214 0. E. Schurz: 
non vel utringue ad nervum medium aculeis 3 mm. longis basi 1 mm. 
"latis pareissime aculeata, supra laete subtus griseo-viridia, enascentia 
densissime ochraceo-tomentosa. Inflorescentiae ex axibus laterales, 
racemiformes, 3— 4-florae, sessiles. Pedicellus infimus florem fertilem 
ferens, 20 mm. longus, crassissimus, 2 mm. diam., recurvatus, dense 
tomentosus et aculeis 0,5—1,5 mm. longis + armatus; caeteri flores 
steriles gerentes, 10—12 mm. longi, multo tenuiores, tantum 1 mm. 
diam. ut rhachis, tomentosi, + aculeati. Flos dolichostylus basi 
inflorescentiae solitarius caeteris major: Calyx 15—23 mm. longus, 
campanulatus, ad 1/;,—!/, longit. in lobos ca. 7 valde inaequales lanceo- 
latos longe acuminatos recurvatos intus dense stellato-tomentosos fissus, 
extus dense tomentosus, ochraceo-albidus, aculeis usque 3 mm. longis 
rectis flavidis basi fuscatis disperse aculeatus. Corolla coerulea vel 
dilute purpurea, raro alba, clausa 25—35 mm. longa, explicata infundi- 
buliformi-rotata, ad 1/,—!/, longit. in lobos 7—8 triangulares acutos 
recurvatos intus + stellato-pilosos fissa, extus densissime tomentosa. 
Stamina 7 in 3 mm. altit. inserta; filamenta -1 mm. longa; antherae 
7 mm. longae, lineares, ad basin subdilatatae, poris minutis subrimosae. 
Pistillum 16 mm. longum; ovarium 7 mm. longum, globosum, ad apicem 
dense tomentosum, 6-loculare; stylus erassus, suberectus, ultra medium 
tomentosus; stigma capitatum, irregulariter 3- lobum, stylo aequilatum. 
Flores brachystyli minores: Calyx 10 mm. longus, 7-fissus. Corolla 
clausa 20 mm. longa, explicata rotata, 5—8-radiata. Stamina 5—8; 
filamenta 2 mm. longa. Pistillum rudimentarium, 5,75 mm. longum; 
ovarium oblongo-lineare, tomentosum; stylus tantum 0,75 mm. longus; 
stigma subnullum. Pedicellus fructifer ca. 55 mm. longus. Bacca 
obovato-oblonga, 33—192 mm. longa, 25— 75 mm. diam., plerumque 
violacea, rarius lutea, alba, nigrescens, rubra. (Semina parva, alba, 
nuda, compressiuscula, ex Duxar..) 
Solanum melongena Linn. Spee. I. ed. I (1753) p.186 et IT. ed. I 
pP. 266 (excl. syn. Rumph.); Sandm. Fl. Jam. p.377; Blackwell Collect. 
Stirp. VI t. 549; Loureiro Fl. Oochinch. I. ed. I p. 130; Euphr. St. 
Barth., St. Eust., St. Christ. p.107 (164); Willd.! Enum. Hort. Berol. I 
p- 237; Dunal Hist. Sol. t. 1 fig. 0:3 fig. E; Lan. Jam. Ip. 279; 
Wikstr. St. Barthel. p. 420; Descourt. Flor. Ant. III p. 163 t. 187; 
Maye. Barb. p. 100; Nees ab Esenb. in Transact. Linn. Soc. XVII 
p. 48; Sendin. in Mart. Fl. Bras. X Fase VI p. 77; Sagra Cub. XI 
p. 123; Griseb. Flor. p. 442 (excl. syn. 8. Plumieri); Egg. St. Oroix 
p. 135 ‚ed St. Croix and Virg. Isl. 9.78; C. B. Clarke in. Hooker fül. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. IV p. 235; Stahl! Est. VI p.135; Gard., Brace et Doll. 
Bah. p. 395; Wettstein in Engler-Prantl Nat. Pfl. Fam. IV 8° p. 23 
fig 1. N; Duss! Flor. Ant. frang. p. 415; Combs Pl. Oub. p. 448. 
