Solatium.] xci. solanace^ ( wright). 219 



bellate, few-flowered : peduncle slender, f in. long ; pedicels spreading 

 in flower, pendulous in fruit. Calyx cup-shaped ; lobes ovate, acute. 

 Corolla rotate, white, | in. in diam. ; lobes oblong- lanceolate, acute. 

 Stamens equal ; filaments short, cylindrical ; anthers 1 lin. long, oblongs 

 obtuse, with 2 oblique pores near the apex. Style slightly longer than 

 the stamens, pubescent below. Berry globose, glabrous, \ in. in diam., 

 black, more rarely red or yellow. — Mutel, Fl. Franc, tt. 39-40, figs. 

 296-303 ; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 50 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 446 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit, Ind. iv. 229 ; Vatke in Linnfea, xliii. 324 ; Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 351 ; Hiern in Cat, Afr. PI. Welw. i. 745, excl. var. 

 guineense; C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 89, excl. S. 

 guineense; var. villosum, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 186; var. rubrum, Vatke, 

 I.e. 325; Engl. I.e. 352. S. villosum, Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, n. 2 ; 

 Engl. I.e. S. rubrum, Mill. I.e. n. 4, not of Drege. S. incertum, Dunal ? 

 Hist. Sol. 155. S. miniatitm, Bernh. ex Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 

 236 ; Engl. I.e. 352. S. retrqflexum, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 50. 

 S. alatum, Moench, Meth. 474; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 276. S. 

 erythrocarpon, Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 109. S. suffruticosum, Schousb. 

 in Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. i. 236. S. plebeiitm, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 100 ; Vatke, I.e. 325 ; Engl. I.e. 352. S. grossedentaium, A. 

 Rich. I.e. 101 ; Schweinf. in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, xv. (1865) 

 551. 



Nile Land. Nubia : Hor Tamanib, Lord ! Soturba Mountains, Schioeinfurth y 

 1106! sea-coast, Bent I Sudan: Sennar and Kordofan, Kotschy, 168 ! 184! 291! 

 313! 355! 446! Darfur, Purdy, 109! Khartoum, Broun, 26! P ether ich ! 

 Eritrea, Sch-weinfurth Sf Riva, 59 ! 1259 ! 1319 ! Abyssinia : various localities, 

 Steudner, 734 ! Schimper, 46 ! 631 ! Qtiartin-Dilloi?, 232 ! Petit ! Wellby ! 

 Somaliland, James 8f Thrupp ! Miss E. Cole ! Uganda, Whyie ! British East 

 Africa; near Lake Elmeteita, Scott-Elliot, 6760 ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : various localities, Welwitsch, 6035 ! 6036 ! 6036b ! 

 6053 ! 6099 ! 6101 ! 6101b ! 6109 ! 



Mozamb. ]>ist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, Thomson! British 

 Central Africa: Nyasaland; Masuka Plateau, Whytel between Kondowe and 

 Karonga, Whyte ! Blantyre, Beseamvs ; Mount Mlanji, Purves, 1! 



23. S. nakurense, C. II. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 275. A 

 shrub 3 ft. high. Stem quite glabrous. Leaves oblong, more or less 

 acuminate, 1-2 in. long, ^-1 in. wide, entire or slightly sinuate, with 

 a few simple hairs on both surfaces. Calyx campanulate ; teeth 4-5, 

 subulate. Corolla rotate, \ in. in diam. ; lobes 4-5, lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces. Stamens 4-5 ; anthers subsessile, oblong, de- 

 hiscing longitudinally. Ovary oblong, glabrous ; style nearly twice as 

 long as the stamens. 



Nile Land. Uganda : various localities between Nandi and the Upper Mau 

 Plateau, Whyte! near Lake Nakuru, 6000 ft , Scott -Elliot, 6800 ! 



24. S. carense, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 105. A bush. Stem 

 woody, terete ; young branches stellately hairy. Leaves broadly ovate 

 or suborbicular, entire or slightly sinuate, li- in. long, 1 in. wide, with 

 a few scattered stellate hairs on both surfaces ; petiole 6-9 lin. long 



