230 xci. solanacejE (weight). [Solatium. 



wide, stellately brown hairy outside. Stamens 4 ; fi]aments short ; 

 anthers 5 lin. long, lanceolate, pores terminal, minute. Ovary globose; 

 style shorter than the stamens. 



Wile Land. Eritrea : Keren, Steudner, 722 ! 



Kozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Dar es Salaam, Kirk ! 



A specimen collected in Buddu, Uganda, by Dawe (230) differs in having longer 

 calyx-lobes. 



57. S. zanzibarense, Vatke in Linncea, xliii. 326. Asubscandent 

 shrub, 6-7 ft. high. Branches terete, rufous-tomentose when young, 

 ashy when old ; spines recurved, compressed, 1 lin. broad, 2-3 lin. long, 

 yellow, hairy at the base. Leaves solitary or geminate, oval-oblong, 

 obtuse, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, unequal and rounded or slightly acute at the 

 base, sinuately lobed or repand, scaberulous above/ paler and stellately 

 tomentose beneath ; midrib spiny beneath ; primary nerves about 3 

 pairs, prominent beneath ; petiole 5 lin. long; covered with rufous 

 tomentum. Cymes umbellate, 4-7 -flowered ; peduncles nodding in 

 flower, erect afterwards. Calyx cyathiform, 1 lin. in diam., unarmed, 

 5-fid ; lobes ovate, obtuse, 1^ lin. long, ^ lin. wide. Corolla lilac, 

 patent, § in. in diam. ; lobes 5, oblong-linear, obtuse. Stamens 4 (?), 

 shorter than the corolla-lobes ; anthers subsessile, conniving, linear- 

 oblong, pores terminal. Ovary globose ; style erect, glabrous, longer 

 than the stamens, slightly curved at the apex ; stigma capitate. Berry 

 globose, | in. in diam. — Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 353. 



Mozamb. Dist, Zanzibar : Kidoti, Hildebrandt, 988. 



58. S. pharmacum, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 234. 

 A much-branched shrub ; spines few, recurved. Branches terete, 

 tomentum stellate, deciduous. Leaves oblong, 2 in. long, h in. wide, 

 obtuse, slightly attenuate at the base, with yellow stellate pubescence 

 above and whitish tomentum beneath. Cymes racemose, extra-axillary, 

 3-5-flowered, spiny. Calyx-teeth 5, ovate, short. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; lobes 5, triangular-ovate, obtuse, stellately tomentose outside 

 and along the midrib inside. Anthers subsessile, oblong, tapering 

 upwards. Style incurved, stellately pilose below ; stigma 2-lobed. 

 Berry globose, \ in. in diam., smooth.— Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 354, and 

 Glied. Yeg. XJsambara, 39, 49. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, Nderema, Hoist, 2236! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, on the island and mainland, Peters. 



59. S. glochidiatum, Dammer in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. G. 354. A 

 shrub, 5 ft. high. Branches terete, slender, elongate, densely covered 

 with rusty stellate tomentum ; spines recurved, 1 lin. long, compressed, 

 stellately tomentose at the base. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic, repand, 

 2 in. long, 7-9 lin. wide, green and stellately pubescent above, ochraceous 

 stellate tomentose beneath, spiny on the midrib • petiole 2-4 lin. long. 

 Cymes racemose, extra-axillary, few-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and 

 sometimes the calyx spiny and with minute rusty stellate tomentum ; 

 pedicels very slender, -| in. long, slightly thickened above. Calyx 5- 



