748 LXXXVIII. SOLANACES. [Solanum 
11. S. catombelense Peyritsch in Sitz, Akad. Math.-Nat. Wien 
xxxviii. p. 576 (1860). 
S. albotomentosum Wright in Kew Bull. 1894 p. 128. 
Loanpa.—An undershrub, divaricately branched, 2 to 24 ft. high, 
mostly erect ; stem sometimes prickly, sometimes unarmed ; leaves 
polymorphous ; flowers small, from milk-white to lilac ; berries scarlet. 
In rather dry bushy and rocky places ; near Maianga do Povo, fl. and 
fr. Feb. 1858 ; about Alto das Cruzes, fl. Jume 1858, No. 6048. At 
Praia de Conceicao ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1858. No.6077. Silky-tomentose 
on the stem branches and foliage ; branches patently divaricate, bent 
in a zigzag manner ; leaves ovate-Janceolate, repand ; flowers moderate 
in size ; corolla violet in colour ; anthers orange ; berries orange-scarlet, 
pea-sized. Not uncommon in rocky places especially maritime, at 
Praia de Bispa and near Maianga del Rei; fl. and fr. July 1858. 
No. 6050. No notes. Fl. and fr. No. 6050). Shrubby ; leaves 
glaucous-tomentose ; flowers small, sparse ; berries crowded, cinnabar- 
red, chartaceous and dry when ripe. At rocks close by the ocean near 
Samba ; fr. Dee. 1853. Conti. Carp. 795. A pubescent-hoary under- 
shrub ; flowers violet in colour; berries deep cinnabar-red, dry. At 
Praia da Zamba grande ; fr. Feb. 1858. Cou. Carp. 798. 
MossaMEDES.—A divaricately branched shrublet, 2 ft. high ; stem 
prickly ; flowers violet-coloured ; berries at first sulphur-coloured, soon 
turning orange-scarlet, as big as a pea. In bushy sandy places at the 
river Bero ; fl. and fr. end of June 1859. No. 6041. 
Dr. Karl von Keissler, of Vienna, at my request has kindly compared 
a specimen of No. 6048 with the type of Peyritsch’s species, Wawra, 
n. 268, and certifies their identity ; it is probably not distinct from 
S. Naumanni Engl. ; the berries range from } to 2 in. in diameter. 
The following possibly belongs here :— 
Loanpa.—An evergreen shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high; leaves tomentose ; 
flowers handsome, deep violet in colour, At Maianga del Rei ; seeds, 
July 1854. Cou. Carp, 797. 
12. §. coagulans Forsk. Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. p. 47 (1775). 
BeENGUELLA.—In fl. June 1859. No. 60390. 
MossAMEDES.—Shrubby, 3 ft. high, always more or less leafy, 
yellowish-hoary, divaricately branched ; flowers large, deep violet in 
colour ; berries yellow, spherical, as large as a walnut. In sandy bushy 
places at the banks of the river Bero ; fl. and fr. July 1859. No. 6039. 
13. S. Melongena L. Sp. Pl. edit 1, p. 186 (1753); Welw. 
Apontam. p. 551 sub n. 100 (1859). 
S. esculentum Dunal, Hist. Solan. p. 208, t. 3— (1813) and in 
DC. Prodr. xiii. 1 p. 355 (1852). 8. edule Schum. & Thonn. in 
Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 145 (1828); Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p. 231. 
AmpBaca.—Shrubby, 3 to 4 ft. high, hoary-tomentose throughout ; 
flowers whitish. In dry fields near Pemba and in hilly places near the 
river Lucala, not uncommon ; fl. middle of Oct. 1856. No. 6083. An 
erect suffrutescent herb, divaricately branched towards the apex ; 
flowers whitish. In a spot neglected after cultivation near N-gombe, 
very rare ; fl. Oct. 1856. No. 6084. 
Var. inerme (Dunal in DC., .c.). 
Go.tuNnco ALto.—Fruit yellow, pendulous. In the drier secondary 
thickets near Sange ; fl. and fr. No. 6091. In secondary thickets on 
