become but recently only partly domesticated. It is said 
by the natives, however, never to be found in the wild 
away from man’s influence. 
Solanum liximitante RP. 1. Schultes sp. nov. 
Frutex usque ad plusminusve quattuor ped. altus. 
Truncus ramique robustiores, basi spinosi.. Ramuli usu- 
wliter sine spinis, glabri, cinereo-virides. Ramuli termi- 
nales puberulentes, cinereo-fusci. Folia membranacea, 
atroviridia, supra conspicue bullata, subtus cinereo- 
violacea (vivo), in circuiter ovata, maturitate plusminusve 
27 cm. longa, 20-22 em. lata, basi cuneata ad subtrun- 
‘ata, apice acuta, margine profundissime sinuata, valde 
petiolata (petiolus usque ad 6-7 cm. longus, dense 
cinereo-pubescens : supra remotissime stellato-pubescen- 
tes sed nervum centralium versus densissime stellato- 
pubescentes, minutissime scrobiculata; subtus molliter 
et dense stellata: nervis utroque latere conspicuis. In- 
florescentiae cymosae, laterales, breviter pedunculatae, 
pauciflorae. Flores pedicellati; pedicellis usque ad 8 mm. 
longi, dense albido-stellato-pubescentes. Calyx cymbi- 
formis, aliquid coriaceus, inconspicue 5-dentatus, usque 
ad 4 mm. longus, intus glaber, extus dense flavo- vel 
albido-stellatus. Corolla subcarnosa,  albido-violacea 
(vivo), lobis oblongo-ovatis, usque ad plusminusve. 6 
mim. longis, apice rotundatis cucullatisque, margine valde 
reflexis, intus glabris, extus dense stellato-pubescentibus. 
Antherae erectae, flavae, lineares, quam corolla longae. 
Stylus plusminusve clavatus, usque ad 8 mm. longus. 
Ovarium dense stellatum. Fructus globosus, usque ad 
1.5 cm. in diametro, maturitate sanguineus, dense et 
minutissime stellatus sed) maturitate subglabrescens. 
Semina numerosa, plana, in circuiter ovalia, 2 mm. longa. 
CotombBia: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Vaupés, Mit, at mouth of 
Rio Kuduyari. “‘Fruit red. Flowers whitish violet. Leaves purplish 
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