Cotomsia: Intendencia del Amazonas, Rio Karaparand, entre las 
boecas y El Encanto, alt. ca. 150 m. “‘Bush. Fruit blue-black or 
orange-red.’’ 22-28 mayo, 1942, Richard Evans Schultes 3829. 
SOLANACEAE 
Solanum apaporanum P. LE. Schultes sp. nov. 
Since I have been unable to find any material of Sola- 
num from the Amazon Valley to match this curious 
concept, I am describing it as new. 
Fruticulus scandens. Rami teretes, glabri, spinosi, 
tenul cum cortice cinereo-fusco. Ramuli sordide fusco- 
pulverulenti. Folia mediocria, brevissime _ petiolata, 
subchartacea, elliptica, integra, apice longissime acumi- 
nata, basi cuneata, aequalia, 38.5—-7.5 cm. longa, 1.5—2.3 
em. lata, supra sordide fusco-viridia, aspera, omnino 
dense et minute stellato-pilosa, subtus viridia pallida, 
densissime stellato-pilosa, nervo centrali retrorso-spinoso ; 
petiol 2-4 mm. longi. Inflorescentia umbellata, pauci- 
flora, pedicellis comparate robustis, rectis, 7-10 mm. 
longis, densissime fusco-pilosis. Alabastrum 4 mm. lon- 
gum. Calyx omnino densissime stellato-pilosus, lobis 
breviter acutis, stellato-pilosis. Corolla profunde lobata 
extus stellato-pilosa, lobis anguste triangulari-acutis, 8 
mm. longis, basi 2 mm. latis, membranaceis, albis, valde 
patentibus. Antherae conspicuae, flavae, 6-8 longae, 
apice poriferae. Bacca perfecte globosa (sine rostro), vivo 
1—1.8 cm. in diametro, nitidissima, aureo-rubens. 
Cotompra: Comisaria del Vaupés, Macaya-Ajaju River confluence. 
Mount Chiribiquete. Quartzite base. Summit 800-1200 ft. above 
forest floor, 1700-2100 ft. above sea level. ‘‘Spiny vine-shrub. Fruit 
orange. Flowers white, anthers yellow.’’ May 15-16, 1943, Richard 
Evans Schultes 5406. (Tyrer in Herb. Gray.) 
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