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LXXXVI. SOLANACEiE. 
[Solatium. 
scarcely lobed when small, the larger ones broad and pinnatifid with triangular 
or lanceolate lobes, green, but softly tomentose on the upper side, very white- 
tomentose underneath, 2 to 4in. long. Flotvers numerous in loose pedunculate 
lateral simple racemes or more frequently branched cymes, usually as long as the 
leaves. Pedicels slender, J to 4in. long at the time of flowering. Calyx 
turbinate, about 2 lines long, the lobes almost obtuse to subulate-acuminate, 
longer than the tube, enlarged after flowering and sometimes separating to the 
base. Corolla 4 to fin. diameter, divided to below the middle. Anthers tapering 
upwards. Berry globular. 
Hab.: In the interior, Mitchell; Darling Downs, Law : Connor’s River, Bowman. 
The leaves usually scarcely lobed, although a few are larger and more lobed, showing the 
connection with the typical specimens. The species forms a passage from the third to the 
fourth group, the prickles being abundant on the peduncles, but the calyxes entirely unarmed. — 
Benth. 
81. *S. pyracanthum (fire-spined), Lam. lllus. The young growth stellate- 
tomentose, midrib of leaves and spines reddish. Leaves, lobes almost entire, 
acutish, the recesses obtuse. Prickles straight. Petioles, peduncles, pedicels 
and calyxes prickly and dotted with white tomentum. Racemes few-flowered. 
Calyx rusty, segments ovate-subulate. Corolla bluish-violet, marked by a paler 
star inside the centre and by a pale-green star outside. Berry globose, yellowish, 
at length brown. 
Hab.: Madagascar. Met with as a stray from garden culture. 
82. S. sodomaeum (Sodom’s Apple), Linn.; Dun. in DC. Prod, xiii., 
parti. 866; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 458. A spreading or diffuse shrub or herb 
of 2 to 3ft., the foliage green but sprinkled as well as the branches with a few 
small stellate hairs. Prickles stout, often thickened downwards on the stem and 
leaves, more slender on the calyxes. Leaves deeply pinnatifid, with very obtuse 
rounded obovate or spathulate lobes, often sinuate, the whole leaf 3 to 6in. long. 
Racemes pedunculate, few-flowered, short and simple or rarely once-forked. 
Calyx divided to the middle into obtuse lobes. Corolla rather large, divided to 
near the middle into broad lobes. Berries globular, rather large, variegated 
green and white or at length yellow. — Sibth. FI. Grtec. t. 235. 
Hab.: A native of the Mediterranean region and of S. Africa, early intioduced into New 
South Wales, R. Brown, and now naturalised in Queensland. 
33. * S„ aculeatissimum (very prickly), Jacquin, Coll. i. 100. Aspreading 
shrub, 2ft. or more high, clothed with simple hairs. Leaves deeply pinnatifid, 
the nerves bearing stout prickles, about 3in. long, on petioles of same length. 
Flowers solitary or in pairs, whitish. Calyx glossy and prickly. Corolla divided 
to about the middle. Berry a rich scarlet, exceeding lin. diameter, within the 
rind white and somewhat dry. Seeds very flat, golden and reticulate. 
Hab.: A South American species, naturalised in many localities. 
34. S. aculeastrum (armed with sharp prickles), Dunal. A tall woody 
shrub often 10ft. high, all parts even sometimes the fruit armed with stout often 
curved prickles. Leaves repand or deeply lobed, 3 to 5in. long, white on the 
underside from a close tomentum. Flowers solitary. Calyx-lobes short, obtuse, 
much enlarged under the fruit. Berry large, globose, 1 to 2in. diameter, glossy and 
more or less sprinkled with short conical prickles. Rind hard, yellowish. Seed 
embedded in a green pulp. 
Hab.: A South African plant. Introduced many years ago for the purpose of hedge-making, 
now naturalised in many localities. 
35. S. xanthocarpum (yellow-fruited), Schrad. and Wend. Sert. Hanoi;. 
i. 8, t. 2 ; Clarke, in Hook. FI. Brit. Did. iv. 237. A diffuse herb or undershrub 
of 2 to 3ft., quite glabrous except the corolla, or with a very few small stellate 
