Solatium.] 
LXXXVI. SOLANACEiF. 
1089 
hairs scattered on the young shoots. Prickles slender, numerous on the stems, 
leaves, inflorescence, and calyxes. Leaves ovate or broadly oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, sinuate-lobed or pinnatifid, with acute broad or rarely narrow often sinuate 
lobes, the larger leaves 3 to 4in. long. Flowers usually 2 or 3 but sometimes 
more numerous in loose lateral racemes, the common peduncle more or less 
elongated above the lowest pedicel, the pedicels rather long. Calyx 4 to 5 lines 
long at the time of flowering, with lanceolate acuminate lobes, and scarcely 
enlarged afterwards. Corolla f to lin. diameter, stellate-pubescent outside, the 
lobes not very deep, acute or sometimes much dilated and obtuse. Filaments 
short; anthers scarcely tapering upwards. Berry globular, variegated, above -Jin. 
diameter. — Dun. in DC. Prod, xiii., part i. 295 ; S. hystrix, Dun. l.c. 296 and 
some others, but not of R. Br.; S. pungetium, Sieb. PI. Exs. not of R. Br.; S. 
armatum, R. Br. Prod. 446 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 458. 
Hab.: Near Warwick, Beckler, and other southern localities. 
36. S. pungetium (sharp prickles), R. Br. Prod. 446; Bentli. FI. Austr. 
iv. 459. A diffuse herb, the branches foliage and inflorescence sprinkled with 
stellate hairs, without any glandular pubescence. Prickles slender but not very 
long, rather numerous on the branches, leaves, inflorescence, and calyxes. 
Leaves petiolate, from broadly ovate to almost oblong, irregularly sinuate-lobed, 
with short and broad but acute and sinuately toothed lobes, green on both sides, 
the larger leaves 2 to 4in. long. Flowers lateral, solitary or 2 together, each on 
a slender pedicel without any common peduncle. Calyx 3 to 4 lines long, with 
narrow acuminate lobes, slightly enlarged when in fruit. Corolla of a bluish- 
violet, about Jin. diameter, with rather broad and short triangular lobes. Berry 
globose, about lin. diameter, variegated. — Dun. in DC. Prod, xiii., part i. 295. 
Hub.: Bowen River, Bowman; Burnett River to Rockingham Bay (F. v. Mueller). 
The species resembles some forms of S. xanthocarpum, but, besides the indumentum, the 
inflorescence pointed out by Browft appears to be constant. In .S', xanthocarpum, when ihe 
raceme is reduced to 2 flowers, if one pedicel is sessile on the stem the other is always raised on 
a peduncle. — Benth. 
37. S. eremophilum (Eremophila-like), F. v. M. in Linneea, xxv. 432 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 459. A perennial or undershrub, either small and diffuse 
or tall and erect, the branches foliage and inflorescence hirsute with stellate 
hairs but scarcely tomentose. Prickles rigid and rather long on the stem, leaves, 
and calyxes. Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, obtuse, undulate and broadly sinuate- 
lobed, green on both sides, scarcely above lin. long. Racemes short and few- 
flowered, the pedicels at length above 4in. long. Calyx broadly campanulate, 
about 3 lines long at the time of flowering, divided to below the middle into 
broadly lanceolate membranous lobes, much enlarged after flowering. Corolla 
about fin. diameter, with broad acute lobes not reaching to the middle. Anthers 
tapering upwards. Berry globular, almost covered by the enlarged slightly 
prickly calyx. 
Hab.: Southern localities. 
38. S. campanulatum (campanulate flowers), R. Br. Prod. 446; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iv. 460. A coarse erect herb (or undershrub ?) of 2 to 3ft., the 
branches foliage and inflorescence more or less hirsute with stellate or simple 
hairs mixed with a glandular pubescence. Prickles straight, rather slender, 
numerous on the stem, leaves and inflorescence, few and small on the calyxes. 
Leaves petiolate, ovate, sinuate-lobed, with short, broad angular or sinuate lobes 
or rarely more deeply pinnatifid, green on both sides, 2 to 4in. long. Flowers few, 
in loose lateral racemes, the pedicels at length above lin. long and distant along 
the common peduncle. Calyx 4 to 5 lines long, with subulate-acuminate lobes, 
enlarged in fruit and deeply divided into lanceolate acuminate segments. 
Corolla violet or blue, broadly campanulate or sometimes almost rotate, but 
