220 XCI, SOLANACEH (WRIGHT). | Solanum, 
Flowers few in short racemes; pedicels up to 4 in. long. Calyx 2 lin, 
long, stellately hairy; lobes 5, oblong. Corolla rotate, # in. in diam., 
stellately hairy outside ; lobes 5, oblong-lanceolate. Stamens 5; anthers 
subsessile, } in, long, tapering upwards, pores terminal, small. Style 
filiform, much longer than the anthers, recurved at the apex. Berry 
globose, 5 lin. in diam. 
Wile Land. Somaliland : Hahi, Boobi and Zafarug, James & Thrupp ! Kirk! 
Shail Pass, Dooloo and Djedaynio, Miss Edith Cole ! and without precise locality, 
Appleton! 
Also in Arabia, where the wood is used for making spoons. 
25. S. hirtulum, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 101. A 
branched herb, 6 in. high, covered with simple hairs. Stem green, 
striate. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, 2 in. long, } in. wide, undulate, 
ciliate, narrowed into a margined petiole; lateral veins 5-6 on each 
side, Inflorescence racemose, nearly leaf-opposed, 3-4-flowered ; pedicels 
slender, 3-5 lin. long, erect in flower, pendulous in fruit. Calyx eyathi- 
form, scarcely 1 lin. in diam.; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, enlarging after 
flowering. Corolla white, } in. in diam.; segments 5, ovate-oblong, 
acuminate or acute. Stamens 5; anthers conniving, dehiscing by 
lateral slits. Style rather longer than the stamens; stigma capitate. 
Young fruit blackish when dry. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen ; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 977! 
26, S. campanulifiorum, (. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 
127. Suffruticose? Stem terete, clothed with simple hairs. Leaves 
ovate, acuminate, entire, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, hairs on both surfaces 
simple; petiole 1 in. long. Inflorescence extra-axillary, few-flowered ; 
peduncle 1 in. long. Calyx campanulate, 1 lin. long; lobes 5, oblong, 
obtuse, shorter than the tube. Corolla campanulate ; lobes 5, lanceolate, 
4 in. long, hairy outside. Stamens 5; anthers rather longer than the 
filament, pores anticous. Ovary globose; style short, pubescent. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: near the Cunene River, Johnston! 
27. S. lykipiense, C. H. Wright. Stem woody. Leaves ovate 
or ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire or obscurely serrate, about 1 in. long, 
lin. wide, with simple hairs on both surfaces and densely ciliate on the 
margin; petiole 1 lin. long. Cymes lateral, few-flowered ; peduncle 
slender, glabrous; pedicels } in. long, glabrous, clavate. Calyx pubes- 
cent outside; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse. Corolla about 7 lin. in diam., 
pubescent outside; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse. Filaments very short ; 
anthers nearly 2 lin. long, oblong, terminal pores large. Style gla- 
brous, clavate, a little longer than the stamens. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson E 
The specimen from which this description is drawn up is about 6 in, long; be 
sufficient to show that the species is a very distinct one. 
28. S. pseudospinosum, (. /. Wright. Stem slightly woody, 
1 ft. high, 4-angled, pilose with simple hairs, a few becoming hard at the 
base. Leaves ovate, acuminate, obtuse, with simple hairs om bot 
