, few together in lateral racemes, the pedicels 
at first very short, lengthening to about |in. Calyx about 2 lines long, with 
minute teeth, scarcely enlarged but somewhat lobed when in fruit. Corolla 
deeply lobed, about fin. diameter, of a rather firm consistence. Anthers 
tapering upwards. Ovary 4-celled, as well as the globular berry. 
Hab.: Araucaria Ranges, Burnett River, F. v. Mueller. 
The ovary and fruit in this are probably, as in other species, dicarpellary, but each carpel 
divided by a spurious dissepiment, as in some Convolvulaeeie and most Boraginea. — Benth. 
20. S. elachophyllum (leaves small), F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 164 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iv. 453. A slender straggling shrub, the branches and foliage hoary 
or silvery with a very close stellate tomentum, less white on the upper side of 
leaves. Prickles slender, abundant on the branches, none on the leaves or 
calyxes. Leaves ovate obovate or broadly oblong, narrowed into a very short 
petiole, entire, 3 to 5 or rarely 6 lines long. Flowers solitary or few together in 
short lateral racemes. Calyx when in flower about 1 line long with small teeth, 
enlarged and more divided when in fruit. Corolla violet, about 4in. diameter, 
deeply lobed. Berries globular, variegated, nearly 4-in. diameter, the fruiting 
pedicels fin. long. 
Hab.: Between Mackenzie and Dawson Rivers, F. v. Mueller. 
Differs from all other Australian Solanunu in its small leaves. — Benth. 
21. S. orbiculatum (leaves round), Bun. in Poir. Diet. Suppl. iii. 762, and 
in DC. Prod. xiii. part i. 292. A scrubby irregularly spreading shrub. The 
branches, foliage, and inflorescence clothed with a close dense stellate tomentum. 
Prickles slender, straight, scattered, none on the leaves or calyxes. Leaves 
very shortly petiolate orbicular, or very broadly and obscurely cordate, obtuse, 
more or less undulate, thick, scarcely exceeding 4in. in diameter, tripli-quintu- 
plinervate. Flowers very few together in lateral racemes ; the common peduncle 
often very short or attaining lin in length ; pedicels also short and slender, not 
exceeding when in fruit more than 3 lines. Calyx membraneous, cup-like ; 
the lobes of very irregular size, reaching nearly to the base. Corolla densely 
tomentose, blue, deeply lobed ; lobes broad and blunt, expanding to a little over 
4in. in diameter. Stamens 5; filaments very short and slender; anthers 
glabrous, linear-oblong, about 2 lines long, opening by terminal pores. Berry 
globular, about 3 lines in diameter, brown, nearly or quite glabrous ; seeds large, 
glossy, chestnut colour, the dried pulp amber-coloured and very bitter. — 5. 
oligacanthum, F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Viet. i. 19 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 45 4 
Hab.: Annandale, Eyre’s Creek, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. The above description is given from 
the Annandale specimens. 
22. S. esuriale (fruit eaten), Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 43 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iv. 454. “ Oon-doroo,” Cloncurry, Palmer. A low shrub, often 
under 6in. high and rarely exeeeding 1ft., the branches inflorescence and both 
sides of the leaves covered with a close but dense and soft stellate tomentum, 
rarely somewhat looser underneath. Prickles few and slender on the stems or 
the whole plant unarmed. Leaves petiolate, ovate oblong, or lanceolate, obtuse, 
entire or sinuate-toothed, mostly f to lin. long, but in luxuriant specimens 
narrow-lanceolate entire and 2 to 3in. long. Flowers solitary or 2 to 4 together, 
on a very short lateral common peduncle, the pedicels lengthening to ^in. 
Calyx under 2 lines when in flower with narrow almost acute teeth, enlarged 
after flowering and dividing into triangular acuminate lobes. Corolla blue, 
