222 xci. solanace^e (wright). [Solarium. 



Nile Land. Nubia : Wadi Harrassa, between Suakin and Berber, Schwein- 

 furth, 245 ! Abyssinia : Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 202 ! 



32. S. senegambicum, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 194. A 

 shrub. Branches flexuose, blackish, stellately tomentose. Leaves 

 solitary or geminate, ovate -lanceolate, acuminate, entire or subrepand, 

 stellately hairy, 3-4 in. long; petiole ^-| in. long. Cymes extra- 

 axillary, 8-9-flowered. Calyx subcampanulate, 4-fid ; lobes acute, 

 stellately tomentose. Corolla \-\ in. in diam., 4-partite ; lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, glabrous inside, stellately hairy outside. Stamens 4, 

 equal ; filaments white, complanate, very short ; anthers pale yellow, 



1 lin. long, pores terminal. Ovary globose, glabrous; style filiform, 



2 lin. long, stellately tomentose. Berry globose, orange, 4-5 lin. 

 in diam. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 713. 



33. S. polyanthemum, Hochst. ex Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 

 94. A shrub. Branches subdichotomous, flexuose, covered with 

 ochraceous stellate hairs. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 

 8 in. by liin., stellately hairy above, more densely so beneath ; petiole 

 up to 1 in. long. Cymes short, racemose, 2-fid, terminal or lateral ; 

 pedicels f in. long in fruit. Calyx cyathiform, 2 lin. long, stellately 

 tomentose outside ; tube very short ; lobes oblong from a wide base. 

 Corolla deeply 5-fid, stellately tomentose outside, glabrous inside ; lobes 

 ovate. Stamens 5, half as long as the corolla. Ovary globose, pubescent 

 at the apex ; stigma capitate. Berry globose, 5 lin. in diam., yellow ? — 

 Engl. Glied. Teg. Usambara, 26, and Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 352. 



Nile Land. Eritrea : near Acrur, 4300 ft., Schweinfurth <$f Siva, 1004 ! 

 Abyssinia : near Axuni, Schimper, 1526 ! 



34. S. catombelen.se, Peyritsch in Sitz. Akad. Math.-Nat. Wien, 

 xxxviii. (1860) 57G. Suffruticose, about 2ft. high. Stem terete, densely 

 covered with stellate hairs. Leaves lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, §~1^ in. 

 wide, more or less undulate, stellately tomentose on both surfaces ; 

 petiole \ in. long. Inflorescence extra-axillary, racemose, 4-5-flowered ; 

 pedicels reflexed after flowering. Calyx campanulate ; lobes 5, as long 

 as the limb, stellately hairy outside. Corolla rotate, 3 times longer 

 than the calyx, milk-white to violet, stellately hairy outside ; lobes 5, 

 oblong, acute. Stamens 5 ; filaments very short ; anthers lanceolate, 

 pores terminal. Ovary globose, stellately hairy above. Fruit globose, 

 3-5 lin. in diam., smooth, scarlet or orange. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 748. S. albotomentosum, C. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 

 1894, 128. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Loanda ; near Maianga do Povo, Welwitsch, 6048 ! 

 Praia de Conceigao, Welwitsch, 6077 ! Muceques, Gossioeiler, 116 ! Catorabela, 

 Wawra, 268. 



85. S. mossambicense, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Pot. 

 235. A branched unarmed shrub, covered with stellate tomentum. 

 Branches terete. Leaves oblong, subacute, lj-3in. long, 5-10 lin. wide, 



