﻿Solarium.'] soLANACEiE (Wright). 91 



7 3. S. dasypus (E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzen^eogr, Docu- 

 mente, 103) ; branches woody, divaricate, pubescent wlien young ; 

 leaves ovate, entire or repaiid, thick, up to 2 in. by 1 in., glabrous, 

 attenuate into a petiole 4 lin. long; flowers solitary, or 2-8 together ; 

 pedicels 9 lin. long, sparingly pilose, cernuous, slightly thickeued at 

 the apex; calyx campanulate, 3 lin. in diam., pilose outside; lobes 

 ovate, obtuse; corolla 5-partite, villous inside the tube, 10-11 lin. 

 in diam. ; lobes ovate-lanceolafe, obtuse ; stamens half as long as 

 the corolla; filaments l^- lin. long; anthers oblong, yellow, 2 lin. 

 long, dehiscing by slits near the apex : ovary conical, glabrous ; style 

 filiform, twice as long as the stamens ; fruit subglobose, 5 lin. in 

 diam. Bunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 161. 



Coast Eegion : Piquetberg Div. ; Piqnetberg, 400 ft,, ScMechter, 7896 ! 

 Mahriesbury Div. ; Riebecks Ciihtle, under lOOO ft., Drege ! 



The leaves on Schlecbter's specimen are thin and do not appear to be mature. 

 Ob.-ervHtions should be made in the field as to the vali-iity of the specific dis- 

 tinctness of S. das'jpus, E. Meyer, and S. aggregatmn, Jacq. 



4. S. aggregatum (Jacq. Coll. i v. 124); an erect shrub, 4 ft. 

 high ; branches rigid, minutely puberulous, lenticellate ; leaves 

 thinly membranous, ovate to oblong, up to 2 in. long by 14 lin. wide, 

 glabrous^ entire or slightly repand, long cuneate at the base, midrib 

 alone prominent ; petiole up to 9 lin. long ; flowers solitary or 2-3 

 together ; pedicels slender, up to 1 in. long ; calyx campanulate, 

 3 lin. long ; lobes linear, obtuse, about as long as the tube, l-nerved ; 

 corolla widely campanulate, 9 lin. in diam., 5-partite; lobes oblong, 

 slightly undulate, rather acute, pubescent outside the apex ; stamens 

 uniform ; filaments i lin. long ; anthers oblong, 2 lin. long, dehiscing 

 by two apical pores ; style 4-5 lin. long; stigma small. Ic. t. 323; 

 Ureije in Linnma, xx. 203; Bunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. IGO. S. 

 Tnonticohm, Dunal, I.e. 161. Lycium sj)., Drege, Zwei Pfianzm- 

 geogr. Documente, 75, 88. Atropa solanacea, Linn. Mant. Alt. 205; 

 Thunb. Prodr. 37, and Fl. Gap. ed. Schult. 191. 



South Ateica: wi'hont locality, lS'^eber.' 



Coast Region : Piijuetherfj Di\^. ;"^'iquetberj; Range, 1000-20fiO f^ , Drege, 

 7865! Mnluiesbury Div.; S.ildanlm Bay, 6?rev/ Ciipe Div.; Tahle, Mountain, 

 JOUU-2000 ft., Drije, 178! Paarden Island, Thunb erg ! Uitoniiage Div.; Addo 

 for.st and banks of the Zwartkops River, 50-500 It., Zcgher, COS ! ;M71 I 

 Koernie River near Enou, Baiir, 153 ! 



Centkal Region : GiaafF Reinet Div. ; nlontr the Sunday River, near 

 Monk -y Ford, Burchell, 2835 ! near Graatf Rcinet, 2:00 ft., Bolus, 51 1 



-f 5. S. quadrangulare (Thunb. ex Linn. f. Suppl. 147) ; a climbing 

 /unarmed shrub; branches quadrangular, pilose, scabiid on the 

 f angles; leaves ovate, acuminate, enlirH, glabrous, margins revclute ; 

 c^mcs terminal, or lateral near the apex of the stem, paniculate; 

 pedicels 4-7 lin. long, glabrous; calyx 1 lin. long; lobes ovate, 

 entire or lobod, margins pube.^cent ; covoWsl \Aue (Thunherg), 5-G- 

 partite, 4-5 lin. in diam. ; lobes oblong, pubescent outside near tlie 

 apex; filaments slender; anthers \\ lin- long, obluiif;, obtuse, 



