212 xci. solanace^e (weight). [Solatium. 



shortly 5-toothed. Corolla violet ; tube very short ; lobes 5, lanceo- 

 late, 4 lin. long. Stamens 5 ; filaments short, united into a tube ; 

 anthers united, 3 lin. long, obtuse, pores small, terminal. Ovary ovoid, 

 glabrous ; style filiform, much longer than the stamens. Fruit ovoid. 

 — S. symphystemon, De Wild. & Durand Oontrib. Fl. Congo, i. 44 ; 111. 

 Fl. Congo, i. t. 57 ; PI. Thonner. Congol. 34, t. 22. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons, Kalbreyer, 172 ! Fernando Po, Mann, 62 ! 



South Central. Congo Free State : Bolombo, near Ngali, Thonner, 96 ! 



A re-examination of Kalbreyer's plant shows that the filaments are permanently 

 united. 



2. S. runsoriense,. C. H. Wright hi Johnston, Uganda Protect, i. 326. 

 A climbing shrub. Leaves lanceolate, rounded at the base, 3| in. long, 

 1-1^ in. wide, with scattered deciduous simple hairs above and densely 

 packed brownish stellate ones beneath ; petiole f in, long. Inflores- 

 cence terminal, corymbosely paniculate, clothed in most of its parts with 

 stalked stellate hairs ; pedicels h in. long. Calyx turbinate ; lobes 

 oblong, subacute, J-2J lin. long, 1 lin. wide. Corolla "smalt blue" 

 (Johnston), subregular ; tube campanulate, \ in. long ; lobes lanceolate 

 to ovate, acuminate, glabrous inside, 5 lin. long, 2-3 lin. wide. Stamens 

 exserted ; filaments compressed, pubescent, lh lin. long; anthers oblong, 

 obtuse, longer than the filaments. Ovary globose, f lin. in diam., 

 glabrous ; style cylindrical, glabrous, 2^ lin. long. 



Wile Land. Uganda: Euwenzori, 8500-9400 ft., Doggett ! 



3. S. tettense, Klotzsch in Peters, Beise Mossamb. Pot. 237. A 

 much-branched unarmed shrub. Branches terete, subglabrous, ashy- 

 white. Leaves ovate, acute or obtuse, 1—1 J in. long, 6-8 lin. broad, 

 stellately hairy on both surfaces ; petiole 3-4 lin. long. Racemes 

 terminal, many-flowered ; rhachis clothed with white stellate tomentum. 

 Calyx cyathiform, shortly 5-fid, stellately pubescent. Corolla 5-partite ; 

 segments oblong or ovate, 4 lin. long. Stamens as long as the corolla ; 

 filaments very short ; anthers oblong. Style glabrous, exserted ; stigma 

 bilobed. 



XVIozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa ; Tete, Peters. 



4. S. somalense, Franch. Sert. Somal. 47. An unarmed much- 

 branched shrub. Branches covered Avith stellate tomentum when 

 young, glabrous and violet when old. Leaves oblong or obovate, shortly 

 attenuate at the base, stellately hairy on both surfaces, petioled. 

 Cymes terminal, corymbose. Calyx divided half-way down into 5 

 linear-lanceolate lobes. Corolla widely campanulate, violet. Stamens 

 unequal. Style elongate, arcuate, declinate. 



Nile Land. Somaliland : Warabot, Bitter von Peck; and without precise 

 locality, Revoil. 



5. S. bendirianum, Schimp. ex Engl, in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Prop. Afr. 372. A climbing shrub. Branches terete, glabrous, straw- 

 coloured: Leaves ovate, slightly tapering towards the base, 3 J in. long, 

 2 in. wide, pale green, minutely scabricl ; petiole 1 in. long, slightly 

 winged. Cymes corymbose, terminal, lax, many-flowered ; pedicels 



