228 xci. solanace^e (wright). [Solanum. 



lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; Onanis, BeJcJc, 6 ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



51. S. gracilipes, Decsne. in Jacq. Voy. Ind. 113, £.119. A 

 slender shrub. Stem terete, stellately hairy when young; spines few, 

 2 lin. long, more or less recurved. Leaves rotundate or broadly ovate, 

 1 in. long, f in. wide, attenuate into a petiole 5 lin. long, stellately 

 hairy when young, unarmed. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary ; 

 pedicels 1 in. long, very sle'nder. Calyx campanulate ; lobes 5, distant, 

 subulate, nearly 2 lin. long, stellately hairy outside. Corolla rotate,. 

 5-partite ; lobes narrow, acute, stellately hairy outside. Stamens 5 ;. 

 anthers subsessile, \ in. long, pores terminal. Ovary globose, 

 glabrous ; style longer than the stamens. Fruit globose, glabrous. — 

 Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 286 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 iv. 237. S. Jacquemonti, Dunal, I.e. 287. 



Nile liand. Somaliland: Boobi and Hahi, James Sf Thrupp ! 

 Also in the drier parts of India, Beloochistan, and Socotra. 



52. S. piperiferum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 106. A small 

 shrub. Stem cylindrical, rough ; spines numerous, straight, 5 lin. 

 long. Leaves ovate, obtuse, entire or more or less pinnatifid, ^ in. 

 long, ^— J in. broad, covered with stellate hairs, usually unarmed, rarely 

 with 1-2 spines ; petiole short. Cymes extra-axillary, few-flowered. 

 Calyx stellately hairy outside ; lobes 5, linear. Corolla broadly cam- 

 panulate, 5-lobed, tomentose outside. Berry globose, \ in. in diam., 

 smooth, pendulous. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia : Mountains near Chelicut, Petit, 226 ! Milppell ! 



53. S. aculeatissimum, Jacq. Collect, i. 100 and Ic. t. 41. An 

 undershrub, 1-2 ft. high. Stem branched, furnished with straight 

 spines, interspersed in the younger parts with stiff bristles. Leaves 

 solitary or geminate, broadly ovate or ovate-cordate, pinnately 5-7- 

 lobed, 4 in. long, 3 in. wide, with rigid adpi^essed hairs on both surfaces 

 and spines on the upper surface of the principal nerves ; petiole 1 in. 

 long. Cymes extra- axillary, few-flowered. Calyx campanulate; lobes 5, 

 triangular, closely beset with spines. Corolla rotate, 1 in. in diam., 

 snow-white; lobes lanceolate. Stamens 5 ; anthers subsessile, lanceolate- 

 oblong, 5 lin. long, pores terminal, small. Ovary globose, glabrous ; 

 style as long as the anthers. Fruit globose, 1 in. in diam., smooth, 

 orange. Seeds flat, \ in. in diam. — Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 244 ; 

 Sendtn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. 59 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 iv. 237 ; Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 352, and Glied. Veg. Usambara, 53 ; C. 

 H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 97. S. ciliatum, Lam, Encycl. ii. 

 21 ; Dunal, I.e. 241 ; Baum. Kunene-Samb. Exped. 360. S. myria- 

 canthum, Dunal, Hist. Solan. 218, t. 19. 



Nile Land. Bahr el Jebel Kamissa, Muriel, 77 ! Uganda : Nandi district, 

 Whyte ! 



Lower Guinea. Princes Island, Mann, 1110 ! West Tropical Africa, 

 Jardine ! Angola : between Matucua and Humpe, 2800 ft., J3aum ; 83. 



