﻿Solaniim.] solanace^ (Wright). 97 



cuspidate ;_ stamens shorter than the corolla ; anthers oblong, with 

 2 small apical pores ; ovary globose, glabrous ; style nearly straight, 

 thickened at the base ; stigma nearly hemispherical ; frait globose, 

 li in. in diam., at first green variegated with white, finally yellow. 

 8. astrophorum, Jan ex Dunal, I.e. S. sodomeum, Dreye in 

 Linnsea, xx. 203. S. sp. Dreye, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 



Coast Eegion : Cape Div. ; Lion Mountain, under 500 ft., Brige, 7862 (ex 

 Bunal) ; Uitenhage Div. ; Valley of tlie Zwartkops River, 50-500 ft. Zeyher, 

 3406. Bathuist Div. ; Port Alfred, 50 ft.. Gal:pin, 2954! Port Beaufort Div., 

 Cooper, 483 ! East Loudon Div. ; river bauk near Cove Eock, 50 fc, Galpin, 

 3176 ! ' > r , 



Central Region : Somerset Div. ; on Bosch Berg, Burchell, 3238 ! 



The type is a native of Europe. 



? 17. S. aculeatissimum (Jacq. Coll. i. 100); a subshrub, 2-3 ft. 

 / high, bearing numerous long straight subulate spines on all its 

 parts ; branches pilose when young ; leaves ovate-oblong, jnore or 

 less cordate at the base, up to 4 in. long and nearly as wide, 

 irregularly lobed, pilose on both surfaces ; lobes acute, usually 

 toothed or sinuate ; petiole up to 2 in. long ; cymes racemose, few- 

 flowered ; calyx cupular; lobes 5, narrowly lanceolate; corolla 9 lin. 

 in diam., white ; lobes lanceolate, acute ; filaments very short ; 

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

 style 5 lin. long ; fruit globose, smooth, 1 in. in diam., orange-red. 

 Ic t. 41 ; Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Pocumente, 128, 146; Gri.%eb. 

 Fl. Brit. W. Lid. 442 ; Sendtner in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. 59 ; Danal in 

 DC. Prod. xiii. i. 244 ; A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ii. 230 ; Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 237 ; Hem.d. Biol Amer. Centr. ii. 404. S. 

 ciliatum, Lam. III. ii. 2 1 . S. myriacantlmm, Dunal, Hist. Sol. 218, 1. 19. 



Coast Region : Uitenhage Div. ; Van Stadens Ber?, under 1000 fc, Drege! 



Cewtkal Region: Somerset Div.; on Bosch Berg, 2500 ft. MacOwan! 

 Burchell, 3239 I 



Kalahari Region : Orange River Colony ; Moordrai, near Van Reenan's 

 Pass, 5500 ft., Wood, 4515 ! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1026 ! 



Kastern Region : Transkei ; between Gekau (Gcua) River and Basliee River, 

 1000-2000 ft., Dreffe! Natal; near Durban, 50 ft., Wood, 5718! and withouc 

 pieciae locality, Cooper, 1147 ! MacOwan ! 



Also in the Southern United States, Central and Tropical South America, the 

 West Indie?, Tropical Africa, and JMalay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



18. S. ferrugineum (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iii. 46, t. 334) ; an 

 erect shrub, 4 ft. high ; stem terete, 1 in. thick, unarmed below, 

 spiny above ; younger branches rusty tomentose ; leaves sinuately 

 lobed, acute, about 6 by 4 in., obtuse or subcordate at the base, 

 stellately hairy and spiny on both surfaces ; cymes racemose, many- 

 flowered, lowest flower only fertile; calyx campanulate, 3 Jin. in 

 diam. ; lobes deltoid, acute ; corolla white, 1 in. in diam. ; lobes 

 spreading, ovate, obtuse; filaments short; anthers lanceolate, 3 lin. 

 long, dehiscing by small apical pores ; style slightly longer thaa the 

 stamens ; fruit globose, glabroua, black, 6 lin. in diam. 



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