Solanum. | XCI, SOLANACEZ (WRIGHT). 215 
plant), stellately pubescent outside; lobes obtuse. Corolla 1 in. in 
diam., pink to lilac, 5-partite, stellately pubescent outside; lobes 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, hairy on the midrib inside. Stamens 5 ; fila- 
ments very short; anthers 2} lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, with two 
small apical pores. Ovary ovoid, hirsute at the apex; style 5 lin. 
long, thickened upwards, stellately hairy at the base. Fruit } in. 
in diam., globose, smooth, yellow.—Dunal in DC. Prodr. xili. 1. 370; 
C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 99. 8. delagoense, Dunal, ].c. 
349; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 747. SS. Bauwmii, Dammer in 
Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 361, 443. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Buddu, 3900 ft., Dawe, 235! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: near Loanida, Welwitsch, 6049! Huilla; between 
Nene and Mumpulla, Welwitsch, 6031! by the Habungu brook, Baum, 469! 
German South-west Africa: Omulonga, Schinz, 865! Grootfontein, Schinz, 869! 
and without precise locality, Luderitz, 12! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: east coast of Lake Nyasa, Johnson, 
66! Shupanga, Kirk! British Central Africa : Nyasaland, 1700-6000 ft. ; 
Kondowe to Karonza, Whyte! Songue to Karonga, Whyte, 4! Nyika Plateau, 
MeClounie, 51! Zomba, Whyte! Mlanji, Scott! and without precise locality, 
Buchanan, 533! Matabeleland, Oates! Elliott! Ngamiland; Kwebe Hills, 
edge 55! Mrs. Lugard, 19! Shesheke, on the Zambesi, Holub, 387! 397! 
11. S. psilostylum, Dammer in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 354. Stem 
woody, terete, stellately pubescent, unarmed ? Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
about 3 in. long, ? in. wide, slightly sinuate or entire, densely covered 
with minute golden stellate hairs above. and with ashy-grey stellate 
hairs below. Cymes racemose, extra-axillary, few-flowered; peduncle, 
pedicels and calyx with golden stellate hairs, mixed with short slender 
spines here and there. Calyx cupular; lobes 5, triangular-subulate, 
2-3 lin. long. Corolla rotate, plicate, 3 in. in diam.; lobes 5, acute, 
stellately hairy outside the midpetaline areas. Filaments very short ; 
anthers 2-3 lin. long, scarcely attenuate above, pores terminal. Ovary 
globose ; style clavate, } in. long, glabrous ; stigma bilobed. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Muansa, on Lake Victoria, Stuhlmann, 
When better known, this may have to be united with S. panduraforme, 
E. Meyer, 
12. S. benguelense, Wawra & Peyr. Sert. Benguel. 35. An 
unarmed shrub 2-3 ft. high, covered with stellate ochraceous tomentum.. 
Leaves lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, entire or undulate, unequal and 
acute at the base, 14-3 in. long, scabrid; petiole short. Inflorescence: 
lateral or subterminal, 1—4-flowered. Corolla campanulate, 5-fid, violet, 
“glabrous inside, yellowish tomentose outside. Stamens 5; filaments 
very short; anthers obtuse. Style rather longer than the stamens. 
Berry solitary, globese, 1 in. or more in diam., yellow, 4-celled, sur- 
rounded by the swollen calyx. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Benguela, Wawra, 289. 
13. S. Wolkensii, Dammer in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 354. A 
shrub about 3 ft. high. Branches terete, unarmed, covered with 
