G. Bitter, Solana africana. III. 271 



sili; calyx caiiipuiiulalus, prui'uiide ö-iubus, lobi iiiieuii-lanceoluli, aculi, 

 inaequilongi, er. 2:1 usque ad 4,5 : 1 mm, extus, praecipue prope apicem 

 pilis nonnullis slellatis instructi; corolla stellata diam. er. 14 mm, profunde 

 5-lol)a, lobi lanceolali, acuti, er. 6 — 7 : 2 mm, apice nonnibi! cucullati, 

 extus pilis slellatis (apice pilis simplicibus densis) obsili, intus solum in 

 Vena media pilis paucis slellatis praediti; stamina 5, filamenta 1,5 mm 

 longa, glabra; anlberae lanceolali-ellipsoideae, basi manifeslius, apice vix 

 emarginalae^ er. 4,5 : 0,8 — 1 mm, poris apicalibus subbianlibus; ovarium 

 subglobosum er. 1 ,2 mm longum et latum fere glaberrimum, glandulis 

 microscopiee solum perspiciendis slipilatis paucis praecipue ad apicem 

 versus instruclum; Stylus reclus, 7 mm longus, fere glaber, solum in parle 

 basilari glandulis valde sparsis slipilatis paucis obsitus, supra glaber; sligma 

 styli apice vix crassius, obtusum; pedicelli in statu fructifero recli, er. 

 15 mm longi, ad calycem versus sensim incrassati, calycis lobi quoque in 

 statu fruclifero nonnihil elongatiores, longiores usque ad 8:1,2 mm, bre- 

 viores er. 3:1,2mm; baccae globosae nigrae, nitidae, er. 7 mm diam.; 

 semina salis magna, reniformia, valde applanala, er. 4:3 mm, manifeste 

 reticulala. 



Sansibar küstenl and: Bagamojo, im Schalten der Wälder des Kin- 

 gani-Deltas zerstreut (J. M. Hildebrandt n. 990b! — ■ Mai 1874 blühend 

 und fruchtend. — Herb. Brem., Herb. Vind.-Palat.). 



49. S. pauperum G. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin 1894, 127; C. H. 

 Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. IV, H. (1906) 217. — Frulicosum, inerme; 

 rami teretes, er. 1,5 — 2,5 mm diam., primo pilis densis slellatis parvis 

 sordide-albidis brevissime lepidole lomenlosi, tandem glabrescentes cortice 

 cinerei-fuscescente obtecli; internodia er. 5 — 16, rarius — 22 mm longa; 

 folia plerumque salis dense secuta, solitaria vel ibve false geminata; petioli 

 satis longi, graciles, er. 15 — 20 mm longi, primo (in statu novello) pilis 

 stellatis-albidis sparsim obsili, serius omnino glabrescentes; lamina lanceo- 

 lata vel oblonga, basi sensim cuneatim in petiolum abiens, apice obtusa 

 rotundata vel parum anguslala, er. 3 — 4:1,6 usque ad 5:2,2 cm, fere 

 membranacea, paulum subcarnosa, in statu sicco ulrinque sordide obscure 

 viridis, margine subintegro vel .vix irregulariter undulato, primo (in statu 

 novello) pilis parvis albidis slellatis obsila, in statu adulto ulrinque 

 glabra; vena media subtus valde prominens, venae laterales primariae in 

 ulroque lalere 4 — 5 curvatim ascendentes subtus vix prominulae; inflores- 

 centia primo fere lerminalis, serius in latus coacta, pauci- (er. 4 — 7-)flora; 

 pedunculus brevis, er. 4 — 7 mm longus, dense stellali-lomenlosus; flores 

 dense congesti, pseudoumbellali; pedicelli er. 10 — 12 mm longi, basi pilis 

 nonnullis stellatis instructi, superne glabri; calyx breviter campanulalus, 

 er. 3 mm longus, in lobos lanceolatos acutos abiens; corolla stellata, diam. 

 er. 12 — 14mm, profunde in lobos 5 lanceolatos acutos er. 5,5:2 mm 

 extus dense brevissimeque stellali-pilosos partita; stamina 5, aequalia; 



