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ovato-oblongis acuminatis integerrimis, basi obliquis, supra pubescentibus, demum glabris, subtus ramulis 
pedunculis calycibusque dense tomentosis; corymbis extra-axillaribus bifidis oo-floris; ealycis 5-fidi 
laciniis triangularibus acutis; corolle laciniis lineari-lanceolatis extus dense tomentosis ; stylo stamina - 
superante ; bacca globosa levi glabra pisi magnitudine.—Loyalty Islands (Sir G. Grey !), New Caledonia 
(Sir E. Home!), Isle of Pines (Milne! M‘Gillivray!), A shrub, from 12-14 feet high. Leaves from 4-5 
inches long, 1-14 inches broad. Corolla longer than the calyx. Fruiting peduncle swollen towards the 
apex. ‘The nearest ally of this species is 8. Sandwichense, Hook. et Arn., but the lobes of the corolla are 
hnear-lanceolate almost subulate, whilst those of Sandwichense are ovate-acuminate. 
9. S. Sandwichense, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 92.—S. Woahense, Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii, sect. 
1, p. 268.— Oahu (Beechey! Seemann! n, 2273, Macrae!, Hinds !, Nottall!, Barclay!). Var. (?) B. 
Men Gray, Proceed. Amer. Acad, yol. vi. p. 43—Kauai (U. 8, Expl. Exped.), Oahu (Barclay! in 
ius. Brit.). 
10, 8S. Milnei, 8eem, Journ. of Bot. 1863, p. 210; fruticosum, erectum, inerme; ramis pedunculis 
pedicellisque cano-tomentosis ; foliis solitariis elliptico-lanceolatis utrinque longe acuminatis vy. ovato-acumi- 
natis, irregulariter et minute undulato-crenatis, basi inequilateralibus, supra adsperso-pilosis demum glabris, 
subtus cano-tomentosis; floribus dichotomo-cymosis extra-axillaribus vel terminalibus ; cymis divaricatis 
co-floris; calycis laciniis cuspidatis; corolle 5-fidee tomentose laciniis lanceolatis; antheris apice 2-porosis ; 
stylo stamina superante, basi pilosa; bacea globosa glabra.—lIsle of Futuna, New Hebrides (Milne! in 
Herb. Hook.), Aneitum (Milne!, M‘Gillivray!), “A shrub, 5 feet high” (Milne), and “ generally growing 
in clumps in waste places” (M‘Gillivray). Leaves with long petioles, and 6-7 inches long and 2 inches 
broad. Flowers apparently white. The fruit on the specimens I have seen not quite ripe. 
The following is a clayis to the Vitian species :— 
Flowers terminal . . ; ‘ . S. tuberosum. 
Flowers axillary . : 2 , ; : 7 . ; . SS. Vitiense. 
Flowers extra-axillary. 
Stem herbaceous ; » , ; ; ‘ : . &S. oleraceum. 
Stem woody. 
Fruit very hairy. : , , ; : . S&S. repandum, 
Fruit glabrous. 
Leayes glabrous . : 1 , ; 2 ; . 3S. anthropophagorum. 
Leaves with stellate hair below . : ‘ ‘ . WS. tetrandrum. 
1, S. tuberosum, Linn. Spec. p. 282; Dun. 1. c.; rhizomate tubera gerente, caule herbaceo ; 
. ‘ . . " . . . 7 . rT “a . . “~s ‘ i. 7 _ 
foliis impari-pinnatiscetis, segmentis inequalibus majoribus 3-5-jugis basi inequalibus subcordatis 
* . . . . . . . . - . * . 2 6 
subtus villosis albescentibus, alternis minutissimis; pedicellis articulatis; corollis plicatis 5-angu- 
latis.—* Potato” of the English colonists. Cultivated by some of the European colonists. 
I have eaten Potatoes grown at Rewa, Viti Levu, but they had a rather soapy taste, the climate being 
probably too warm for them; they would grow well in the mountains of Viti Levu and Kadavu. 
. 2, S.oleraceum, Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol. xii. sect. 1. P- 50 5 caule herbaceo annuo leviter 
angulato-dentato ; foliis longe petiolatis ovato-oblongis acuminatis membranaceis integerrimis vy, 
angulato-dentatis glabriusculis ; pedicellis cymoso-umbellatis ; corollie cells) Jaciniis acutis ; bacca 
globosa (nigra) glabra.—Nomen vernae. Vitiense, “ Boro ni yaloka ni gata. —Common throughout 
Viti (Seemann! n. 844), Also collected in the Sandwich Islands (Nuttall! in Mus. Brit.), Norfolk 
Island (Milne! in Herb. Hook.), and Society Islands (Banks and Solander!). I have also seen it 
wild about Sydney, New South Wales. oat 
gr é ivaricate, the pedicels more 
ae San : Ce eigen ea eas sdochenuer vamial Sal until oudhaiy has care- 
fully shar the limite of all the species comprised in Dunal’s section Morelia vere, it is very difficult 
Ail is -y limits to a weedy and quick-growing plant like this, S. @s¢rodtes, Forst., from 
the Societ te fee sibly be a synonym of S. oleraceum. Forster has left no description, drawing, or 
a Fg seers wee aed in mind that there are only four species of Solanum from the Society 
Cpa S Bs - 3 nhagorum, S. repandum, S. Forsteri, and S. oleraceum, and that Forster could not 
erat nee ne = reviously described them, there is little doubt that his 9. astroedes 1s identi- 
aa ny ae oe Taney ih both S. oleraceum and the genuine 8. nigrum, brought to market at Port 
ae aan ie Viti, the leaves are used as a pot-herb by all classes of the inhabitants. 
? 
Louis, Mauritius, where, ‘ 
3. S. anthropophagorum, Seem. in Bonpl. vol. x. p. 274. t. 14. (Tab. XXXVII.); Bot. Mag, 
