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SOLANUM HIBISCIFOLIUM Sp. n. 
Yellowish-gray throughout, with dense stellate-scurfy tomen- 
tum ; -— stout, terete; petioles 4-8 cm. long, stout; blades 
.75-1 dm. long, .5-1 dm. broad, oval-ovate, the base more or less 
cordate, i apex barely pointed, acutish, the margin entire but 
irregularly waving; thickish but flaccid, venation inconspicuous 
above, the midrib and 5 or 6 pairs of Pom ee and 
stout underneath, their secondaries meeting about midway at a 
broad angle; peduncles stout, 6-8 cm. long the ads 6-10 cm. 
broad, rather densely flowered ; pedicels stoutish, 1.5-2 cm. long, 
erect; calyx about I cm. long, the lobes thickish, erect, broadly 
ovate, acute, with acute sinuses ; corolla white, one-fourth or one- 
third longer than the calyx, thickish ; anthers 4 mm. long, oblong, 
blunt, the cells a n odoris = the base, the pores looking 
dir rectly i inward ; style m. longer than the anthers; fruit I cm. 
broad, slightly ats wer. duit 
Vic. Cochabamba, 1891 (1141). Near S. verbascifolium. 
SOLANUM LINDENII sp, n. 
Glabrous, or the twigs puberulent; shrubby, the branchlets 
erect, stoutish, flexuous, coarsely an untly angular, the inter- 
nodes 2.5-5 cm. long; petioles 1—1.5 cm. tone broad; blades .75— 
2 dm. long, 4—7 cm. broad, oval, obtuse at both ends, entire revo- 
lute, coriaceous, the venation obscure e except the midrib a —IO 
pairs of primaries, the secondaries connecting with the is ; 
and with the midrib; peduncles 1.5-2 cm. long, the cymes few- 
* flowered, loose, the pedicels I-I.5 cm. long, slender; calyx-tube 
hemispherical, 4 or 5 mm. broad, the lobes less than half as long, 
very broad, acute, with acute sinuses; corolla white, rigid, 7 or 8 
mm. long, the lobes oval-ovate, very acute; anthers 5 mm. long, 
straight, oblong, blunt at both ends, the pores looking inward 
rather more than upward, prolonged downward into sutures; ma- 
ture fruit not seen. 
Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 (1526). The same as Linden's 1624 
from New Granada and almost Fendler's 978 from Venezuela. 
SOLANUM PHYSALIFOLIUM Sp. n. 
Glandular-pubescent, herbaceous, widely branching, the 
branches coarsely and sharply angled, the internodes irregular 
and very unequal; petioles .5-1. cm. long, slender and weak; 
blades 2-4 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. broad, rhomboidally ovate, acute, 
coarsely and rather page tanks sinuatelobed, thin, flaccid, the 
venation inconspicuous, the r primaries about 5 irregular 
pairs; peduncles about I cm. long, mostly 3—5-flowered, the ped- 
icels 1—1.5 cm. long, weak; flowers white, only 5 mm. long; an-. 
thers 2 mm. long, oval, the pores looking upward and inward; 
