﻿Solanum.] solanace.t; (Wright). 108 



Div. ; Winterveld, between Niewjaars Fontein and Ezels Fontein, SOOO- 

 4000 ft., Drege ! 



Kalahari Ee&ion : Transvaal ; Joppfistown Ridges, near Joliannesburo-, 

 6000 ft., Oilfillan in Herb. Galpin, 6054! 60o4a ! 61601 Johannesburg, 

 Ommanney ! 



Kastkrn Region : Pondoland ; between Umtata Eiver and St. Jolins River, 

 1000-2000 ft. , Brege; Griqualand East; by streams near Clydesdale, 2500 ft., 

 Tyson, 3120 1 I^atal ; in an ant-bear hole. Mid Illovo, 2200 ft., Wood, 18601 

 between Pieterinaritzburg and Greytown, WihiiH, 2168 ! Klip River Couutv, 

 Wood, 4499 1 



Dunal (I.e.) describes the corolla as " coerulea," most collectors call it white. 

 The berries are used by the natives for coagulating milk. (Wood). 



/ 28. S. leilCOphgeum(Dunalin DO. Prod. xiii. i. 290); branches 

 terete below, slightly angled above, more or less tomentose with grey 

 stellate hairs ; spines up to 3 lin. long, subulate, slender, straight or 

 slightly curved, very acute ; leaves obovafce-lanceolate, 2 in. long, 

 7 lin. wide, sinuate-repand, obtuse, acute at the base, with scattered 

 stellate hairs on both surfaces and .spines on the undei-side of the 

 midrib; petiole 2-6 lin. long, sjiiny; peduncle solitary, 1-flowered, 

 with grey stellate hairs, spiny^ 3-4 lin. long, 7 lin. long in fruit; 

 calyx 2-2} lin. in diam., cup-shaped, with grey stellate hairs outside, 

 spiny ; lobes linear-lanceolate, rather acute ; corolla white {Galpin), 

 G-7 lin. in diam. ; lobes ovate, acute, with stellate hairs outside and 

 along the midribs inside, glabrous elsewhere; filaments short, com- 

 planate ; anthers 2 lin. long, linear, rather thick, Avith 2 small 

 apical pores ; ovary shortly elliptic, glabrous ; style straight, terete, 

 slightly longer than the stamens; stigma subglobose; berry yellow, 

 globose, 9 lin. in diam., smooth. S. sp., Drege^ Zwei rflanzengeogr. 

 Bociimenie, 47. 



Coast Region : Cathcart Div. ; between Windvogel Mountain and Zwart 

 Kei River, 3000-4000 ft., Drege, 7859! Qneeiistown Div.; Sliiloh, 3.500ft., 

 Baur, 939 ! Plains near Klass Smits River Bridge, 3475 ft., Galpin, 2603 ! 



Central Region: Middelbnrg Div.; Rosmead Junction, 4000 ft., Sim, 

 565a ! 



7 29. S. coccineum (Jacq. Misc. ii. 329) ; a shrub 2 ft. high ; 

 ^branches terete, with numerous stellate hairs; spine.s straight, 

 subulate, up to 2 lin. long ; leaves ovate, slightly sinuate, obtuse, 

 unequal and sometimes cordate at the base, 1 ^ in. by 1 in., witli 

 numerous closely adpressed stellate hairs on both surfaces, spiny on 

 the midrib on both surfaces; petiole up to 9 lin. long ; peduncle 

 short or almost absent, few-flowered ; calyx hairy and .spiny outside; 

 tube campauulate ; lobes 1 lin. long, lanceolate, acute ; corolla mauve, 

 7-9 lin. in diam. ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate ; filaments very short ; 

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

 straight, a little longer tiian the anthers ; fruit globose, 4 lin. in 

 diam., glabrous, red. Ic. f. 43; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 298. 

 S. tomentosum, var. coccineum, JVilld. Sp. PI. i. 1046. 



South Africa : without locality, D rege, 7857 ! . r i 



Coast Region: George Div.; blitweeu Kobertson and Worcester, Lad^j _ 



