﻿Solanum.] solanace^e (Wright). 99 



stamens 5 ; filaments -^- lin. long ; anthers 3 lin. long, oLlong-linear, 

 with two small apical pores ; style much longer than the stamens, 

 curved at the apex, stellately hairy below ; berry glabrous, fuscous. 

 S. geminiflorum, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docu- 

 mente, 158, not of Mart. ^ Oal. S. chenopodioides, Krauss ex Dunal, 

 I.e., not of Lani. 



Var ^, spinosa (C. H. Wriglit) ; leaves bearing straight subulate spines 3 lia. 

 long on both surfaces of tlie midrib. 



Eastern Region : Natal ; borders of woods near Umlazi River, A>a[i.s.v, 

 1^3! Umlazi River, under 500 ft., Drege! Inanda, Wood, 1623! Var. )8, Natal; 

 without precise locality, Mrs. K. Saunders ! 



I have seen no specimens with as few as 2 flowers, which Dunal (i.e.) ^ives as a 

 character of his 8. didymanthum. Dunal founded his species upou 8. geniini- 

 florum, E. Meyer, the Ivew specimen of wliich has a o-flowered infloresceuce. 



7 22. S. pandnrseforme (B. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 

 f Documente, 147); a much- branched shrub; spines few or many, 

 short, subulate from a broad base ; branches terete, densely stellateiy 

 pubescent; leaves oblong-lanceolate, sinuate, 2| in. by 1 in., 

 stellately pubescent on both surfaces, sometimes spiny on the under- 

 side of the midrib, acute, tapering to the base ; petiole 6 lin. long ; 

 cymes racemose, the lowest flower alone fertile ; calyx 3 lin. long, 

 5-toothed or deeply 5-lobed (sometimes on the same plant), stellately 

 pubescent outside ; lobes obtuse ; corolla 1 in. in diam., pink 

 (Wood), 6-partite, stellately pubescent outside; lobes oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, hairy on the midrib inside ; stamens 5 ; filaments 

 very short ; anthers 2-| lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, with 2 small 

 apical pores ; ovary ovoid, hirsute at the apex ; style 5 lin. long, 

 thickened upwards, stellately hairy at the base ; fruit 9 lin. in diam., 

 globose, smooth, yellow. Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 370. S. 

 delagnense, Dunal, I.e. 349. 



South Africa: without locality, Zei/Zier, 1258! 



Kalahari Region: Griqualand West ; banks of the Vaal and Farts River, 

 Bohih ! Orange River Colony; Modder (Muddy) River, Burke.' Bechuanaland ; 

 BaroloDg Territory, Holuh ! Transvaal; Aapies Poort, near Pretoria, Eehmann, 

 4128! 4129! Jeppestown Ridges, near Johannesburg, 6000 ft., Oilfillan in 

 Herb. Oalpin, 6056! 6239! by Kaup River, near Barberton, 1200 ft.. Bolus, 

 9714! Miigalies Berg, Burke! near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1019! 



Eastern Region : Transkei ; near Bashee River, under 1000 ft., Drfge ! 

 Kreilis Country, Bowker ! Tenibniand ; Cendnli, near Bazcia, Baur, 749! 

 Griqualand East; Clydesdale, 2500 ft., Tyson, 21.'53! and in MacOwan and 

 Bohts, Berb. Norm. Aust.-Afr. 1218! Natal; Umlaas (Umlazi) River, 2003 ft., 

 Wood, 1831! between Pietermaritzburg and Greytown, W%lm$, 2166! near 

 Durban, Krauss, 102 ! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 52 1 Delagoa Bay, 

 Forbes ' 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



23. S. Melongena (Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 186) ; a robust herb or 

 almost shrub, spiny, more rarely unarmed ; branches terete, usually 

 dark purple, clothed with sessile stellate hairs; leaves ovate, repand 

 or sinuate, acuminate, unequal at the base, 6-9 in. long, 3-5 in. 



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