1086 
LXXXVI. SOLANACE/E. 
[Solanum. 
\ to Jin. diameter, deeply lobed. Anthers tapering upwards. Berry globular. — 
Dnn. in DC. Prod, xiii., part i. 373 ; S. pulchellum, F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Soc. 
Viet. i. 18, and in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 166. 
Hab.: Ranges about Lake Salvator, Mitchell ; Upper Burdekin River, F. v. Mueller; Suttor 
and Bowen Rivers, Bowman ; Armadilla and Curriwillinghi, Barton. 
Fruit eaten raw or roasted, Palmer l.c. 
23. S. chenopodinum (Chenopodium-like), F. r. M. Fragm. ii. 165 ; 
Benth. FI. Aiistr. iv. 454. A slender divaricate shrub of 2 to 3ft., with the close 
stellate toinentum of S. esuriale, which however sometimes almost disappears 
from the upper surface of the old leaves. Prickles slender, few or rarely more 
numerous on the branches, very rare on the leaves and none on the calyxes. 
Leaves petiolate ovate lanceolate or lanceolate, the broader ones cordate at the 
base, rather obtuse, sinuate-lobed towards the base and sometimes hastate, 
mostly 1 to 2in. long. Flowers few in short lateral racemes. Calyx scarcely 
li line long when in dower with very small teeth, more deeply lobed but scarcely 
above 2 lines long when in fruit. Corolla blue, about Jin. diameter, the lobes 
rather broad and short. Berry globular, shining, rather small. 
Hab : Georgina River and other inland localities. 
The species differs from S. esuriale in its taller stature, mostly lobe! or hastate leaves, and 
apparently in the form of the corolla.— Benth. 
24. S. Sturtianum (after Capt. Chas. Sturt), F. r. M. in Trans. Phil. Soc. 
Viet. i. 19, and in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 166; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 454. An 
erect shrub with the close stellate tomentum and rare prickles of S. esuriale, but 
apparently of taller stature. Leaves petiolate, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, 
entire or scarcely sinuate, J to ljin. long. Peduncles usually rather longer than 
in S', esuriale, bearing a short raceme of very few rather large flowers, the pedicels 
very short at the time of flowering but lengthening afterwards. Calyx about 
2 lines long when in flower, with short acute teeth, much enlarged and irregularly 
lobed when in fruit. Corolla f to lin. diameter, with short broad lobes. 
Anthers tapering upwards. Berry black, above Jin. diameter. 
Hah.: Gulf country. 
The species differs from S. esuriale chiefly in the large slightly lobed corolla. — Benth. 
25. S. furfuraceum (scurfy), B. Br. Prod. 446 (the char, wrong as to tlx? 
leaves by a clerical error) ; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 455. An erect spreading shrub of 
4 to 6ft., the branc' es and inflorescence covered with a rather loose rusty 
tomentum. Prickles straight, slender, not numerous on the branches, very rare 
on the leaves and none on the calyxes. Leaves petiolate, ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, acuminate or almost obtuse, entire or sinuate, rounded or 
slightly cordate at the base, not above 2in. long, more or less scabrous above 
with stellate hairs sometimes very dense, densely tomentose underneath and 
often woolly or floccose. Flowers blue in rather dense lateral racemes, the 
pedicels short. Calyx divided almost to the base into narrow acuminate lobes, 
above 2 lines long at the time of flowering, 4 to 6 lines when in fruit. Corolla 
rather large, divided to near the middle into broad lobes. Berry globular, much 
larger than in 5. stelligerum, the enlarged calyx-segments broadly lanceolate, 
subulate-acuminate. — Dun. in DC. Prod, xiii., part i. 293. 
Hab.: Broadsound, R. Brown; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, Fraser, F. v. Mueller ; Mogill 
scrub, C. Stuart; Rockhampton, Dallachy, O'Slianesij ; Table Mountain, Bowman. 
26. S. dianthophorum (flowers usually in pairs), Dun. Hist. Sol. 183, and 
in DC. Prod. xiii. part i. 192 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 455. Perhaps a variety only 
of S. furfuraceum , with the same indumentum, but a more spreading slender 
shrub without any prickles at all or very rarely with a very few small slender 
prickles on the stem. Leaves as in S . furfuraceum , ovate or ovate-lanceolate 
