324 
FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS, 
Vernac. Ban.Kalmi, 
A slender climber; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— Lower Bengal ; Chittagong. 
134. Cuscuta Linn. 
157. Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.; F. I. i. 446; F. B. I. iv. 225. E. D. 
c 2508. 
Northern clearings and skirts of northern forests, Calcutta Garden 
Collectors \ In central forests only noticed in one place^ Prain. 
Vernac. A lag- lata. 
A parasitic leafless twiner ; whole plant used in native medicine. 
Distrib.— S.-E. Asia. 
XLII.-»SOLA]VACE^. 
135. Solanum Linn. 
Flowers white, small ; leaves green on both sides, glabrous; plants 
without prickles . # . ^ . . nigrum. 
Flowers blue : — 
Plants without prickles ; leaves very white beneath argenteum. 
Plants armed with prickles ; leaves green : — 
Spines long, straight; berry large, half an inch or more 
across ; prostrate herbs • . xanthocarpum. 
Spines short, recurved ; berry rather small, one-third inch or 
less across ; scandent under-shrubs . , trilohatuMs 
158. Solaiiuni nigrum Linn.; F. B. L iv. 229. S.ruhrum F. I. i. 
565. E. D. s 2299. 
Northern clearings, rare, Prain ! 
Vernac. Gurkhi ; Gurkamai. 
A small under-shrub or herb ; whole plant used in native me^dicine. 
Distrib.— Cosmopolitan in temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions. 
1^9. Solaimm argenteum Dun. 
Abundant and thoroughly naturalized on banks of Mitla river, near 
Canning Town ; Calcutta Garden Collectors 1 Prain ! 
A shrub, occasional in gardens ; here wild and thoroughly established ; pro- 
perties obscure. 
Distrib.— Native of S. America : here an escape. 
160. Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. Wendl. ; F. B. I. iv. 236. 
S. diffusum F. 1. i. 568. S. Jacquini F. 1. i. 569. E. D. S 2345, 
Banks of M^tla river at Canning Town, Prain ! 
A diffuse very prickly herb; root and fruit reputed medicinab 
Distrib,— S.-E. Asia; Australia; Polynesia. 
