G. BiHer, Solana alricana. III. 257 



niveo vel sordide cinereo vel tandeui bninneolo oblecta; corolla purpurei- 

 violacea vel lilacina, stellata, diam. 12 — 14 mm, raro solum 9 mm; an- 

 therae lineari- vel lanceolali-ellipsoideae, er. 4 : 0,8 mm; ovariuni in parte 

 apicali glandiilis nonnuUis breviter stipilatis obsilum, Stylus fere usque ad 

 medium quoque glandulis parvis praeditus, rarius (S. inuansense) quoque 

 pilis paucis stellaLis instructus; baccae rubrae, nilidae, globosae, diam. 

 5 — 7 mm, rarius [S. so?y/idescens) 8—10 mm. (Umfaßt die Arten 43 — 45.) 

 43. S. giganteum Jacq. Collect. IV. (1790) 125; Jacq. Icon. rar. II, 11, 

 tab. 328; Wilid. Spec. pl. I. (1797) 1046; Pers. Syn. pl. I. (1805) 229; 

 Willd. Enum. pl. (1809) 240; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. II, I. (1810) 404; Dun. 

 Hist. Sol. (1813) 202; üun. Sol. Syn. (1816) 36; Curtis Bot. Mag. (1817) 

 tab. 1921: Link, Enum. pl. II, I. (1821) 187; Nees in Transact. Linn. Soc. 

 XVII. 47; Drege, Zwei pflanzengeogr. Dokum. 87, 124, 149; Wight et 

 Arn. Cat. n. 1571; dieselben in Ann. Nat. Hist. I. (1838) 395, tab. 13; 

 G. Don, Gen. Syst. IV. (1838) 430; Wight Icon. III. (1843 — 47), tab. 893; 

 Walp. Rep. Bot. Syst. HI. (1844—45) 78; Dun. in DC. Prodr. XIII, I. 

 (1852) 258; Miquel, Fl. Nederl. Indie II. (1856) 647; Dalz. et Gibs., Bomb. 

 Fl. 175; G. B. Glarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. IV. (1883) 233; Engler, 

 HochgebirgsH. Berl. Akad. (1892) 373; Engl. Glied. Veg. Usamb. 52; 

 0. Kuntze, Rev. gen. pl. III, II. (1898) 226; G. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. 

 Cap. IV, II. (1904) 94; G. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. IV, II. (1906) 

 229; Dammer in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXXVHI. (1906) 191; Paxin Englers 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXXIX. (1907) 648; Bitt. in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XLV. (1911) 

 497. _ S. niveum Vahl!, Symb. II. 41; Thunb. Prodr. 36; Thunb. Fl. 

 Gap. II. 59; Pers. Syn. I. (1805) 229. — S. farinosiim Wall. Gat. 2610a; 

 Wall, in Roxb. FI. Ind. IL 255. — 8. argeiiteum Heyne herb.^ nee Dun. 

 — Frutex vel arbor er. 2 — 8 m alta; rami superiores teretes, robusli, 

 diam. ca. 5 — 7 mm, densissime pilis stelktis multi- et breviradiatis nivei- 

 albidis tomentosi, tandem floccose desquamantes, calvescentes, aculeis bre- 

 vibus valde a latere compressis fere rectis usque ad 4 — 5 : (basi) 3 — 6 mm 

 usque ad supra medium dense tomentosis apice glabris ochraceis vel sub- 

 fuscescentibus sparsis vel crebrioribus muniti; internodia 2 — 5 cm longa, 

 in ramulis minoribus nonnumquam solum 2 — 4 mm longa; folia alterna, 

 in partibus superioribus saepe satis dense secuta; petioli 1 — 2,5 — 4 cm 

 longi, sicut rami densissime tomentosi, parce aculeati vel inermes; lamina 

 elliptici-lanceolata, utrinque angustata, apice acuta vel acuminata, integra, 

 usque ad 24 — 33,5:9^11 cm, saepe solum er. 10,5:3 — 4 cm, mem- 

 branacea, inermis, supra primo in statu novello non jam satis evoluto 

 densissime pallide-flave vel subnivee tomentosa, mox floccose desquamans 

 praeter venam mediam omnino calvescens, subtus tomento densissimo 

 niveo vel subcinereo vel (primo) vix flavido persistente obtecta, vena media 

 et venis lateralibus primariis in utroque latere er. 9 — 10 curvatim ascen- 

 dentibus una cum venulis minoribus reticulatim conjunctis supra impressis 



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