216 XCI, SOLANACEE (WRIGHT). (Solanum. 
ashy stellate tomentum. Leaves 3 in. long, 14 in. wide, ovate-lanceo- 
late, subcordate, acute, slightly repand, green with minute stellate 
hairs above, ashy and stellately tomentose beneath; petiole 7 lin. 
long, stellately-tomentose and with a few short spines. Inflorescence 
extra-axillary, paniculate; flowers polygamo-diccious, the lowest 
hermaphrodite. Calyx cupular; lobes subulate, 2 lin. long, densely 
ashy stellate-tomentose. Corolla violet, rotate, plicate, about 1 in, in 
diam.; lobes 5 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate ; midpetaline areas white 
stellate-tomentose outside. Filaments very short; anthers } in. long, 
scarcely attenuate, pores terminal. Ovary globose; style filiform, } in. 
long, stellately tomentose below. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo, Stuhlmann, 6774, 73653 
Kilimanjaro, Volkens, 1565; Marangu, Volkens, 2144, 
14. S. Naumanni, Lng. Jahrb. viii. 64. A shrub or small tree; 
2 to 26 ft. high. Branches terete, densely covered with stellate hairs. 
Leaves oblong, petioled, undulate, 2-3 in. long, lin. wide, stellately 
hairy on both surfaces, nerves prominent beneath. Flowers solitary or 
in pairs, extra-axillary. Calyx campanulate; segments 5, 2-4 lin. 
long, 1 lin. wide. Corolla-lobes 5, 2-3 times as long as the calyx-limb. 
Stamens 5; anthers subsessile, oblong, sagittate, slightly attenuate 
upwards, 2 lin. long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style densely covered 
with stellate hairs. Berry globose, red, edible, 1} in. in diam.—Hiern 
in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 747. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Likuru, Scott-Elliot, 4955! 
Wile Land. Uganda: Ankole, 4000 ft., Dawe, 450! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Gaboon: Muni River, Mann, 1872! Lower Congo: 
Boma, Nawmann, Angola: Loanda? Welwitsch, 6077b! Quiballa, Monteiro ! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 155! 1186! 6226! 
“ Cultivated for its fruit, called Ngilo, eaten as a vegetable,”’— Monteiro. 
15. S. Monteiroi, (. 1. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 127. Suf- 
fruticose. Young stem covered with stellate hairs. Leaves oblong; 
sinuate, 6 in. long, 4 in. wide, unequal at the base, stellate hairs more 
numerous on the under surface; petiole 2 in.long. Cymesracemose. Calyx 
campanulate, stellately hairy ; segments 5, subulate, } in. long. Corot 
open campanulate, 1} in. in diam., purple?; segments triangular, 
stellately hairy on both surfaces, more densely so outside. Stamens 
5; filaments 2 lin. long; anthers } in. long, pores terminal, small. 
Berry large, purple, “ used as a vegetable” (Monteiro). 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Boma, Monteiro! 
This somewhat resembles S, thonningianum, Jacq., but differs in having extra- 
axillary cymes and stellately tomentose leaves and young stems. 
16. S. Stuhlmannii, Dammer in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 354. Her- 
baceous. Stem angular, stellately tomentose. Leaves ovate-cordate, 
acute or acuminate, 2~3-lobed, sinuate-dentate, about 5 in. long and 
nearly as wide, hirsute with adpressed hairs; petiole 3 in. long; 
