Solanum. | XCI. SOLANACE (WRIGHT). , 1 
thickened upwards. Calyx campanulate, deeply 5-lobed, ciliate. 
Corolla rotate, 3 in. in diam.; lobes 5, triangular, obtuse, pubescent 
outside at the apex. Anthers shorter than the corolla-lobes, oblong, 
obtuse, dehiscing by large oblique pores. Ovary globose, glabrous ; 
style slightly longer than the stamens. Berry globose, 5 lin. in diam., 
glabrous. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; near Gafat, Schimper, 1227! Hawash 
and Maki Rivers, Wellby! Uganda: Ruwenzori; Kivatu, in forest, 8000-9000 ft., 
Scott-Elliot, 7733 ! 
6. S. bifurcum, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, i. Intell. 24. Stem 
sarmentose, glabrous. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, sparingly 
pilose or glabrous, membranous, pale green, shortly petiolate. Inflo- 
rescence terminal, many-flowered ; umbels racemosely disposed ; pedicels 
up to 1 in. long in fruit, thickened upwards. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-fid, 
more or less glandular. Corolla 5-partite; lobes oblong, acute, 3-4 
times as long as the calyx, tomentose outside, glabrous within. Stamens 
9; anthers yellow, dehiscing by apical pores which are much prolonged 
downwards. Ovary globose, glabrous; style nearly twice as long as 
the stamens; stigma punctate. Berry small, globose.—Dunal in DC. 
Prodr. xiii. i. 77; Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 61, and PA. Ost-Afr. C. 
352 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 746; C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fi. 
Cap. iv. ii. 94. 8. défurcatum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 98. S. 
phytolaccoides, C. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 126. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: near Adowa, Schimper, 201! Begemeder, Schimper, 
310! Uganda: Entebbe, 3900 ft., Brown, 14! British East Africa; Galunka, 
Kassner, 804 ! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Mann! Angola: Pungo Andongo, 
2400-3800 ft., Welwitsch, 6106! 6107! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 
Usambara, Kwa-Mshuza, Holst, 8927! Portuguese East Africa: Moramballa, 
3000 ft., Kirk ! 
Also in South Africa. 
7. S. Welwitschii, (0. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 126. A 
climbing shrub, 12-15 ft. high. Stem terete, smooth. Leaves oblong, 
more or less acuminate, 5 in. long, 24 in. wide, glabrous ; petiole slender, 
6-9 lin. long. Flowers ina terminal racemose panicle. Calyx cupular, 
5-toothed. Corolla deep violet (Welwitsch)), 3-4 times as long as the 
calyx, divided nearly to the base; lobes 5, ligulate, concave, pubescent 
outside. Stamens 5; filaments very short ; anthers oblong, connivent, 
pores terminal. Ovary globose; style filiform, nearly twice as long as 
the stamens. Fruit not seen.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. P]. Welw. i. a47, 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Cazengo; elevated forests on the Muxaulo Mountains, 
Welwitsch, 6081! 6098! 
Var. strictum, C. H. Wright, l.c. 127. Flowers arranged in ae i D- 
racemose cymes —Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 77.  S. Lujei, De Wild. 
Dur. in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 209. : 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Sutah, Cummins, 45! Aburi, Johnson, 158! 
Akim, Johnson, 268! Fernando Po, Mann, 274! 
