Jardin Botanico in Madrid, has plates of the two concepts 
Solanum quitoense and S. quitoense var. septentrionale. 
Plate 88 in volume 19 depicts one drawing of a flowering 
branch with a floral dissection and one with a fruiting 
stem and dissected fruit: this is the unarmed So/anwm 
quitoense. Plate 89 shows a leafy branch in flower and one 
piece of stem in fruit; the stems, petioles and veins are 
armed with spines. 
CotomBia: Departamento de Antioquia. No date. Jervisse s.n. Itaqui, 
July 1944, Br. Daniel $352, Alrededores de Medellin, Rio Negro, al- 
titude about 1560 m. ““Lulo. Cultivated.’’ February 11, 1946, W. H. 
Hodge 6712.—Departamento de Magdalena, Santa Marta, altitude 
6000 ft. January 19038, H. H. Smith 1853,—Departamento de San- 
tander, vicinity of California, altitude 3000 m. “‘Tumo. Shrub 4-6 ft. 
Corolla light blue, anthers yellow. Open hillside. January 11-27, 
1927, FE. P. Killip & A.C. Smith 16949.—Vicinity of Charta, altitude 
2000-2600 m. **Shrub 4-6 ft. Corolla white, blue at margin; anthers 
yellow.’’ February 1-11, 1927, F. P. Killip & 4. C. Smith 18913.— 
Departamento de Cundinamarca, cercanias de San Bernardo hacia 
Sasaima, altitude 1600-1800 m., June 23, 1940, J. Cuatrecasas 9604. 
— Departamento del Norte de Santander, near Ocana, January 1878, 
Kalbreyer 543,.— Departamento del Tolima, lbagué, 1844,./.Goudot s.n. 
——Departamento del Valle de Cauca, La Paila, April 1853, Holton 25, 
—Cordillera Occidental, vertiente occidental, hoya del Rio Digua, 
lado izquierdo, Piedra de Moler, altitude 1050 m. *‘Lul/o de perro.”’ 
August 19-28, 1943, J. Cuatrecasas 15031.—Cordillera Occidental, 
vertiente oriental, Quebrada del Tigre, Quebradita de Pultabrava, 
altitude 1440 m., October 28, 1946, J. Cuatrecasas 22694.— Cordillera 
Occidental, vertiente occidental, hoya del Rio Digua, Rio San Juan, 
abajo de Queremal a la derecha del rio entre km. 52 y 53, altitude 
1300-1500 m. **Lulo morado.”* March 19, 1947, J. Cuatrecasas 23853, 
—Cordillera Occidental, vertiente occidental, hoya del Rio Digua, 
lado derecho, entre Queremal y La Elsa, altitude 1200-1160 m. 
**Lulo.*’ March 27, 1947, J. Cuatrecasas 23992. 
Solanum sessiliflorum Duna/ Sol. gen. aff. syn. 
(1816) 43. 
According to Ducke (Ducke, A.: ‘*Plantas de cultura 
precolumbiana na Amazonia brasileira. Notas sobre as 
especies ou formas espontaneas que supostamente lhes 
teriam dado origem”™” Bol. Téen. Inst. Agron. Norte, 
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