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12 mm. longis, 5-7 mm. latis, intus glabris, extus dense 
stellato-pilosis. Anthera flava, erecta, plusminusve 9 mm. 
longa. Stylus teres, 4-5 mm. longus. Ovarium globo- 
sum, dense et longe albido-sericeum, 2.5-8 mm. in dia- 
metro. Fructus perfecte globosus, plerumque 4.5 cm. in 
diametro, maturitate rufescens, dense minuteque tomen- 
tulosus, indumento faciliter caduco, maturitate subglab- 
rescens. Pulpa aliquid acidulosa. Semina numerosissima, 
compressa, in circuiter ovalia, plusminusve 2.5 mm. lon- 
ga, 2 mm. lata, straminea. 
CoLtompia: Comisaria del Putumayo, between Pepino and Mocoa, 
altitude about 700 m. ‘‘Cultivated. Flowers greenish white. Leaves 
very spiny. Height 2-4 ft. Fruit globose, ripening dark red, covered 
with caducous hairs. Naranjilla.’’ July 28,1960, Richard Evans Schultes 
22554 (Tyre in Econ. Herb. Oakes Ames; Dupticare type in Herb. 
Nac. Col.).—Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Putumayo, Puerto Asis, 
altitude about 200 m. “‘Shrub 2-3 feet tall. Fruit orange-red, small. 
Leaves spiny.’’ August 2, 1960, R. KE. Schultes 22573. 
This new species is allied to Solanum Topiro, but it is 
distinguished by the inhabitants of the region who apply 
different common names to the two plants. Solanum 
Topiro, which is not found in the Comisaria del Putu- 
mayo as high as 700 meters, is called cocona, whereas JS. 
georgicum is known as naranjilla, the term which, in the 
southern Colombian Andes, refers to S. qguitoense. The 
inhabitants of the Putumayo are quick to point out two 
other important differences: S. georgicum is conspicu- 
ously spiny on the stems and along the nerves of the 
leaves and has perfectly globose fruits, whereas S. T’opiro 
is unarmed and usually has ovoid fruits. 
The berry of Solanum georgicum is eaten directly as a 
fruit and is employed in the preparation of a refreshing, 
acidulous beverage. The plant is cultivated, but in a hap- 
hazard way, growing up along roadsides and on the edge 
of agricultural plots (whence its specific epithet) without 
special care. It appears to be a wild species which has 
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