Bibliographical Notices, 395 XLIV. — Illustrations of Indian Botany. By Drs. Wight and Arnott. [Continued from p. 306 of the 2nd volume of the Companion to the Botanical Magazine.] SoLANUM GIGANTEUM. Plate XIII. Caule fruticoso aculeato tomentoso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, supra nudis, subtus niveo-tomentosis, cymis nutantibus parvifloris, corollas laciniis lanceolatis acutis, baccis globosis nitidissimis. Solanum giganteum. Jacq. Coll. v. iv. n. 125. Wight etArn. Cat. n. 1571. Dunal. Sol. p. 202. Rcem. et Sch. v. iv. p. 633. — Solanum farinosum. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. ii. p. 255. List of PL in E. I. C. Mus. n. 2610.— Sola-num argenteum. Heyne, Herb, {fide Wall.) A tall-growing, erect shrub , from 12 — 15 feet high. Branches rounded, the older ones armed with short, conical, slightly compress-ed prickles ; the younger ones, the petioles, the under surface of the leaves, and the inflorescence clothed with a 'thick coating of mealy, white stellated, deciduous tomentum. Leaves approximate, oblong-lanceolate, 6 to 8 inches long, by about 2 or 2 J broad, finely acumi-nate, entire, acute at the base, smooth, dark-green above, except the younger ones, which are tomentose on both sides. Petioles rounded, from } 2 an inch to 2 inches long. Cymes lateral, dichotomous, droop-ing, many-flowered. Calyx small, 5 -cleft, the segments ovate, ob-tuse, scarcely half the length of the corolla. Corolla small, 'white, 5 -cleft; lacinise spreading, lanceolate. Stamens alternate with the lobes. Anthers projecting. Ovary superior. Style equalling the length of the corolla. Stigma obtuse. Berries round, about the size of a pea, shining as if varnished, containing numerous round flattened seeds. In alpine districts. Mountains of Dindegul, about 2000 feet above the sea. The specimen here figured was from mountains near Salem ; elevation unknown. Fig. 1, Calyx and pistil ; f. 2, corolla laid open, magnified ; f. 3, berries, nat. size. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. Ichthyologiske Bidrag til den Gronlandske Fauna, of Prof. J. Rhein-hardt. Forste Hefte, med otteKobbere. Kjobenhavn, 1837, 4to. This valuable work commences with some observations on the Mam-malia of Greenland, which is followed by some notes on the Birds,
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