JOHNSTON. — NEW PLANTS FROM VENEZUELAN ISLANDS. 695 



ate ; iippei* side green, remotely pubescent ; under side paler, finely pu- 

 bescent ; petioles 1 cm. long : infloresceucje fasciculate, as many as 8 

 flowers in a fascicle; flowers pedicellate; pedicels 1.5 cm. long, slender, 

 puberulent : calyx truncate, slightly puberulent, not enlarging at fructi- 

 fication, possessing 5 to G setae aiising lat(!rally at the margin, about 

 1.5 mm. long, little more than oue-half the depth of the calyx cup: 

 corolla 6 mm. long, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, acute, the margin finely 

 glandular or papillate: stamens 5, afiixed to base of corolla; anthers 

 oblong, twice the length of filaments ; filaments a little broadened at the 

 base : ovary ovoid, 2-celled, with central placentation ; placenta a little 

 thickened, not divided, several-ovuled : fruit globular, several-seeded. 

 — El Valle, river trail, Miller Sf Johnston, no. 255, July 15, 1901, and 

 Johnston, no. 75, Aug. 30, 1903. 



Solanum margaritense, n. sp. Slender shrub, 2 to 3 m. high ; 

 prickles stout, straight, as much as 7 mm. in length ; stem rusty stellate- 

 j)ubescent: leaves 2- to 4-clustered, unequal, above slightly stellate-pubes- 

 cent, below paler, ovate, entire, or slightly repand, a few spines arising 

 from the midrib on both sides ; base often unequal, a little more atten- 

 uate than the apex which is often acute or shortly acuminate ; blade of 

 the larger leaves 5.5 cm. long and 3.5 cm. wide; petiole pubescent, as 

 much as 1 cm. long: inflorescence fascicled, 2 to 4 flowers in a fascicle; 

 pedicel slender, pubescent, 1.2 cm. long: calyx pubescent, 5-fid, seg- 

 ments narrowly lanceolate, two-thirds length of corolla: corolla 5-fid, 

 lobes narrowly lanceolate, pubescent without, glabrous within, white, 

 0.7 cm. long: stamens just included within the corolla; filaments one- 

 third as long as anthers : ovary 2-celled, puberulent ; ovules numerous; 

 style filiform, slightly exceeding corolla. — El Valle, a single ascending 

 stem branching copiously near the top, at the side of the river trail, 

 Johnston, no. 315, Aug. 20, 1903. Allied to S. lanceaefoUiim, Jacq., from 

 which it differs in having straight spines, more deeply lobed calyx, and in 

 general a less dense pubescence. 



Solanum umbratile, n. sp. Shrub 10 to 15 dm. high, unarmed; 

 stem and leaves clothed with brown stellate pubescence : leaves alternate, 

 ovate-lanceolate; base attenuate, decurrent into the petiole; apex acu- 

 minate; lower surface paler and more densely pubescent than the upper 

 surface, minutely punctate, and having 4 to fi pairs of pi'ominent lateral 

 veins; larger leaves 3.5 cm. wide and 8 cm. long; petiole 0.5 cm. long: 

 inflorescence axillary; peduncle 2 mm. or less long, bearing 1 to 6 clus- 

 tered flowers; pedicels usually simple, slender, as much as 8 mm. in length: 

 calyx 5-fid, stellate-pubescent, segments narrowly ovate, stellate without, 



