220 xci. solanace^e (weight). [Solarium. 



Flowers few in short racemes; pedicels up to h in. long. Calyx 2 lin. 

 long, stellately hairy ; lobes 5, oblong. Corolla rotate, f in. in diam., 

 stellately hairy outside ; lobes 5, oblong-lanceolate. Stamens 5 ; anthers 

 subsessile, | in. long, tapering upwards, pores terminal, small. Style 

 filiform, much longer than the anthers, recurved at the apex. Berry 

 globose, 5 lin. in diam. 



Nile Land. Somaliland : Hahi, Boobi and Zafarug, James <$f Thrupp ! Kirk J 

 Shail Pass, Dooloo and Djedaynio, Miss Edith Cole ! and without precise locality, 

 Appleton ! 



Also in Arabia, where the wood is used for making spoons. 



25. S. hirtulum, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl, Abyss, ii. 101. A 

 branched herb, 6 in. high, covered with simple hairs. Stem green, 

 striate. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, 2 in. long, ^ in. wide, undulate, 

 ciliate, narrowed into a margined petiole ; lateral veins 5-6 on each, 

 side. Inflorescence racemose, nearly leaf-opposed, 3-4-flowered ; pedicels 

 slender, 8-5 lin. long, erect in flower, pendulous in fruit. Calyx cyathi- 

 form, scarcely 1 lin. in diam. ; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, enlarging after 

 flowering. Corolla white, J in. in diam. ; segments 5, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate or acute. Stamens 5 ; anthers conniving, dehiscing by 

 lateral slits. Style rather longer than the stamens ; stigma capitate. 

 Young fruit blackish when dry. 



Nile Land, Abyssinia: Samen ; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 977 ! 



26. S. campanuliflorum, C. II. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1891, 

 127. Suffruticose ? Stem terete, clothed with simple hairs. Leaves 

 ovate, acuminate, entire, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, hairs on both surfaces 

 simple ; petiole 1 in. long. Inflorescence extra-axillary, few-flowered ; 

 peduncle 1 in. long. Calyx campanulate, 1 lin. long ; lobes 5, oblong, 

 obtuse, shorter than the tube. Corolla campanulate ; lobes 5, lanceolate, 

 \ in. long, hairy outside. Stamens 5 ; anthers rather longer than the 

 filament, pores anticous. Ovary globose; style short, pubescent. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : near the Cunene River, Johnston ! 



27. S. lykipiense, C. H. Wright. Stem woody. Leaves ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire or obscurely serrate, about 1 in. long, 5 

 lin. wide, with simple hairs on both surfaces and densely ciliate on the 

 margin; petiole 1 lin. long. Cymes lateral, few-flowered; peduncle 

 slender, glabrous ; pedicels h in. long, glabrous, clavate. Calyx pubes- 

 cent outside ; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse. Corolla about 7 lin. in diam., 

 pubescent outside ; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse. Filaments very short ; 

 anthers nearly 2 lin. long, oblong, terminal pores large. Style gla- 

 brous, clavate, a little longer than the stamens. 



Nile Land. British East Africa : Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson ! 

 The specimen from which this description is drawn up is about 6 in. long, but 

 sufficient to show that the species is a very distinct one. 



28. S. pseudospinosum, C. H. Wright. Stem slightly woody, 

 1 ft. high, 4-angled, pilose with simple hairs, a few becoming hard at the 

 base. Leaves ovate, acuminate, obtuse, with simple hairs on both 



