‘Tanimuka (Rio Popeyaci)—a-meé-ma-ra; Yukuna (Rio 
Miritiparana)—/loo-poo-po-ré-la_ (loo-poo = ‘‘cayman””). 
Karapana (Rio Kananari)-—/e-td-ma-ta. 
Solanum muricatum 4iton Hort. Kew., ed. 1, 1 
(1789) 250. 
Subshrub unarmed, up to 2-8 feet tall. Branches te- 
rete, greyish green in life, often verrucose-scabrid. ‘Twigs 
reddish brown, very sparsely beset with simple, soft 
white hairs. Leaves membranaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 
marginally entire or slightly undulate (rarely ternate), 
apex acuminate, basally usually somewhat cuneate, 
strongly petiolate (petiole usually 8-6 cm. long, more or 
less marginate); upper surface white-sericeous (hairs sin- 
gle, but each comprising a main shaft with a minute, 
articulated tip); nether surface minutely white-squamate, 
sericeous (as upper surface): veins subconspicuous; mid- 
rib very conspicuous beneath. Inflorescence lateral, lax, 
few-flowered cymes. Flowers about 2 cm. in diameter, 
pedicellate; pedicels up to about 5 mm. long, sparsely 
white-sericeous. Calyx lobes triangular, apically attenu- 
ate, up to 12.5 mm. long, densely sericeous without, sub- 
glabrous within. Corolla thinly membranaceous, bright 
blue, deeply lobed, lobes ovate, apically acute, about 20 
mm. long, pubescent without, glabrous within. Anthers 
vellow, erect, 6-7 mm. long. Style filiform, up to 9 mm. 
long. Ovary ovoid. Fruit very variable under cultiva- 
tion; usually ovoid or elongate-ovoid, long-pedunculate, 
drooping, smooth, whitish or yellow, sometimes yellow- 
green, usually with purplish or reddish purple spots or 
lines, 5-20 cm. long. Pulp yellow with cucumber-like 
favor. Seeds usually lacking in cultivated material. 
Cotompia: Departamento de Caldas (?), ‘‘Quindio’’ (?) 1856, J. 
Triana 3855 /6.—Departamento del Cauca, El] Tambo, Cordillera Occi- 
dental, vertiente oriental, altitude about 1700 m. K.von Sneidern 4817. 
—Departamento de Cundinamarca, Bogota, altitude 2600 m. *‘Nom- 
