228 XCI, SOLANACE® (WRIGHT). [ Solanum. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland; Onanis, Belck, 6! 
Also in South Africa. 
51. S. gracilipes, Decsne. in Jacq. Voy. Ind. 113, t. 119. A 
slender shrub. Stem terete, stellately hairy when young; spines few, 
2 lin. long, more or less recurved. Leaves rotundate or broadly ovate, 
1 in. long, ? in. wide, attenuate into a petiole 5 lin. long, stellately 
hairy when young, unarmed. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary; 
pedicels 1 in. long, very slender. Calyx campanulate; lobes 5, distant, 
subulate, nearly 2 lin. long, stellately hairy outside. Corolla rotate, 
5-partite ; lobes narrow, acute, stellately hairy outside. Stamens 9; 
anthers subsessile, } in. long, pores terminal. Ovary globose, 
glabrous ; style longer than the stamens. Fruit globose, glabrous.— 
Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i, 286; C. B. Clarke in Hook, f. FI. Brit. Ind. 
iv. 237. S. Jacquemonti, Dunal, |.c. 287. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Boobi and Hahi, James & Thrupp ! 
Also in the drier parts of India, Beloochistan, and Socotra. 
52. S. piperiferum, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. i06. A small 
shrub. Stem cylindrical, rough; spines numerous, straight, 5 lin. 
long. Leaves ovate, obtuse, entire or more or less pinnatifid, } 10. 
long, 4~4 in. broad, covered with stellate hairs, usually unarmed, rarely 
with 1-2 spines; petiole short. Cymes extra-axillary, few-flowered. 
Calyx stellately hairy outside; lobes 5, linear. Corolla broadly cam- 
panulate, 5-lobed, tomentose outside. Berry globose, } in. in diam., 
smooth, pendulous, 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Mountains near Chelicut, Petit, 226! Rippell! 
53. S. aculeatissimum, Jacq. Collect. i. 100 and Ic. t. 41. AD 
undershrub, 1-2 ft. high. Stem branched, furnished with straight 
spines, interspersed in the younger parts with stiff bristles. Leaves 
solitary or geminate, broadly ovate or ovate-cordate, pinnately 5—1- 
lobed, 4 in. long, 3 in. wide, with rigid adpressed hairs on both surfaces 
and spines on the upper surface of the principal nerves ; petiole 1 1D. 
long. Cymes extra-axillary, few-flowered. Calyx campanulate; lobet %s 
triangular, closely beset with spines. Corolla rotate, 1 in. 10 diam., 
snow-white; lobes lanceolate. Stamens 5 ; anthers subsessile, lanceolate: 
oblong, 5 lin. long, pores terminal, small. Ovary globose, gubrovt } 
style as long as the anthers. Fruit globose, 1 in. in diam.,_smooi 
orange. Seeds flat, } in. in diam.—Dunal in DC. Prodr. xii. l. 24 1 
Sendtn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. 59; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. In¢ 
iv. 237; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 352, and Glied. Veg. Usambara, 93; © 
H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 97. S. ciliatwm, Lam, Encycl. 
21; Dunal, lc. 241; Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 360. S. myr4 
canthum, Dunal, Hist. Solan. 218, t. 19. ssi 
Wile Land. Bahr el Jebel Kamissa, Vuriel, 77! Uganda: Nandi districts 
Whyte! 
Lower Guinea. Princes Island, Mann, 1110! West Tropical a 
Jardine / Angola: between Matucua and Humpe, 2800 ft., Baum, 83. 
Tica, 
