748 Lxxxviii. soLANACE^. [Solmium 



U.S. catombelense Peyritsch in Sitz. Akad. Math.-Nat. Wien 

 xxxviii. p. 576 (1860). 



*S'. albotomentosum Wright in Kew Bull. 1894 p. 128. 



LoANDA. — An undershrub, divaricately branched, 2 to 2^ 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. June 1858. No. 6048. At 

 Praia de Concei^'ao ; 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-lanceolate, 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. Dec. 1853. Coll. Cakp. 795. A pubescent-hoary under- 

 shrub ; flowers violet in colour ; berries deep cinnabar-red, dry. At 

 Praia da Zamba grande ; fr. Feb. 1858. Coll. Cari'. 798. 



MossAMEDKS, — 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. G048 with the type of Peyritsch's species, Wawra, 

 n. 268, and certifies their identity : it is probably not distinct from 

 S. Naumunni Engl. ; the berries range from i to | in. in diameter. 



The following possibly belongs here : — 



LOANDA. — An evergreen shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high ; leaves tomentose ; 

 flowers handsome, deep violet in colour. At Maianga del Rei ; seeds, 

 July 1854. Coll. Carp, 797. 



12. S. coagulans Forsk. Fl. ^-Egypt.-Arab. p. 47 (1775). 

 Bexguella.— In fl. June 1859. No. 6039&. 



MossAMEDKS.— 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. 3e (1813) and in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. 1 p. 355 (1852). *S'. edule Schum. & Thonn. in 

 Dan.sk. Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 145 (1828); Ficalho, PI. Utei-s, p. 231. 



AMP.Af'A.^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. 185G. 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, I.e.). 



GoLUNCiO Alto.— Fruit yellow, pendulous. In the drier secondary 

 thickets near Sange ; fl. and fr. No. 6091. In secondary thickets on 



