216 xci. soLANACEiE (wright). [Solanum. 



ashy stellate tomentum. Leaves 3 in. long, 11 in. wide, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, subcordate, acute, slightly repancl, green with minute stellate 

 hairs above, ashy and stellately tomentose beneath ; petiole 7 lin. 

 long, stellately-tomentose and with a few short spines. Inflorescence 

 extra-axillary, paniculate ; flowers polygamo-dioecious, the lowest 

 hermaphrodite. Calyx cupular ; lobes subulate, 2 lin. long, densely 

 ashy stellate-tomentose. Corolla violet, rotate, plicate, about 1 in. in 

 diam. ; lobes 5 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate ; midpetaline areas white 

 stellate-tomentose outside. Filaments very short ; anthers \ in. long, 

 scarcely attenuate, pores terminal. Ovary globose ; style filiform, J- in. 

 long, stellately tomentose below. 



Mozarab. l>ist. German East Africa: Usaramo, Stuhlmann, 6774, 7365 j 

 Kilimanjaro, VolJcens, 1565; Marangu, Volkens, 2141. 



14. S. Naumanni, Engl. Jahrb. viii. 64. A shrub or small tree; 

 2 to 26 ft. high. Branches terete, densely covered with stellate hairs. 

 Leaves oblong, petioled, undulate, 2-3 in. long, 1 in. wide, stellately 

 hairy on both surfaces, nerves prominent beneath. Flowers solitary or 

 in pairs, extra-axillary. Calyx campanulate; segments 5, 2-4 lin. 

 long, 1 lin. wide. Corolla-lobes 5, 2-3 times as long as the calyx-limb. 

 Stamens 5 ; anthers subsessile, oblong, sagittate, slightly attenuate 

 upwards, 2 lin. long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; style densely covered 

 with stellate hairs. Berry globose, red, edible, 1|- in. in diam. — Hiern 

 in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 747. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Likuru, Scott-Elliot, 4955 ! 



Nile land. Uganda : Ankole, 4000 ft., Dawe, 450 ! 



lower Guinea. Spanish Gaboon : Muni Eiver, Mann, 1872 ! Lower Congo : 

 Boma, Naumann. Angola : Loanda ? Welwitsch, 6077b ! Quiballa, Monteiro I 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 Buchanan, 155 ! 1186 ! 6226 ! 



" Cultivated for its fruit, called Ngilo, eaten as a vegetable." — Monteiro, 



15. S. Monteiroi, O. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 127. Suf- 

 fruticose. Young stem covered with stellate hairs. Leaves oblong, 

 sinuate, 6 in. long, 4 in. wide, unequal at the base, stellate hairs more 

 numerous on the under surface ; petiole 2 in. long. Cymes racemose. Calyx 

 campanulate, stellately hairy ; segments 5, subulate, \ in. long. Corolla 

 open campanulate, 1|- in. in diam., purple?; segments triangular, 

 stellately hairy on both surfaces, more densely so outside. Stamens 

 5 ; filaments 2 lin. long ; anthers I in. long, pores terminal, small. 

 Berry large, purple, " used as a vegetable " {Monteiro), 



lower Guinea. Lower Congo : Boma, Monteiro ! 



This somewhat resembles S. thonningianum, Jacq., but differs in having extra- 

 axillary cymes and stellately tomentose leaves and young stems. 



16. S. Stuhlmannii, Dammer in Engl. PJl. Ost-Afr. O. 354. Her- 

 baceous. Stem angular, stellately tomentose. Leaves ovate-cordate, 

 acute or acuminate, 2-3-lobed, sinuate-dentate, about 5 in. long and 

 nearly as wide, hirsute with adpressed hairs ; petiole 3 in. long, 



