﻿96 SOLANACE^ (Wright). [Solanum. 



ocliraceous, 3-4 lin. in diam. ; lobes ovate, acuminate, acute, hirsute 

 outside, glabrous inside ; filaments very short ; anthers 1-^- lin. long, 

 oblong, obtuse, with 2 minute terminal pores; ovary globose, 

 stellately hairy ; style li lin. long, straight, filiform, hairy at the 

 base ; berry giobose, 7 lin. in diam,, glabrous. S. sp., Drege, Zwei 

 Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 48. 



Coast Region : Queenstown Div. ; between Table Mountain and Zwartkei 

 Eiver, 4000-5000 ft., Brecie, 7861a ! 



Centbal Hegion : Somerset Div. ; in fields at the foot of Boscb Berg, 

 2500 ft.,llac0wan, 1606! Graaff Reinet Div. ; on hills near Graaff Keinet, 

 2600 ft., Bofits, 1971! 



Kalahabi Region : Oninge River Colony ; hills near the Orange River, 

 Burke .' Griqualand West ; at Griqua Town, Burchell, 1928 ! 1941 ! 



> 15. S. rigescens (.Tacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 19, t. 42) ; stem shrubby, 



2 ft. high, erect, terete ; spines 2 lin, long, subulate from a broad 

 base ; branches stellately hairy when young ; leaves ovate in general 

 outline, sinuately 5-7-lobed, with stellate hairs on both surfaces, 

 those on the upper having one ray much longer than the rest, spiny 

 on the chief nerves, unequal at the base, 3 in. by 2 in. ; lobes entire, 

 obtuse; cymes racemose, few-flowered; calyx-tube cup-shaped; 

 lobes linear, 2 lin. long; corolla violet or deep purple, 10 lin. in 

 diam., widely campanulate, hairy outside and on the midrib inside ; 

 lobes broadly triangular, 3|- lin. long ; filaments short ; anthers 



3 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, with 2 small terminal pores ; style 

 € lin. long, thickened and curved upwards ; fruit 6 lin. in diam.; 

 globose, black or reddish, smooth. Drege in Linncea^ xx. 203 ; 

 Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 301 {incl. var. nanum). 8. ruhetorum, 

 Dunal, I.e. 304. S. sp., Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 

 137. 



South Apbtca : without locality, Krehs (ex Bunal). 



Coast Region t Knysna Div.; Plettenberg Bay, Fappe f Uitenhasfe Div.; 

 Zwarlkops River, 50-500 ft., Zeyher, 3469! Eimu, 400 fc, Baur, 1026 ! Albany 

 Div. ; ne;ir Grabamstown, 2000 it., MacOwan, 883 ! and without precise locality, 

 <Joof)er, 1560 ! Fort Beaufort Div., Oooper, 483 ! Queenstown Div. ; Finchams 

 Nek, 4300 ft., Galpin, 2552! East London Div. ; plains near Cove Rock, 50 fo., 

 dal-pin, 3175! British KafFraria ; without precise locality, Baur! Cooler, 

 110! 



Central Region : Somerset Div. ,- between the Zuurberg Range and Klein 

 Bruinjtes Hoogte, 2000-2500 ft., Drege 7858! on Bosch Berg, Burchell, 3218 ! 

 Somerset East, 3000 ft., 3Iac Man, 883 ! Bowker! Fraserburg Div. ; between 

 Karree River and Klein Quaggas Poutein, Burchell, 1416 ! 



Kalahabi Region : Transvaal j near Ljdeuburg, Wilms, 1016 ! 



16. S. fodomeum, var. Hermanni (Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 

 366) ; suffruticose ; branches stellately pilose ; spines up to 6 lin. 

 long, subulate, straight ; leaves deeply and sinuately lobed, 3| in. 

 by 2i in., with scattered stellate hairs on both surfaces, spiny on the 

 nerves ; lobes rounded; petiole 1 in. long, spiny ; flowers solitary or 

 few together ; calyx campanulate, densely (or sometimes sparingly) 

 «piny outside ; lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, sligbtly scarious on the 

 ffiaigius ; corolla violet, plicate, 1 in. in diam. ; lob«s broadly ovate, 



