﻿Sulcmum.] S0LANACEJ5 (V7riglifc). 105 



angled, tomentose, green above, whitish beneath, 4 in. lon<,f in the 

 young plant, spiny on both surfaces of the midrib ; inflo'rescence 

 unknown. Bunal, Syn. Sol. 38, and in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 375. 



South Africa : interior regions, without precise locality, Lichtenstein ! 



33. S. longipes (Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 85); a shrub; 

 branches dichotomons ; leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or ovate- 

 oblong, entire or subrepand, attenuate at the base, 2-3 in. long 

 (including the 5-7 lin. long petiole), 10-14 lin. wide, obtuse or 

 acute, glabrous, rather thick ; racemes erect, 3i in. long, glabrous ; 

 peduncle naked, l\-'2 in. long, dichotomous; pedicels thickened at 

 the apex, 4 lin. long in flower, 6-7 lin. long in fruit ; calyx cyathi- 

 form, li lin. long, 5-fid ; lobes obtuse, subrotundate or ovate; 

 corolla 3 times the size of the calyx, 5 -partite ; lobes lanceolate- 

 obiong, pubescent on the margin and apex ; anthers equal, slits first 

 terminal, at length oblique, brown on the back, yellow on the face ; 

 style straight, longer than the stamens ; berry ovate-globose, 4 lin, 

 long, 2|— 3 lin, wide, S. rubrum, a, Drege, ex Dunal, I.e., not of 

 Mill. 



Coast Eegion .- Cape Div. ? between Cape Town and Stellenbosch, 

 Drifje ! 



Some of the statements in Duiial's diagnosis do not agree with those in his 

 description. 



34. S. mammosum (Thunb. Prodr. 36) ; whole plant villous ; stem 

 herbaceous ; spines usually numerous, unequal, yellowish ; leaves 

 subcordate, oblong, with angular toothed lobes and rounded sinuses, 

 erect, 5 in, long, armed with long yellow spines on both surfaces of 

 the nerves ; petiole 2 in. long, armed with long spines ; peduncles 

 capillary, 1-flowered, usually 3 together, 1 in. long, spiny ; calyx 

 sliaggy, spiny ; corolla blueish-purple. Fl, Cap. ed. SchuU. 189. 



Coast Region : Swellendam Div. ; near the Buffeljagts River, among trees 

 near the Company's Post, Thunberg. 



It is doubtful whether this is the same as S. mammosum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, 

 187, which is common in the wanner parts of America. No speciiuen of it was 

 found in Thunberg's herbarium in 1833. 



35. S. sodomseodes (O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. iii. ii. 227) ; allied 

 to ^S*. sodomeum, Linn., but differing in the following charact'jrs :— 

 leaves narrower, 3-7 lin. wide, less lobed, glabrous ; corolla white ; 

 berry scarlet, about 5 lin . iu diam. 



Eastern Region : Natal ; Glencoe, Kuntse. 



II. PHYSALIS, Linn. 



Calyx campanulate or pyramidal, shortly or to the middle 5-lobed, 

 enlarged in fruit, inflated, membranous, 5-angled or prominently 



