(421) 
fleshy, 4~6 cm. long, a small elliptical stipule-like leaf, 1.5 cm. long, 
1 cm. broad, at the base; blades 1~2.5 dm. long, o. Box: dm. wide, 
oval, rounded at the base, short- eae and obtuse at the summit, 
entire, thin, underneath gray and densely short stellate-tomentose, 
slightly harsh, above yellowish-green, stellate-scabrous, the venation 
slightly impressed ; peduncles elongated, very stout, the rachis 
strongly dilated at the branches; cyme 1-2 dm. or more broad; 
pedicels very stout, nearly 1 cm. long in flower; calyx 3 mm. long, 
6m eases the tube nearly fom hencal. the lobes a little more 
than 1 mm. long, iangular-ovate, acute, broa der than long, thick 
and peas Rees nearly globose vs mm. in diameter; corolla 
epee -tomentose, apparently w ite, 1.5-2 cm. broad; anthers 
yellow, 4 mm. long, oblong, the apex slightly incurved, ‘the large 
pores looking directly inward; style slightly exceeding the stamens, 
the stigma elongated, inequilateral; fruit not seen. (Vo. 2932.) 
Probably the same as zo. 259 and Mandon g23. Species near S. 
auriculatum. 
Solanum brevipedunculatum sp. nov 
Glabrous, the branches elongated, herbaceous, srs stout but 
1 
or abruptly produced into the petiole, acute at the apex, entire, very 
thin, deep-green, the midrib channeled hea prominent .below, 
like the 12-14 very slender secondari eduncle short, slender, 
wer irci 
ease pedicels 1-2 cm. long, slender, articulated to a nodular 
base; calyx 4-5 mm. broad, truncate with a lightly sinuate margin ; 
corolla- eh oval with rounded apex, the a ae lobed 
nearly to the base, the lobes n ce! 1 cm. long, 4 mm. broad, ovate, 
obtuse; anthers yellow, 6 mm. long, oblong, erniche the large 
ee. pores looking inward ‘and a little upward; fruit not seen. 
(Wo. 2525. 
The oe is peculiar in its inflorescence and calyx, which, with 
the habit, are those of Cyphomandra, while it lacks the thickened 
connective of that genus. 
?SoLtanum sp. (Wo. 2522.) Flowers are lacking 
CYPHOMANDRA BETACEA (Cav.) Sendt. Flora 28: 172. 1845. 
ene betaceum Cav. Anal. Hist. Nat. I: 44. 1799. — 
6: 15. p2.524.) (Specimen without number.) Apparently ine 
same as xo. 2377, of which Mr. Bang says, ‘‘ A shrub, 8-10 ft 
high, growing in wet forest mould, the flowers white. The 
fruits are as in 2282 [C. acuminata Rusby], but the leaves and 
flowers are very different. Called ‘ Lima tomato.’” Calapampa, 
July 11, 1894. 
