Solatium.] xci. solanace^e (weight). 217 



channelled, pilose. Cymes extra-axillary, racemose ; peduncle short ; 

 pedicels 7 lin. long. Calyx cupular, 5-partite, hirsute ; lobes subulate, 

 2 lin. long. Corolla 5-partite ; lobes 5 lin. long, 2 lin. wide, hirsute 

 outside. Filaments very short ; anthers cordate-subulate, 3 lin. long. 

 Ovary glabrous; style glabrous, 4 iin. long; stigma lateral. Berry 

 globose, £ in. in diam. 



IMozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 1577, 3873, 

 3994. 



17. S. Thomson!, 0. R. Wright. A shrub. Stem terete, densely 

 covered with white stellate hairs, interspersed with longer yellow ones. 

 Leaves oblong, acute, pinnately lobed, about 4 in. long, 2 in. wide, 

 sessile or shortly petioled with brown stellate hairs above, densely 

 matted with white stellate hairs interspersed with longer yellow ones 

 on the nerves when young. Cymes nearly leaf-opposed. Calyx 

 accrescent ; segments 5, oblong, \ in. long, stellately hairy above, with 

 long simple hairs at the base. Corolla rotate, \ in. in diam., stellately 

 hairy outside, glabrous inside ; lobes 5, lanceolate. Stamens 5 ; filaments 

 very short ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, dehiscing by terminal pores, 

 which elongate into longitudinal slits. Ovary globose, stellately hairy ; 

 style very short. Berry yellow, 1 in. in diam. 



Mozamb. Dist, German East Africa : Lower plateau north of Lake Nvasa, 

 Thomson ! 



18. S. sethiopicum, Linn. Amcen. Acad. iv. 307, not of Jacq. A 

 branched shrub, 1-2 ft. high. Stem terete, glabrous. Leaves oblong, 

 more or less undulate, glabrous, or very slightly scurfy on the upper 

 surface. Cymes umbellate, few-flowered. Calyx cupular ; segments 

 ovate-lanceolate. Corolla white, 5-7-fid ; segments triangular, acute. 

 Stamens 5-7, shorter than the corolla-lobes ; anthers subsessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate, pores terminal, small. Ovary glabrous. Berry globose, 

 smooth or lobed, pale red ; seeds flat, subreniform. — Dunal in DC. 

 Prodr. xiii. i. 351. 



Nile land. Jur : Jur Ghattas, Schiveinfitrth, 3429! 



S. cethiopicum, Jacq. (Hort. Vind. i. 4, t. 12), is probably the American S. 

 texanum, Dunal, a spiny plant with fruit like a small tomato, which is also figured 

 in Morison's Hist. PI. Univ. iii. 525, § 13, t. 2. 



19. S.pauperum, C. H. Wright inKew Bulletin, 1894, 127. Stem 

 woody, branched, terete, slightly rugose, lepidote when young. Leaves 

 lanceolate, 1\ in. long, -|- in. wide, glabrous, slightly crenulate, blackish 

 when dry ; petiole f in. long. Cymes umbellate, subterminal ; 

 pedicels |- in. long. Calyx cupular, slightly pubescent ; teeth 5, ovate, 

 rather shorter than the tube. Corolla rotate ; lobes 5, oblong, pubes- 

 cent outside. Stamens 5 : anthers sessile, short, pores small, terminal. 

 Ovary globose ; style rather longer than the stamens. Fruit globose, 

 J in. in diam , smooth, shining. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 746. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Accra, Ansell ! 



lower Guinea. Angola : Welwits'eh, 6054 ! 6074 ! 6075 ! Muceques, near 

 Loanda, Gossiveiler, 106 ! 494 ! 



