﻿Solanum.] solanacej^ (Wright), 93 



numerous, congested, small ; calyx shortly campanulate, 2} lin, in 

 diam., 5-fid ; lobes ovate, cuspidate, scarious on the margins ; 

 corolla 3-4 times larger than the calyx, 5-6 lin. in diam., deeply 

 5-lohed ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, undulate ; stamens 5, 

 uniform, half as long as the corolla; anthers yellow, connivent, with 

 lateral slits ; style coloured, longer than the stamens, thickened 

 and slightly curved above ; stigma small, 2-lobed ; ovary ovoid- 

 globose, glabrous. S. quadrangulare^ Tkunb. in Krauss, Exsicc. 39, 

 not elseicliere^ ex Bunal, I.e. 



Coast Region: KnysnaDiv. ; Zitzikamma, on sandy mounds, Ziuttss, 39 and 

 1841 (ex Bunal). 



8. S. crassifolium (Lam. 111. ii. 16); stem 1 ft. high, shrubby, 

 somewhat sarmentose, rugose, fusco-cinereous ; brandies slightly 

 angular above, terete below, long, tou^h, villous, greenish ; leave* 

 ovate, entire or sinuately angled, obtuse or acute, 15-20 lin. long,. 

 8-10 lin. wide, thick, softly pilose on both sides; petiole short; 

 cymes paniculate, subdichototnous, terminal ; pedicels subcernuous ;. 

 calyx 5-fid ; corolla 5-partite ; lobes ovate, straight ; anthers linear- 

 oval, saffron, dehiscing laterally. Bunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 77. 

 S. Dulcamara, var. /3, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 264. Witliermrjia 

 crassifolia, Dunal, Stjn. Sol. 2 ; Jlisf. Sol. 108. S. dulcamarum 

 africanum foliis crassis hirsutis, Dill, HoH. EUh. t. 273. 



South Africa : without locality. Grey ! 



Coast Region : Stellenbosch Div. ; in Hottento-t» Holland, near the sea- 

 shore, Rogers '. and in Eerh. Banks (ex Dunal). 



/' 9. S. geniculatum (E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 

 /Documente, 156, 157, name only); a climbing shrub; branches 

 glabrous, pale green, obscurely winged and sometimes geniculate ; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, up to 2 in. by 1\ in., cuneate at the base, quite 

 glabrous, margins revolute, slightly undulate ; lateral nerves 3-4 

 pairs ; petiole up to 9 lin. long ; cymes corymbose, terminal, solitary 

 or in pairs, glabrous ; peduncle 1^ lin. long ; pedicels up to 5 lin. 

 long, thickened at the apex; calyx cup-shaped, \ lin. in diam., 

 margin white, thickened and ciliate ; lobes rounded, mucronate ; 

 corolla 5 lin. long, white (Saunders), lavender (Wood), mauve 

 (Galpin), divided nearly to the base ; tube funnel-shaped; lobes 5, 

 lanceolate-oblong, acute, pubescent on the margins and apex; 

 stamens nniform ; filaments very short; anthers oblong, obtuse, 

 1.1 lin. long, yellow, dehiscing by longituilinal slits; style rather 

 longer than the stamens, glabrous. Dimal m DC. Prod. xiii. 105. 



Coast Region- Albany Div.; in kloofs around G -ahamstown, Atherstone, 

 14 ! East Loudon Div. ; at the mouth of Nahoon (Kahoon) Eiver, 25 ft., Galpin, 

 2690! 



Central Region: Somerset Div., Bowter.' - , , t»- 



Eastern Region : Natal ; near tliesea, Mrs. Saunders, 3 ! Umzimkula River, 

 Brege! Lower liloro, below 500 ft., Wood, €390! 



