i 



G. Bitter^ Solana africana. II. 429 



(1797)1 032 ;Pers.Enchirid.i.( 1805) 225 (excl. ^.triangukire (Lam.) Pers.; Dun. 

 Syn. Sol. (1 8 1 6) 1 3 ; Drege, Zwei pflanzengeogr. Docum. 1 843—44, 111; Dr^ge, 

 Linnaea XX. 203; Dun. in DC. Prodr. XIII, I. (1852) 77; 0. Klze. Rev. 

 gen. pi. Ill, II. (1898) 227; G. H. Wright in Fl. Cap. IV, II. (1904) 91; 

 Bitter in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XLV. (1911) i9^. — S. genicidatmn E.Meyer 

 in Dr^ge, Zwei pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Flora, 1843 — 44) 156, 157 nomen 

 nud.; Dun. in DC. Prodr. XIII, I. 105; G. H. Wright in Fl. Gap. IV, II. 93. 

 S. exaspemtum E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Flora 

 1843—44) 158; Dun. in DC. Prodr. XIII, I. 104; C. 11. Wright in Fl. Gap. 

 IV, II. (1904) 92. — S. longipes Dun. in DC. Prodr. XIII, I. (1852) 85; 

 C. H. Wright in Fl. Cap. IV, II. (1904) 105. — S. aggerum Dun. in DC. 

 Prodr. XIII, I. (1852) 103; G. H. Wright in Fl. Gap. IV, II. 92. 



Fruticosum, 1,5 m vel magis altum, ±ve sarmentosum, saepe scan- 

 dens; rami cr. 2,5 — 3 mm diam., plerumque lineis decurrentibus 

 satis prominentibus quadrangulares, rarius subteretes, pilis sim- 

 plicibus acutis curvatim erectis nunc sparsioribus nunc crebrioribus obsiti 

 (anguli gibberibus piliferis saepe scabriusculi), nonnumquam (in varietate) 

 glabri, in varietate altera densissime pilosi; internodia in ramis magis 

 elongatis usque ad 6 — 9 cm longa, in ramis abbreviatis superioribus brevia, 

 saepe solum 4 — 10 mm longa; folia alterna; petioli cr. 5 — (in ramis 

 elongatioribus) 17 mm longi, apicera versus ±ve alati; lamina ovata 

 vel elliptica, (rarius late lanceolata) basi plerumque cuneatim in petio- 

 >um abiens, apice obtusa vel obtusiuscula, (rarius apicem versus 

 i»agis angustata acutiuscula] Integra vel ±ve repanda vel sinuati- 

 lobata, cr. 17: 10, 35: 18, 45:22, in ramis elongatis robustis usque ad 

 60:30 mm, lobi si adsunt in utroque latere 1—2 triangulares obtusi; 

 'amina firma, subcoriacea, margine plerumque ive revoluto, utrin- 

 ^^ sordide viridis, saepe utrinque glabra vel pilis simplicibus sparsim 

 obsita, raro (in varietate sicut caulis ramique) pilis densioribus praecipue 

 sabtus praedita; inflorescentia primo fere terminalis, serius in latus 

 coacla, subpaniculata, saepe foliis parvis nonnullis Interspersa, 

 Pluries furcala, cr. 14 — 20- (rarius 35— 40-)flora; pedunculus longitu- 

 dme valde diversa, nunc nullus (foliis parvis eliam supra ramificationes 

 'ofimas inflorescentiae oriundis), nunc usque ad 2,5—3 cm atllngens, glaber 



^el pilis curvatim accumbentibus simplicibus ±ve crebris obsitus; pedi- 

 celii 5—10 (rarius — 13) mm] longi, apicem versus incrassati, glabri vel 

 >sicut pedunculus ejusque ramificationes) pilosi; calyx breviter campanulatus, 

 ^^' 2 mm longus, 4 — 4,5 mm diam., in lobos breves triangulares oblusius- 

 culos vel valde abbreviates obtusissimos margine et praecipue apice pi- 

 •osos parlitus; corolla coerulea vel lavandulacea, slellata, diam. cr. 

 '^—'7, raro —19 mm, profunde in lobos 5 (raro 6) lanceolatos acutos 

 cr. 5,5—7 : 2—3,5 mm in margine el apice pilis densis pluricellularibus 

 "»oUiu8culig obteclos partita; stamina cr. 0,5 mm supra corollae basim 



