Solanum. | XCI. SOLANACE& (WRIGHT). 223 
attenuate at the base, petiolate, green and with sparing stellate pubes- 
cence above, and copious ashy-white tomentum beneath. Racemes 
extra-axillary, near the apex of the branches, few-flowered. Calyx 
5-toothed, pubescent, Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-fid ; lobes ovate, acute, 
pubescent outside. Anthers short, oblong, attenuate above. Style 
cylindrical, straight, longer than the stamens, stellately hairy below.— 
Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 355. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: throughout the province of Moz- 
ambique, Peéers. 
36. S. distichum, Thonn. in Schumach. d: Thona. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 
122. An unarmed shrub, furnished with stellate tomentum. Leaves 
geminate, unequal, ovate, slightly attenuate towards the apex, entire or 
slightly repand, subequal at the base, 4-7 in. long, puberulous above, 
stellately hairy beneath; petiole 14 in. long, terete. Cymes racemose, 
nearly leaf-opposed, 8—12-flowered ; pedicels distichous, thickened in 
fruit. Calyx widely campanulate; lobes 5, rather acute, tomentose. 
Corolla rotate, “ size of that of S. nigrwm,” white; tube short ; lobes 5, 
acute. Stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers oblong, erect, pores 
terminal. Ovary subrotund, glabrous; style filiform, scarcely longer 
than the stamens, stellately hairy ; stigma obtuse. Berry small, globose, 
glabrous, red. Seeds subovoid, compressed.—Dunal in DC. Prodr. 
Xili, i, 180. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Aquapim, Thonning. 
37. S. Reichenbachii, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 330. An unarmed 
shrub. Branches angular, covered when young with pale yellow 
floccose tomentum. Leaves geminate, ovate-oblong, 2-3 in. long, 
tomentose along the nerves above, densely covered with white floccose 
tomentum beneath; petiole ? in. long. Cymes axillary or extra- 
axillary, 2-5-flowered. Calyx cyathiform-campanulate, stellately 
tomentose. Corolla small, 5-fid; lobes subtriangular, obtuse, villous 
outside. Anthers small, oval. Style filiform, glabrous, Berry sub- 
globose, glabrous. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Ahl Mountains, Hildebrandt, 834d. 
38. S. geminifolium, Zhonn. in Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin 
Pl. 121. An unarmed branched shrub, 2 ft. high. Stem terete, 
covered with stellate hairs. Leaves geminate, unequal, ovate, entire 
or subrepand, subacute, subequal at the base, 4-8 in. long, stellately 
hairy on both surfaces ; petiole terete, 1} in. long. Cymes racemose, 
extra-axillary; pedicels 8-20, cernuous, incrassate in fruit. Calyx 
campanulate, 5-fid; lobes acute, furnished with a few stellate hairs. 
Corolla campanulate, white, } in. in diam.; tube as long as the calyx ; 
lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers 
oblong, free. Ovary subrotund, glabrous, 2-4-celled; style filiform, 
as long as the stamens, pubescent below; stigma obtuse. — Berry 
subrotund, glabrous, yellow, size of a plum, fleshy.—Dunal in DC. 
