lSolanuiii\ Lxxxviii. solanace^. 747 



Bum no.— Flowers deep lilac. Climbing ; in Serra da Cliella : fl. 

 Oct. 1859. No. 6032. 



7. S. Welwitschii Wright in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 126. 

 S. 2)endi(,lum Welw. ins. ex Wright, I.e., not of others. 

 Cazkngo. — A shrub, 6 to 10 ft. high, divaricately branched ; sar- 



mentose branches long, climbing ; leaves fleshy-coriaceous, brittle ; 

 flowering and fruiting branchlets very crowded, pendulous ; flowers of 

 a deep violet colour, almost like those of S. Dnh-ainara ; corolla-lobes 

 during the flowering reflected-spreading ; anthers closely connivent 

 from the base to the apex, deep orange-yellow, dehiscing by two large 

 apical pores. In the most elevated forests of the Muxaulo mountains, 

 sparingly ; fl. beginning of June IHoS. (Also in Mata de Quisuculo in 

 Golungo Alto ; fr. Sept. 18.Jo ; cf. no. 6098.) No. 6081. 

 Goi.UNcio Alto.— No notes. In fr. No. 6098. 



8. S. delagoense Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 349 (1852). 

 LoANDA.— A herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, patently branched above, rarely 



somewhat shrubby at the base ; flowers large, of a pretty violet colour ; 

 berries deep sulphur-yellow, like a very large cherry in size. In dry 

 hilly places about the city of Loanda ; fl. and fr. May and June 18.58. 

 No. 6049. No notes. An unarmed plant in fl. and fr., perhaps 

 belonging here. No. 6078. 



HuiLLA. — Sometimes very prickly, sometimes almost unarmed ; 

 flowers violet-coloured. In bushy pastures between Nene and Mum- 

 puUa ; fl. Oct. 1859. Apparently this species. No. 6031. 



9. S. albifolium Wright in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 127. 



S. saponaceam Welw. Apontam. p. 551 and p. 588 n. GO (1859); 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 232 (1884) ; non Dunal. 



Golungo Alto. — A small tree of 6 to 8 ft., with the trunk bare 

 b( low and divaricately branched above, or usually a shrub of 4 to 5 ft. ; 

 flowers white or whitish-violet ; fruit edible. By secondary thickets 

 near Quibixe ; fl. Dec. 1854. No. 6095. Fl. and fr. No. 6095/>. A 

 shrub as tall as a man, smooth or spiny ; leaves pinnatifid-lobed, white- 

 tomentose beneath. At Sange ; seeds, March 1855. Coll. Caup. 792. 



PuNGo ANDONfiO. — A tortuously branched, httle tree, 6 to 10 ft. 

 high, or usually a shrub of 4 to 5 ft. ; leaves discolorous ; fruit sulphur- 

 coloured, shining, as large as a pigeon's egg. In sunny bushy places 

 near Candumba ; fl. and fr. March 1857. Coll. Cakp. 793. The 

 spiny variety ; seeds. Cohh. Cakp. 794. An arborescent shrub. At 

 Condo; seeds, March 1857. Probably this species. Coll. Cakp. 801. 



In Golungo Alto the native name is " Dondolo " or " Jiiidondolo " ; 

 it ranges from 4 to 12 ft. in height, and the seeds are used by the 

 negroes for washing clothes : it is on that account also called Ambaca 

 soap, for in that district it is in very frequent use. There is a variety 

 with spines, and another without. 



Bumbo. — A shrub, 5 to (J ft. high ; trunk straight, with rambling 

 branches at the apex. In sunny parts of Serra da Xella ; without 

 fl. or fr. Oct. 1859. This determination is doubtful : the foliage much 

 resembles that of S. aculeustruiu Dunal. No. 6040. 



10. S. Naumanni Engl. Bot. Jahrb. viii. p. 64 (1886). 



Loanda ?— No notes. With no. G077. In fl and fi-. No. 6077^- 

 The fruit is § to | in. in diameter. 



