G. Bitter, Solana africana. If. 479 



Welw. rascr. non R. el Pav. — Fruticosum, alte scandens; rami in- 

 feriores digiti crassitudine, superiores cr. 2 — 4 mm diam., tereles, primo 

 pilis minutjssimis densis fere papillosis obtecti, mox glabrescenles 

 corlice olivacei-fuscescente denique fusco fere laevi obtecti, lenticellis parvis 

 pallidis panim prominenlibus ± ve crebris obsiti; internodia longiludine 

 valde variabili, cr. 1—6 cm, rarius —8,5 cm longa; folia alterna; pelioli 

 cr. 5—20, raro —40 mm longi, praecipue basi saepe curvali, pilis minu- 

 tissimis densis fere papillosi, in pagina superiore manifests canaliculatj ; 

 lamina late lanceolata vel elliptici-lanceolala, basi rotundate in pelio- 

 lum abiens, apice plerumque manifeste acuminata, cr. 8:3, 10,5:4, 

 <2:5,5, 14,5: 5, 16: 5,5, 17:7,5 usque ad 20:7,5 cm, firme mem- 

 branacea vel plerumque subcoriacea, inlegra, utrinque primo in 

 statu novello* non jam evoluto pilis parvis obsita, mature jam omnino 

 glabra; vena media et venae laterales primariae in utroque latere 8 — 10 

 pnrao patentes tunc curvatim ascendentes marginem versus arcuatim con- 

 juoclae sublus manifeste prominentes supra quoque (in statu sicco qui- 

 dem) promlnulae; venulae minores parum conspicuae; folia suprema (infra 

 'fiflorescentiamj valde diminuta subsessilia; inflorescentia tenninalis, 

 e'ongata, spiciformiter paniculata, multiflora (cr. 70 — 100) ramis 

 mferloribus plerumque subsessilibus, rarius paulo magis elongalis, superi- 

 0"bus semper sessilibus, floribus in glomerulis ±\e inter se remotis 

 '0 rhachide primaria dispositis, in statu norifero cr. 8— 12 cm longa, in 

 statu fructifero —20 cm longa, nutans vel erectiuscula; rhachides laterales 

 reduclae pulvinulo pilorum densorura obtectae; pedicelli breves, tenues, in 

 statu florifero cr. 4—5 mm longi, pilis minutissimis densis breviter papil- 

 osis obtecti, fructiferi parum longiores (cr. 7— 8 mm), calycem versus 

 Paulum incrassali; calyx breviter campanulatus, cr. 1,5—2 mm longus, 

 ~-3 mm diam., in lobos breves triangulares acutos menibranis diaphanis 

 •^onjunclos parlilus, extus pilis minutis crebris obtectus; corolla pallide 

 J^'olacea, rarius alba, stellata, diam. cr. 16—18 mm, profunde in lobos 5 

 'neari-lanceolatos cr. 7—8 mm longos 2 mm latos extus pilis brevibus 

 ^'mplicibus vel plerumque breviter ramosis densis obsitos partita; stamina 

 r^i""" supra corollae basim inserla; filamenta gracilia, libera, cr. 



^onga, intus pilo uno alterove acuto ramos nonnullos edente in- 



j^ mm longa, intus pilo uno alterove 

 ■■wcta vel omnino glabra; antherae h 



J . -.- o , „....,._. lanceolati-ellipsoideae, cr. 5 : 1,5 mm, 



/'"^ Paulum emarginatae, omnes a basi usque ad apicem in lubu- 

 ^um cr. 2-_2,5 mm diam. connalae, in carinulis interioribus dense 

 ^^'^^ter papillosae, poris introrsis apicalibus obliquis; ovarium comcum, 

 ^/ '"^"^ longum, 0,5 mm diam., glabrum; stylus stamina longe superans, 

 ^^ y mm longus, glaber, rectus vel apice incurvatus, stigma styli apice 

 J vel vix crassius, subclavatum, obtusum; calyx in statu fructifero non 

 niteste auctus; baccae cinnabarinae, in statu sicco nigricantes, glo- 

 «. diam. cr. 5 mm; semina non valde numerosa, cr. 14, diam. cr. 



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