jSolamon] Lxxxviii. solanace.-e. 749 



the left bank of the river Cuango ; fl. and fr. May 1855. No. 6092. 

 A stout undershrub, 4 or rarely 5 ft. high, unarmed, with irregularly 

 divaricate branches ; flowers whitish : calyx usually 0- or 7-cleft ; 

 berry depresso-globose, deeply furrowed, orange-scarlet, edible, even 

 the unripe fruit being greedily consumed by the negroes, the ribs 

 obtuse and unequal like those in LijfnjH'vxifoii. Wild here and there 

 about the village and deserted dwellings, and cultivated : at an 

 abandoned sensala (native village) on the bank of the river Luinha in 

 Queta : fl. and fr. July IS.'^G. Native name ^' xV-gilla." No. 6093. A 

 diffuseh' branched shrul) or undershrub, '2 to 3 ft. high : flowers 

 white ; fruit as large as a small pigeon's egg, at first ivory-coloured, 

 afterwards turning yellow, edible. About Banza do Sobato Bango ; 

 fl. and fr. 7 Sept. 1855. No. 6094. 



14. S. scalare Wright in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 93 (1894). 

 Goi,rN(;<) Alto. — Flowers violet in colour : berries reddening. In 



rough places on rubbish heaps and by roadsides near Sange ; fr. 

 No. 6088. A patently branched herb, 3 to 4 ft. high, whitish-lepidote 

 throughout ; flowers white, occasionally a little purplish ; berries 

 scarlet, as big as peas. In rather dry bushy places near Camilungo, 

 etc., frequent but always solitary ; fl. Feb. 18515. No. 6089. No 

 notes. In fl. and fr. iS"o. 6089/'. A herb, 2i to 3i or rarely 4 ft. 

 high : stem straight, patently branched ; flowers whitish : berries 

 cinnabar-red. In somewhat shad)' parts of palm groves on the left 

 bank of the river Quibolo ; fl. and fr. March and July ISoIk No. 6090- 

 A shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high : leaves tomentose ; flowers white ; fruit 

 orange-red. In sunny places near Aldea do Golungo Alto ; fr. Sept. 

 Apparently this species. Coll. Carp. 799. 



Puxoo AxnoNGo. — A branched undershrub, 4 ft. high ; stems and 

 flowers violaceous-purpurascent ; berries scarlet. In thickets to the 

 south of the presidium at the banks of the river Casabale ; fl. and fr. 

 Jan. 1857. No. 6104. 



15. S. insigne Lowe in Journ. Hort. Soc, n.s. i. p. 178 (1867). 

 Mos.samedp:^. — A small tree, 5 to 7 ft. high, with a broad head : 



branches erect ; branchlets spreading ; leaves rather fleshy, dull green ; 

 flowers from whitish to purplish ; berries ellipsoidal, orange-cinnabar 

 in colour. Cultivated in gardens at Mossamedes, which was said to 

 have recently been introduced from Oporto ; fl. and fr. June 1859. 

 No. 6037. 



In the study set the inflorescence is 3 in. long and pedunculate, and 

 the berry is fusiform. 2 in. long, shining, and glabrous. 



16. S. Mannii Wright in Kew Bull. 1894, p. 129. 

 Var. compactum Wright, I.e. 



Amhriz.— Hills near Ambriz ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 6079. 



LinoNGo. — An annual erect herb, nearly simple, 7 in. high, with the 

 habit of S. nigrum. In sandy places at the river Lifune near Banza 

 de Libongo, in company with Physalis ; fl. and young fr. Sept. 1858. 

 No. 6080. 



Baura do Dandi:. — A strongly branched shrub, 4 to G ft. high ; 

 branches tomentose, prickly ; flowers white ; berries cinnal);ir-red. 

 In gravelly places at the mouth of the river Dande ; fl. and fr. Nov. 

 1853. No. 6052. 



Zlnz.v no GoLiNtio. — In dry bushy places near Calumguembo ; frag- 

 mentary, apparently of this species ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1854. No. 6087. 



Ambaca. — An erect undershrub, woody at the base, 3 to 4 ft. 



