Solanum. ] XCI. SOLANACE# (WRIGHT). 237 
hairs; spines few, straight, much flattened, very short. Leaves lanceo- 
late, 6 in. long, 14 in. wide, tapering downwards, scrobiculate and 
stellately hairy above, scabrid with very minute stellate hairs beneath; 
petiole 7 lin. long, stellately hairy and slightly shiny. Cymes extra- 
axillary, racemose; peduncle, pedicels and calyx furnished with minute 
stellate hairs. Calyx i in. in diam., cupular; teeth 6, subulate. 
Corolla rotate, plicate, 6-lobed, about 14 in. in diam., stellately hairy 
outside the midpetaline areas. Stamens 6; filaments short; anthers 
} in. long, tapering to the apex, pores terminal. Ovary globose; style 
filiform, curved at the clavate apex; stigma oblique. 
Mozamb,. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Gorongoza, Carvalho, 
76. S. tomentellum, Alotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 236. 
A branched tomentose shrub, unarmed or with a few short spines. 
Branches terete, with evanescent stellate pubescence. Leaves oblong, 
subacute, 3-6 in. long, 3-14 in. wide, stellately tomentose on both 
surfaces, rarely spiny near the base; petiole 4—5 lin. long. Cymes 
racemose, extra-axillary near the ends of the branches, few-flowered. 
Calyx cyathiform, deeply 5-toothed; teeth ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
stellately tomentose. Corolla funnel-shaped, 1 in. in diam. ; lobes 5, 
acute, subpatent, pubescent outside. Anthers subsessile, pallid, slightly 
tapering upwards. Style very short, covered with simple hairs. Berry 
globose, light yellow, ? in. in diam.—Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 355. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: On the mainland and island of 
Mozambique, Peters, Rios de Sena and Querimba (Kerimba) Islands, Peers. 
77. S. trepidans, C. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 128. 
Suffruticose. Stem terete, 1-3 ft. high, covered by compact stellate 
tomentum ; spines 2 lin. long, compressed. Leaves solitary, lanceolate, 
4 in. long, 1 in. wide, sinuate, acute at the base, stellately hairy on both 
surfaces, spiny on the midrib. Cymes near the apex of the branches, 
few-flowered. Calyx campanulate, 2 lin. long, covered with stellate 
hairs outside ; lobes 5, short, triangular, acute. Corolla 4-6 times as 
long as the calyx, 1 in. in diam., broadly campanulate, membranous, 
stellately hairy outside ; lobes 5, pale lilac, midribs white, broadly tri- 
angular, acute. Stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers } in. long, 
oblong, obtuse, pore terminal. Ovary subglobose, stellately hairy at the 
apex.— . astrochlenoides, Dammer in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 476. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usagara; foot of Vidunda Moun- 
tains, near the River Ruhembe, 2300 ft., Goetze, 384a! British Central Africa : 
Nyasaland ; Shire Valley, near Bishop Mackenzie’s grave, Scott ! Shire and Shupanga, 
Stewart ! Zomb and vicinity, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte ! Kondowe to Karonga, 2000— 
6000 ft., Whyte! Songue to Karonga, 1700-2000 ft., Whyte, 4! 
78. S. englerianum, Dammer in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 853. A 
Shrub, 3-5 ft. high. Branches terete, pulverulent with rusty stellate 
hairs at the apex, bases only of the hairs persistent, spiny ; spines very 
Short, much compressed, recurved, glabrous at the base. Leaves 34 in. 
long, 14 in. wide, lanceolate, sometimes oblique at the base; upper 
