beneath, dark green above, crinkled. Plant with spines on thick, 
basal stem, glabrous on younger growth. Cultivated.*’ August 12, 
1960, Richard Evans Schultes 22583 (Tyrer in Feon. Herb. Oakes 
Ames).—Same locality. ‘‘Lu/o. Flores amarillo-verdosas. Fruto es- 
férico, amarillento, comestible. Yerba cultivada.’* June 22-80, 1958, 
H. Garcia- Barriga, R. E. Schultes & H. Blohm 1577 1a.—Comisaria del 
Vaupés, Rio Inirida, vicinity of Santa Rosa. Alt. 220 m. ‘“‘Hierba. 
Frutos rojos.’’ January 25, 1953, 4. Fernandez 1961. 
Solanum livimitante appears to be related to S. stra- 
minifolium, but it has a very different appearance because 
of its conspicuously bullate leaves. Solanum straminifo- 
lium bears strong spines usually on all parts of the stem, 
branches and on the ultimate twigs as well as along the 
midrib and secondary veins of the leaves, whereas in JS. 
livimitante the leaves and twigs, and often the branches 
themselves, are unarmed. There are, furthermore, cer- 
tain interesting floral characters in Solanum laimitante, 
such as the very strongly cucullate corolla lobes with in- 
rolled margins, which are not matched in SS. straminifo- 
lium. The fruit of Solanum livimitante is usually somewhat 
smaller than that of 8S. straminifolium. 
The specific epithet of Solanum laimitante means ‘‘re- 
sembling a sutler or camp-flower”’ and has been chosen 
to emphasize the semi-domesticated state in which this 
species finds itself. It grows with no care near and in cul- 
tivated Indian plots. Footpaths through the growths of 
Manihot and Erythroxylon are often thickly populated 
by bushes of So/anum lhaimitante which have come up 
from seeds casually spread when pieces of the fruit have 
been spit out by Indians at work in the fields. 
In the Amazonas and Vaupés of Colombia, Solanum 
heimitante is known by the following Indian names: 
Karijona (Rio Caqueta)—che-how-he-noo-roo; Maku (Rio 
Piraparana)—ber; Makuna( Rio Apaporis)—e-to; Mirana 
(Rio Caqueta)—/6é-mi-hé-ro-ya (k6-mé-hé = ‘‘water tur- 
tle’*); Puinave (living on Rio Apaporis)—pee-pee-hd; 
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