TABULA 3062. 
SOLANUM PERANOMALUM, Wernham. 
SoLANACEAE. 
: S. peranomalum, Wernham in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, vol. 
ix. ined. ; species nova, affinis S. Kaernbachii, Laut. et K. Schum., 
a qua glabritie facile distinguitur. 
basi saepe obliqua, 11-13 cm 
longa, 4:5-5:3 cm. lata, integerrima, chartacea, glabra, nervis subtus 
prominentibus, secundariis utrinsecus 8-9 ; petioli 1 cm. longi, lignosi ; 
folia minora suborbicularia, basi cordata, subsessilia. Flores numerosl, 
e pulvillo basi foliorum sito orti. Pedicelli tenues, 8 mm. longi, ut 
calyces sparse rufo-hirtelli. Calyx cupularis, mm. longus, in- 
tegerrimus. Corolla vix 4 mm. longa, fere ad basin in lacinias oblongo- 
lanceolatas divisa, minute hirtella. 
New Guinea: Mt. Carstensz, 45 m., C. B. Kloss. 
The very woody habit of this plant, with its sessile inflorescences 
and blunt ellipsoidal buds, causes it to bear little resemblance to a 
typical Solanum; its appearance rather recalls Brachistus—H. N. 
RIDiey. 
Fra. 1, bud; 2, section of flower; 3, portion of corolla from inside; 4, pistil ; 
5, vertical section of ovary ; 6, transverse section of ovary. All enlarged. 
