{}. Bitter, Solana alricaiifi. III. 281 



ficie piiis stellatis dense obsiti, intus soluin in vena media ad apiceni 

 versus sensim densius pilis stellatis pra(3diti (prope apicem (}uoque supra 

 pili nonnulli slellati ±:ve reductiorrs in mesophyllo reporiuntur); slamina 

 aequalia; fiiamenta er. 1 mm longa, glabra; antherao ellipsoideae, 

 ad apicem versus parum angustatae, er. 5,5: 1,3 mm, utrinque manifeste 

 emarginatae, poris apicalibns obliquis: ovarium subglojjosum, fere gla- 

 bruni, in [>artc superiore tantum glandulis parvis breviter stipilatis com- 

 pluribus piaeditum; Stylus anllieras manifeste superans er. 8,5 mm 

 longus, erassiusculus, irregulariter curvatus, in parte infinia tan- 

 tum glandulis breviter stipitatis p au eis sparsis obsitus, eeterum 

 glaberrimus; stigma styli apiee parum crassius, manifeste bilobum; 

 baeca globosa, nitida, tlaveseens vel (tandem?) fuscescens, parva, 

 diam. er. 5 — 6 mm; semina er. 7, pro exiguitate baecae satis magna, 

 reniformia, valde applanata, er. 4 : 3 : 0,5 mm. 



Ambo- und nördliebes Hereroland: Reise von VValfisehbay nord- 

 östlieh naeh Odyitambi (Lüderitz n. 1a! — Dezember 1885 bis Februar 

 1886. — Herb. Turic.); Upingtonia, Oshando (Amboland) (Schinz n. 868! 

 — Herb. Turic.). 



55. S. Sehimperianum Höchst, in Flora XXIV. (1841) i Intellig. 24; 

 Dun. in DC. Prodr. XIH, 1 (1852) 94; Rieh. Tentam. Fl. Abyss. II. 98; 

 Vatke in Linnaea XLHI. (1880—82) 326; Engler, HoehgebirgsHora d. trop. 

 Afrika. Akad. Berlin (1891—92) 373; Damm, in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost- 

 Afr. G (1895) 352; G. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. IV, II. (1906) 221; 

 Damm, in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXXVIII. (1906) 185; Bitt. in Englers Bot. 

 Jahrb. XLV. (1911) 495. — Fruticosum vel suffrutieosum, er. 1,5— 2 m 

 altum; rami superiores teretes, er. 2,5 — 3 mm erassi, pilis stellatis brevibus 

 ochraeee vel subeineree tomentosuli; internodia er. 1 — 2,5, rarius — 3,5 cm 

 longa; petioU graeiles, satis longi, er. 1,5 — 2,5, raro — 4,5 cm longi, primo 

 pilis stellatis satis erebris tomentosuli serius ibve giabreseentes, superne 

 eanalieulati ; lamina ovata vel lanceolati-ovata raro late ovata, dive rotun- 

 date vel cunealim in petiolum angustata, raro basi manifeste eordata, ad 

 apicem versus sensim angustata, acuta vel subaeuminata, margine integro 

 vel subrepando, er. 5 : 1,5, 7 : 3, 8,5 : 3,5, 8—9 : 4,5 cm (raro: in varie- 

 late usque ad 9,5 — 10:7 cm), membranacea, supra sordide viridis, primo 

 pilis stellatis parvis sparsim obsita, serius praeter venas paree stellati-pi- 

 losas fere glabreseens, subtus pallidior pilis stellatis densioribus pulveru- 

 lenta, vena media et venae laterales primariae in utroque latere er. 7 as- 

 cendentes ad marginem versus ineurvatae subtus manifeste prominentes, 

 venulae minores subtus zb ve retieulatae satis eonspicuae; infloreseentiae 

 primo fere terminales serius laterales simplices vel 2 — 3-fidae, er. 10—20- 

 tlorae, nonnumquam in varietate etiam pluritlorae; peduneuli breves, er. 

 4 — 8 — 12 mm longi (in varietate longiores, usque ad 2,5 cm); rhachides 

 breves, er. 5 — 10 mm longae, lloribus dense seeutis; pedicelli er. 10 — 



