G. Bitter, Solana africana. |. 281 
ficie pilis ‚stellatis dense obsiti, intus solum in vena media ad apicem 
versus sensim densius pilis stellatis praediti (prope apicem «quoque supra 
pili nonnulli stellati =ve reductiores in mesophyllo reperiuntur); stamina 
aequalia; filamenta cr. 1 mm longa, glabra; antherae ellipsoideae, 
ad apicem versus parum angustatae, cr. 5,5: 1,3 mm, utrinque manifeste, 
emarginatae, poris apicalibus obliquis; ovarium subglobosum, fere gla- 
brum, in parte superiore tantum glandulis parvis breviter stipitatis com- 
pluribus praeditum; stylus antheras manifeste superans cr. 8,5 mm 
longus, crassiusculus, irregulariter curvatus, in parteinfima tan- 
tum glandulis breviter stipitatis paucis sparsis obsitus, ceterum 
 Blaberrimus; stigma styli apice parum crassius, manifeste bilobum; 
bacca globosa, nitida, flavescens vel (tandem?) fuscescens, parva, 
diam. er. 5—6 mm; semina cr. 7, pro exiguitate baccae satis magna, 
reniformia, valde applanala, cr. 41:3:0,5 mm. 
Ambo- und nórdliches Hereroland: Reise von Walfischbay nord- 
östlich nach Odyitambi (Lüpenırz n. 4a! — Dezember 1885 bis Februar 
1886. — Herb. Turic); Upingtonia, Oshando (Amboland) (Scmiwz n. 868! 
— Herb. Turic.). 
55. S. Schimperianum Hochst. in Flora XXIV. (1851) I Intellig. 24; 
Dun. in DC. Prodr. XIN, 1 (1852) 94; Rich. Tentam. Fl. Abyss. ll. 98; 
Vatke in Linnaea XLIII. (1880—82) 326; Engler, Hochgebirgsflora d. trop. 
Afrika. Akad. Berlin (1891—92) 373; Damm. in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost- 
Afr. C (1895) 352; C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. IV, II. (1906) 221; 
Damm. in Englers Dot. Jahrb. XXXVII. (1906) 185; Bitt. in Englers Bot. 
Jahrb. XLV. (1911) 495. —  Fruticosum vel suffruticosum, cr. 1,5—2 m 
altum; rami superiores teretes, cr. 2,5—3 mm crassi, pilis stellatis brevibus 
ochracee vel subcineree tomentosuli; internodia cr. I—2,5, rarius —3,5 cm 
longa; petioli graciles, satis longi, cr. 1,5—2,5, raro —4,5 em longi, primo 
pilis stellatis satis crebris tomentosuli serius + ve glabrescentes, superne 
canaliculati; lamina ovata vel lanceolati-ovata raro late ovata, = ve rotun- 
date vel cunealim in petiolum angustata, raro basi manifeste cordata, ad 
apicem versus sensim angustata, acuta vel subacuminata, margine integro 
vel subrepando, cr. 5: 1,5, 7:3, 8,5:3,5, 8—9: 4,5 cm (raro: in varie- 
tate usque ad 9,5—10:7 em), membranacea, supra sordide viridis, primo 
pilis stellatis parvis sparsim obsita, serius praeter venas parce stellati-pi- 
losas fere glabrescens, subtus. pallidior pilis stellatis densioribus pulveru- 
lenta, vena media et vena? laterales primariae in utroque latere er. 7 as- 
cendentes ad marginem versus incurvatae subtus manifeste prominentes, 
venulae minores subtus + ve reticulalae satis conspicuae; inflorescentiae 
ors Mi terminales serius laterales simplices vel 2 —3-fidae, cr. 10—20- 
, ? numquam in varietate eliam pluriflorae; pedunculi breves, cr. 
breve, 2mm longi (in varietate longiores, usque ad 2,5 cm); rhachides 
| er. 9—10 mm longae, floribus dense secutis; pedicelli cr. 10— 
