77 



^^px.a..u«, u mm. longus, medio 1-25 mm. basi upicequc 1 mm. 

 diametro extra adpi;esse^hispidiis, ii.tus glaber; limbus albus, 

 circ ter 7 mm. diameiro, lobis 5 triangularibxis apice acuminatis 



!!: Jr^'' f , ^*^''^^*'' y^'' 1-5 °^^- l^^i«- Stamina 2 nun. supra 



iDserta, sesplia, 1 mm. loiiga. Omrium fere 



basem 



aericum 



incluso3 mm longus; stigma anguste pyramidale, apice le^ iter 

 biiidum, basi tumescens, 1-5 mm. loiigum. Nuoulac 4, bilateralitcr 

 compressae, 3 mm. altae, diametro longiore 2 mm., breviore 

 l-ixmm., verrucis m Imeas longitudinales dispositis instructae. ' 



1800 m., G F. Scott ElUott 6515. Kikuyu and on road to Eldama 



^yoro, 1800 m., M. S. Evans 753, 767... West Kenva plains 1890- 



2040 m.,£'. Baftucomhe 720.. ^' Terennial herb, 5-12 inclies 

 corolla white ". 



_.: 1542. Solanum keniense, Turnll [Solanaceae^Solaneae] ; 5. 

 ^icatari, G. H. Wright, affine, sed ramis junioribus petiolisque pil^s 

 stellatis patentibus tectis, foliis pagma superiore pilis longis 



ima 



sime stellatim ramosis instructis, floribus majoribus, praecipue 

 distinguendum. 



; Herba scandens (ex Battiscomhe) ramis teretibus primo pilis 

 stellatis patentibus tectis mox glabris. Folia oblongo- vel rhom- 



apice acuta vel subacnminata, basi obtusa, interdum 



mmusve 

 marcine 



utrinque 4-5 leviter impressis, inferiore prominentibus, infra 

 pilis stellatis parvis, supra pilis longis facie simplicibus sed sub 



armato im 



cm 



1 



Infi 



centia extra-axillaris, o floribus 6-8 (quorum usque ad 6 fertilibus) 

 composita, pilis stellatis patentibus instructa, pedunculo 1-1-5 cm. 

 longo suffulta; pedicelli usque ad 1-2 cm. longi. Calycis segmeuta 

 acuminata, 4 mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata, extra dense stellato-tomen- 

 tosa, intus glabra. Corolla c|uinquelobata, 1-7 mm. diametro/ 

 lobis 7 mm. longis 5 mm. latis extra minute stellato-tomentosis 

 mtus glabris. Stamina 5, filamentis 0-5 mm. longis, antlieris 

 5 mm. longis apice biporosis. Ovarium ovoideum vel oboToideum, 

 1-1*5 mm', altum, 0-75-1 mm. diametro, glabrum vel apice leviter 

 stellato-pubescens ; stvlus 8 mm. longus, inferiie dense stellato- 

 pubescens; stigma leviter bilobatum. Bacca sphaerica, 8 mm. 

 diametro, rubra. 



Teopical Africa. British East Africa; Eastern Kenva forests. 



1350 m., E. Battiscomhe 853. *^ Corolla mauve, rij^e fruit red. 



1543. Arthrosolen variabilis, C. H. Wriglit [Tliymelneaceae 

 Eutbymelaeeae]; A. gymnosfachyi, C. A. Meyer, affinis, inflores- 

 <^entia bracteata, foliisquc angustioribus differt. ' 



Catilis ercctus, teres, lignosus, glaber; rami plures, virgatl, 

 primum pilis longis appressis vestiti* Folia alterna, rarius sub- 

 opposita, sessilia, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, subtus 



