Solanum.] xcr. solanace^e (wiught). 223 



attenuate at the base, petiolate, green and with sparing stellate pubes- 

 cence above, and copious ashy-white tomentum beneath. Racemes 

 extra-axillary, near the apex of the branches, few-flowered. Calyx 

 5-toothed, pubescent. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-fid ; lobes ovate, acute, 

 pubescent outside. Anthers short, oblong, attenuate above. Style 

 cylindrical, straight, longer than the stamens, stellately hairy below. — 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 355. 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : throughout the province of Moz- 

 ambique, Peters. 



36. S. distichum, Thonn. in Schumach. <Ss Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. 

 122. An unarmed shrub, furnished with stellate tomentum. Leaves 

 geminate, unequal, ovate, slightly attenuate towards the apex, entire or 

 slightly repand, subequal at the base, 4-7 in. long, puberulous above, 

 stellately hairy beneath; petiole LV in. long, terete. Cymes racemose, 

 nearly leaf -opposed, 8-12-flowered ; pedicels distichous, thickened in 

 fruit. Calyx widely campanulate ; lobes 5, rather acute, tomentose. 

 Corolla rotate, " size of that of S. nigrum," white; tube short ; lobes 5, 

 acute. Stamens 5 ; filaments very short; anthers oblong, erect, pores 

 terminal. Ovary subrotund, glabrous ; style filiform, scarcely longer 

 than the stamens, stellately hairy ; stigma obtuse. Berry small, globose, 

 glabrous, red. Seeds subovoid, compressed. — Dunal in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. i. 130. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Aquapim, Thonning. 



37. S. Reichenbachii, Vatke in Linncea, xliii. 330. An unarmed 

 shrub. Branches angular, covered when young with pale yellow 

 floccose tomentum. Leaves geminate, ovate-oblong, 2-3 in. long, 

 tomentose along the nerves above, densely covered with white floccose 

 tomentum beneath; petiole f in, long. Cymes axillary or extra- 

 axillary, 2-5-flowered. Calyx cyathiform-campanulate, stellately 

 tomentose. Corolla small, 5-tid ; lobes subtriangular, obtuse, villous 

 outside. Anthers small, oval. Style filiform, glabrous. Berry sub- 

 globose, glabrous. 



Nile Iiand. Somaliland : Ahl Mountains, Hildebrandt, 834d. 



38. S. geminifolium, Thonn. in Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin 

 PI. 121. An unarmed branched shrub, 2 ft. high. Stem terete, 

 covered with stellate hairs. Leaves geminate, unequal, ovate, entire 

 or subrepand, subacute, subequal at the base, 4-8 in. long, stellately 

 hairy on both surfaces ; petiole terete, 1 J in. long. Cymes racemose, 

 extra-axillary ; pedicels 8-20, cernuous, incrassate in fruit. Calyx 

 campanulate, 5-fid ; lobes acute, furnished with a few stellate hairs. 

 Corolla campanulate, white, \ in. in diam. ; tube as long as the calyx ; 

 lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 5 ; filaments very short ; anthers 

 oblong, free. Ovary subrotund, glabrous, 2-4-celled ; style filiform, 

 as long as the stamens, pubescent below ; stigma obtuse. Berry 

 subrotund, glabrous, yellow, size of a plum, fleshy. — Dunal in DC. 



