﻿90 SOLANACE^ (Wright). \_Solanum. 



dulous in fruit ; calyx cup-shaped ; lobes ovate, acute ; corolla white, 

 3 lin. in diam. ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute; stamens equal; 

 filaments short, cylindrical ; anthers 1 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 with 2 oblique pores near the apes; style slightly longer than the 

 stamens, pubescent below; fruit globose, glabrous, 3 lin. in diam., 

 black, more rarely red or yellow. Drege, Zicei Pfianzengeogr. Bom- 

 mente, 56, 93, 106, 116, 133, 146 ; Tliunh. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 188 ; 

 Mutel. FL Franc, tt. 3d AO, figs. '296-303 ; Dunal in BC. Prod. xiii. 

 i. 50 ; Benth. FL Austral, iv. 446; Hook.f. FL Brit. Ind. iv. 229. 

 S. villosum, Mill Gard. Diet. ed. 8. n. 2. S. ruhrum, MiU. Ic n. 4, 

 not of Drege. S. incertum, Dunal, Hist. Sol. 155 ; Drege inLinna^a, 

 XX. 203. S. miniatum, Bernh. ex Willd. Enum. Hart. BeroL 236. 

 S. guineense, Lara. IlL ii. 18. S. retroflexam, Dunal in DC. Prod. 

 xiii. i. 50 {inch vars. angustifolium and latifulium). S. sp., Drege, 

 Zwei PfianzeMgeogr. Documente, 61, 87. 



Coast Rfgion : Malmesbury Div. ; Paarde Berg-, Thunher(f ! Paarl Div. ; 

 Pnarl Mountaius, 1000-2000 ft., Jrege, 786ta ! Cape Div. ; Table Mountaiu, 

 Burchell, 645! between Cape Town and SteTTi^nboach, under 500 ft., JJrege ! 

 between Hout Bay and Wynbera-, under 1000 ft., Brege ! Lion Mountain, 

 Thunlerg ! Devils Mountain, Wolley Dod, 856 ! Wilms, 1022 ! 3458 ! above 

 tbe path to Smitwinkel, Wolley Dod, 3318 .' Skeleton Ravine, Wolley Dod, 

 3180! Simons Bay, Wright! Caledon Div. ; Genadendal, 3000-4000 ft., Drege! 

 George Div.; near drift of Kayraans River, Lady Barkly ! Uitenhage Div.; 

 Zwaitkops River Valley, 50-500 ft., Zeyher, 3473 ! Enon, under 500 ft., Drege! 

 Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 554 ! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 187! 



Central Region : Somerset Div,, Cooper, 528 ! GraatI" Keinet Div. ; near 

 Graatf Reinet, 2500-4000 ft., Dre^re, 7864b! Bolus, 50! Kichaiond Div.; 

 Uitvlugt, in the vicinity of Styl Kloot near Ricbmoud, 4000-5000 ft., Drege ! 



Westeun Region: Great Iv'amaqnaland ; Fish River, Schinz, 866! Little 

 Namacinaland ; Orange River, near Verleptpram, under 500 ft., Drege ! 



Kalahari Region : Transvaal; Matebe Valley, ^o/m6 .' 



Eastern Kegion : Transkei Div. ; between Gekau (Gfua) River and Bashee 

 River, Dreae.' Teinbuland ; Bazeia, Baur, 102! Natal; Itianda, Wood, 83! 

 Umhlote, Wood, 811 ! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 412! 



In all temperate and tropical regions. 



2. S. pseudocapsicum (Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 184) ; an erect shrub, 

 3-4 ft. high ; stem glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, slightly 

 repand, glabrous, up to 3 in. by 10 lin., obtuse, acuminate at the 

 base into a short petiole ; cymes umbellate, few-flowered, or flowers 

 .'sometimes solitary ; peduncles very short ; pedicels 4 in. long, 

 slightly thickened upwards ; calyx glabrous ; tube shortly cam- 

 panulate, 1 lin. long ; lobes oblong, acute, 1^- lin. long; corolla 5 lin. 

 in diam., white ; lobes ovate, acute, slightly pubescent at the apex ; 

 lilamenta very short, inserted in the corolla-throat ; antbers 1| Hn- 

 lone, oblong, obtuse, with 2 small oblique pores near the apex ; 

 style 2-^- lin. long, straight ; berry globose, glabrous, 5 lin. in diam., 

 seated upon the enlarged calyx, red or yellow. Dunal in DC. Prod. 

 xiii. i. 152 ; Sendtn. in Mart. FL Bras. x. 32. S. unijlorum, T'ell. 

 FL Flum. ii. f. 114. 



Coast Region ; Cape Div. ; Wynberg Ranges, Wolley Dod, 426 ! Albany 

 Div., Boivker ! 



Also in China, Bourbon, Madeira, the Azores and Brazil. 



