212 XCI. SOLANACEE (WRIGHT). | Solanum, 
shortly 5-toothed. Corolla violet ; tube very short; lobes 5, lanceo- 
late, 4 lin. long. Stamens 5; filaments short, united into a tube; 
anthers united, 3 lin. long, obtuse, pores small, terminal. Ovary ovoid, 
glabrous ; style filiform, much longer than the stamens. Fruit ovoid. 
—S. symphystemon, De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 44; Ill. 
FI. Congo, i. t. 57; Pl. Thonner. Congol. 34, t. 22. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons, Kalbreyer, 172! Fernando Po, Mann, 62! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Bolombo, near Ngali, Zhonner, 96! 
A re-examination of Kalbreyer’s plant shows that the filaments are permanently 
united. 
2. S. runsoriense, (. 7. Wright in Johnston, Uganda Protect. i. 326. 
A climbing shrub. Leaves lanceolate, rounded at the base, 34 in. long, 
1-1}.in. wide, with scattered deciduous simple hairs above and densely 
packed brownish stellate ones beneath ; petiole 3 in. long. Inflores- 
cence terminal, corymbosely paniculate, clothed in most of its parts with 
stalked stellate hairs; pedicels } in. long. Calyx turbinate ; lobes 
oblong, subacute, }-2} lin. long, 1 lin. wide. Corolla “smalt blue” 
(Johnston), subregular ; tube campanulate, } in. long; lobes lanceolate 
to ovate, acuminate, glabrous inside, 5 lin. long, 2-3 lin. wide. Stamens 
exserted ; filaments compressed, pubescent, 1} lin. long; anthers oblong, 
obtuse, longer than the filaments. Ovary globose, ? lin. in diam., 
glabrous; style cylindrical, glabrous, 24 lin. long. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Ruwenzori, 8500-9400 ft., Doggett / 
3. S. tettense, Alotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 237. A 
much-branched unarmed shrub. Branches terete, subglabrous, ashy- 
white. Leaves ovate, acute or obtuse, 1-14 in. long, 6-8 lin. broad, 
stellately hairy on both surfaces; petiole 3-4 lin. long. Racemes 
terminal, many-flowered ; rhachis clothed with white stellate tomentum. 
Calyx cyathiform, shortly 5-fid, stellately pubescent. Corolla 5-partite ; 
segments oblong or ovate, 4 lin. long. Stamens as long as the corolla ; 
filaments very short; anthers oblong. Style glabrous, exserted ; stigma 
bilobed. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa; Tete, Peters. 
4. S. somalense, Franch. Sert. Somal. 47. An unarmed much- 
branched shrub. Branches covered with stellate tomentum when 
young, glabrous and violet when old. Leaves oblong or obovate, shortly 
attenuate at the base, stellately hairy on both surfaces, petioled. 
Cymes terminal, corymbosé. Calyx divided half-way down into 5 
linear-lanceolate lobes. Corolla widely campanulate, violet. Stamens 
unequal. Style elongate, arcuate, declinate. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Warabot, Ritter von Beck; and without precise 
loeality, Révoil. 
5, S. bendirianum, Schimp. ec Engl. in Engl. Hochgebirgs- 
Trop. Afr. 372. A climbing shrub. Branches terete, glabrous, straw- 
coloured. Leaves ovate, slightly tapering towards the base, 3} in. long, 
2 in. wide, pale green, minutely seabrid; petiole 1 in. long, slightly 
winged. Cymes corymbose, terminal, lax, many-flowered ; pedicels 
