Solanum. | XCI. SOLANACE (WRIGHT). 217 
channelled, pilose. Cymes extra-axillary, racemose ; peduncle short ; 
pedicels 7 lin. long. Calyx cupular, 5-partite, hirsute; lobes subulate, 
2 lin. long. Corolla 5-partite; lobes 5 lin. long, 2 lin. wide, hirsute 
outside. Filaments very short; anthers cordate-subulate, 3 lin. long. 
Ovary glabrous; style glabrous, 4 lin. long; stigma lateral. Berry 
globose, 4 in. in diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 1577, 3873, 
3994. 
17, S. Thomsoni, C. 17. Wright. A shrub. Stem terete, densely 
covered with white stellate hairs, interspersed with longer yellow ones. 
Leaves oblong, acute, pinnately lobed, about 4 in. long, 2 in. wide, 
sessile or shortly petioled with brown stellate hairs above, densely 
matted with white stellate hairs interspersed with longer yellow ones 
on the nerves when young. Cymes nearly leaf-opposed. Calyx 
accrescent ; segments 5, oblong, } in. long, stellately hairy above, with 
long simple hairs at the base. Corolla rotate, } in. in diam., stellately 
hairy outside, glabrous inside ; lobes 5, lanceolate. Stamens 5; filaments 
very short ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, dehiscing by terminal pores, 
which elongate into longitudinal sljts. Ovary globose, stellately hairy ; 
style very short. Berry yellow, 1 in. in diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Lower plateau north of Lake Nyasa, 
Thomson ! 
18. S. ethiopicum, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. 307, not of Jacg. A 
branched shrub, 1-2 ft. high. Stem terete, glabrous. Leaves oblong, 
more or less undulate, glabrous, or very slightly scurfy on the upper 
surface. Cymes umbellate, few-flowered. Calyx cupular; segments 
ovate-lanceolate. Corolla white, 5—7-fid; segments triangular, acute. 
Stamens 5-7, shorter than the corolla-lobes ; anthers subsessile, oblong- 
lanceolate, pores terminal, small. Ovary glabrous. Berry globose, 
smooth or lobed, pale red; seeds flat, subreniform.—Dunal in DC, 
Prodr. xiii. i, 351. 
Wile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 3429! 
S. ethiopicum, Jacq. (Hort. Vind. i. 4, t. 12), is probably the American S, 
‘exanum, Dunal, a spiny plant with fruit like a small tomato, which is also figured 
in Morison’s Hist. Pl. Univ. iii. 525, § 13, t. 2. 
19. S. pauperum, ©. HW. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 127. Stem 
woody, branched, terete, slightly rugose, lepidote when young. Leaves 
lanceolate, 1} in. long, } in. wide, glabrous, slightly crenulate, blackish 
When dry ; petiole y in. long. Cymes umbellate, subterminal ; 
pedicels 4 in. long. Calyx cupular, slightly pubescent ; teeth 5, ovate, 
rather shorter than the tube. Corolla rotate; lobes 5, oblong, pubes- 
cent outside. Stamens 5: anthers sessile, short, pores small, terminal. 
Ovary globose ; style rather longer than the stamens. Fruit globose, 
} in. in diam., smooth, shining.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 746. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Accra, Ansell ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Welwitsch, 6054! 6074! 6075! Muceques, near 
Loanda, Gossweiler, 106! 494! 
