222 XCI. SOLANACEE (WRIGHT). [ Solanum. 
Nile Land. Nubia: Wadi Harrassa, between Suakin and Berber, Schwein- 
furth, 245! Abyssinia: Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 202 ! ; 
32. S. senegambicum, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 194. A 
shrub. Branches flexuose, blackish, stellately tomentose. Leaves 
solitary or geminate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire or subrepand, 
stellately hairy, 3-4 in. long; petiole 4-$ in. long. Cymes extra- 
axillary, 8—9-flowered. Calyx subcampanulate, 4-fid; lobes acute, 
stellately tomentose. Corolla }-} in. in diam., 4-partite ; lobes ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, glabrous inside, stellately hairy outside. Stamens 4, 
equal; filaments white, complanate, very short; anthers pale yellow, 
1 lin. long, pores terminal. Ovary globose, glabrous; style filiform, 
2 lin. long, stellately tomentose. Berry globose, orange, 4-5 lin. 
in diam. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 713. 
33. S. polyanthemum, Hochst. ex Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1. 
94. A shrub. Branches subdichotomous, flexuose, covered with 
ochraceous stellate hairs. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 
3 in. by 1}in., stellately hairy above, more densely so beneath; petiole 
up to lin. long. Cymes short, racemose, 2-fid, terminal or lateral ; 
pedicels } in. long in fruit. Calyx cyathiform, 2 lin. long, stellately 
tomentose outside; tube very short; lobes oblong from a wide base. 
Corolla deeply 5-fid, stellately tomentose outside, glabrous inside ; lobes 
ovate. Stamens 5, half as long as the corolla. Ovary globose, pubescent 
at the apex; stigma capitate. Berry globose, 5 lin. in diam., yellow ?— 
Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 26, and Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 352. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Acrur, 4300 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1004! 
Abyssinia: near Axum, Schimper, 1526! 
34. S. catombelense, Peyritsch in Sitz. Akad. Math.-Nat. Wien, 
xxxviii. (1860) 576. Suffruticose, about 2ft. high. Stem terete, densely 
covered with stellate hairs. Leaves lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, 4-1} in. 
wide, more or less undulate, stellately tomentose on both surfaces; 
petiole } in. long. Inflorescence extva-axillary, racemose, 4—5-flowered ; 
pedicels reflexed after flowering. Calyx campanulate ; lobes 5, as long 
as the limb, stellately hairy outside. Corolla rotate, 3 times longer 
than the calyx, milk-white to violet, stellately hairy outside ; lobes 5; 
oblong, acute. Stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers lanceolate, 
pores terminal. Ovary globose, stellately hairy above. Fruit globose, 
3-5 lin. in diam., smooth, scarlet or orange.—Hiernin Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. i. 748. SS. albotomentosum, C. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 
1894, 128, 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda ; near Maianga do Povo, Welwitsch, 6048 ! 
Praia de Conceigao, Welwitsch, 6077! Muceques, Gossweiler, 116! Catombela, 
Wawra, 268. 
35. S. mossambicense, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 
235. A branched unarmed sbrub, covered with stellate tomentum. 
Branches terete. Leaves oblong, subacute, 1$-3 in. long, 5-10 lin. wide, 
