﻿102 sola:n^ace^ (Wright). [Sohinum. 



367. 8. Melongena, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 235 parthj, not of 



Linn. 



South Afeica : without locality, Zeyher, 1254 ! 



Coast Region : Somerset Div. ; near i.ittle Fish River and Grent Fish 

 Eiver, 2000-3000 ft., Drege ; Bedford Div.; by the Baviaaiis River, Burke! 

 Fort Beaufort Div. ; Kat River Poort, 2000 ft., Bre^je, and witl)ont precise 

 locality, Cooper, 478! Queenstown Div. ; Klass Smits River, 4000-4500 ft., 

 Drege.' plains near Queenstown, 3500 ft., Galpin, 1983! 



Central Region: Somerset East Div. j near Somerset East, 2800 ft., 

 MacOwan, 1642 ! 



Kalahari Region : Orange River Colony ; Bcster's Vlei, near Witzies Hoek, 

 5300 tl., Bolus, 8219! on hills near the Orange River, Burke! Leeuwe Spruit 

 and Vredefort, Barrett-Hamilton ! Bechuanaland ; Barolong Territoi-y, Holuh ! 

 Transvaal; near Lydenberg, Wihns, 1018! Jeppestown Ridges near Johannes- 

 burg, 600J ft., GilJiUan in Herb. Galpin, 6055 ! 



Eastern Region: Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baw; 409! Pondoland ; 

 on hills near St. Johns River, under 1000 tt., Drege, in scrub, Isnuka, Port 

 St. John, 50ft., Galpin, 2869! Natal; Umhlanga, Wood, 1226! 



Also in Tropical Africa, Syria, Afghanistan, and Beluchistan. 



27. S. capense (Linn. Syst. ed. 10, 935) ; stem shrubby, terete, 

 with a few stellate hairs when young, soon glabrescent ; spines 

 '2-3 lin. long, sharply recurved, Literally compressed, enlarged at 

 the base ; leaves 1-2 in. by 8 lin., sinuately pinnalifid, glabrous, with 

 straight or slightly curved yellow spines on the under (rarely upper) 

 side of the midrib, unequal at the base ; petiole 3-6 lin. long ; cymes 

 2-3-flowered ; peduncle very short ; pedicels 2 lin. long ; calyx 

 campanulate, stellately hairy outside, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, acute; corolla 4 lin. in diam., blue or white, 

 stellately hairy outside ; lobes ovate, acute ; filaments very short ; 

 anthers 1^ lin, long, obloug, obtuse, with 2 small apical pores ; style 

 longer than the stamens, curved, stellately hairy below ; fiuit globose, 

 3-5 lin. in diam., glabrous. Linn. Jil. S/ipjd- 147 ; Tliunh. Prodr. 

 37, Fl. Cap. ed Scliult. 190 ; Drhje, Zimi Vflanzenrjeogr . Documtnte , 

 57, 58, and in Linnasa, xx. 203 ; Dtmal in BG. Prod. xiii. i. 288. 

 a. Milleri, Jacq. Coll. iv. 209, Ic. t. 330 ; Brege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 

 Bocumente, 139, 150; Bunal I.e. 286. S. Bregei, Bimal, I.e. 288. 



Var. 3, tomentosa (C. H. Wright) ; stem and tinder svirface of leaves densely 

 stfllately hairy, upper surface of leaves with scattered stellate hairs. S. capense, 

 Drege, Zivei Pjlansengeogr. Documentc, 57. 



South Africa : without locality, Forsyth ! Harvey I 



Coast Region : George Div. ; Ellens Island, near Dumbletons Lake, Lady 

 T.arkhj ! Knysna Div.; near the landing-place at Plettenberg Bav, Bowie I 

 Humansdorp Div.; between Kromme River and Zeekoe River, Thunherg ! 

 Alexandria Div. ; Zwaarb Hoogte, Buike ! Albany Div. ; Howisovis Poort, near 

 tii-ahanastown, 2000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 901! 3170, near Assegai Bosch and 

 Botram, 1000-2000 ft., Drege! Fort Beaufort Div. ; Kat River Poort, 2000 ft., 

 Drege! and without precise locality, Cooper, 481! Queenstown Div.; Plaias 

 near Queenstown, 350Oft., Galpin, 1695! Qaniata, Baur, 481! 



Centrai Hegion : Prince Albei-c Div. ; Gamka River, Bv,rke ! Somerset Div.; 



neai*Sonierset East, 2800 ft., MacOy:an, 1643 ! Grnatf Reinet Div. ; by the Sunday 



River, li00-200a ft., Drege, 7860 ! Victoria West Div. ; Nieu'wveld, betiveea 



Brak River and Uitvhigt, 3000-4000 ft., Drege, near Victoria West, Mrs. 



■Barber! Var. ;8. Somerset Div.; near Somerset East, Bowker, 83! Richmond 



