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the base rounded, but abruptly produced into the margined peti- 
ole, apex tapering, sub-acute, toward the base obscurely sinuate- 
toothed, thin, above minutely stellate-puberulent, more decidedly 
so beneath, principal veins about 8 pairs, near the margin curving 
upward to meet a short lower branch from that next above; pe- 
duncles 2.5 cm. long, stoutish ; cymes 3-5 cm. broad, the pedicels 
very slender, nearly 1 cm. long, hirsute; calyx 5-7 mm. broad, 
lobed half way to the base, the lobes triangular, acute, densely hir- 
sute ; corolla about three times the length of the calyx, pale blue 
or purple, thin, puberulent without, lobed half way to the base; 
anthers yellow, 4 mm. long, oblong, straight, the pores directed 
inward ; style exceeding the anthers by 2 mm. filiform, the lower 
half pilose and slightly thickened, the stigma capitate; fruit 
globose, 5 mm. in diameter, glabrous, red. 
Vic. La Paz, 10,000 ft, 1889 (64) — Mandon's 406 and 
Rusby's 779. Near S. Gayanum, but has not itslarge fruit. The 
fruit is rather that of S. radicans. Distributed as * S. Gayanum." 
SOLANUM INELEGANS sp. n. 
A stout, coarsely much branched shrub, densely yellowish sor- 
did-scurfy throughout; branchlets short, stout, spreading, terete; 
petioles varying from .5-2 cm. long, blades 6-10 cm. long, 3-4 
cm. broad, ovate, base rounded, apex more or less acuminate, en- 
tire, membranaceous but somewhat rigid, stellate-scurfy both sides, 
especially beneath ; peduncles short and stout, pedicels at flower- 
Ing, I-I.5 cm. long, thickened upward; calyx about 12 mm. 
broad, divided two-thirds to the base, the tube short-hemispherical, 
the lobes 5 mm. long, 3-3.5 mm. broad, triangular-ovate, acutish, 
with sinuses acute ; corolla in the bud globular, tomentose without, 
dirty yellow, double the length of the calyx, divided nearly to the 
base, the lobes ovate, 8 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, obtuse; anthers 
5 mm. long, broadly oblong, the dorsum presenting a regular, 
slight outward arch, the pores looking directly inward, continued 
downward into perfect sutures; ovary and style densely hirsute, 
the latter cylindrical, stoutish, 7 mm. long, the stigma terminal, 
slightly 2-lobed; fruit unknown. 
Yungas, 1890 (709 and 715). Near S. asperum. 
SOLANUM ABUTILIFOLIUM BL 
_Densely tomentose throughout with long-branched stellate 
hairs, shrubby ; branches ascending, elongated, stout, leafy toward 
the ends, terete, yellowish brown; petioles stout, ascending, 3-4 
cm. long, blades 8-12 cm. long, 4-8 cm. broad, oval-ovate, the 
base rounded, apex abruptly short-acuminate, entire, deep brownish 
green above, light grey-green below, thickish, primary veins about 
5 pairs, strongly ascending; peduncles about twice the length of 
