jSolanum.] xci. solanace^e (whight). 237 



hairs ; spines few, straight, much flattened, very short. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, 6 in. long, \\ in. wide, tapering downwards, scrobiculate and 

 stellately hairy above, scabrid with very minute stellate hairs beneath; 

 petiole 7 lin. long, stellately hairy and slightly shiny. Cymes extra- 

 axillary, racemose ; peduncle, pedicels and calyx furnished with minute 

 stellate hairs. Calyx \ in. in diarn., cupular ; teeth 6, subulate. 

 .Corolla rotate, plicate, 6-lobed, about 1-| in. in diam., stellately hairy 

 outside the midpetaline areas. Stamens 6 ; filaments short ; anthers 

 ,\ in. long, tapering to the apex, pores terminal. Ovary globose ; style 

 •filiform, curved at the clavate apex; stigma oblique. 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Gorongoza, Carvalho. 



7G. S. tomentellum, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 236.. 

 A branched tomentose shrub, unarmed or with a few short spines. 

 Branches terete, with evanescent stellate pubescence. Leaves oblong, 

 subacute, 3-6 in. long, f-H in. wide, stellately tomentose on both 

 surfaces, rarely spiny near the base; petiole 4-5 lin. long. Cymes 

 racemose, extra-axillary near the ends of the branches, few-flowered. 

 "Calyx cyathiform, deeply 5-toothed ; teeth ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 stellately tomentose. Corolla funnel-shaped, 1 in. in diam. ; lobes 5 y 

 acute, snbpatent, pubescent outside. Anthers subsessile, pallid, slightly 

 tapering upwards. Style very short, covered with simple hairs. Berry 

 globose, light yellow, f in. in diam. — Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 355. 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : On the mainland and island of 

 .Mozambique, Peters, Rios de Sena and Querimba (Kerimba) Islands, Peters. 



77. S. trepidans, G. E. Wright in A'ew Bulletin, 1894, 128. 

 "Suffruticose. Stem terete, 1-3 ft. high, covered by compact stellate 

 "tomentuni ; spines 2 lin. long, compressed. Leaves solitary, lanceolate, 

 '4 in. ,long, 1 in. wide, sinuate, acute at the base, stellately hairy on both 

 surfaces, spiny on the midrib. Cymes near the apex of the branches, 

 'few-flowered. Calyx campanulate, 2 lin. long, covered with stellate 

 "hairs outside ; lobes 5, short, triangular, acute. Corolla 4-6 times as- 

 long as the calyx, 1 in. in diam., broadly campanulate, membranous, 

 stellately hairy outside ; lobes 5, pale lilac, midribs white, broadly tri- 

 angular, acute. Stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers ^ in. long, 

 oblong, obtuse, pore terminal. Ovary subglobose, stellately hairy at the 

 'apex. — S. astrochlcenoides, Da miner in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 476. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usagara ; foot of Vidunda Moun- 

 j tains, near the River Ruhembe, 2300 ft., Goetze, 384a ! British Central Africa : 

 Nyasaland; Shire Valley, near Bi.-hop Mackenzie's grave, Scott ! Shire and Shupanga^ 

 Stewart! Zombi and vicinity, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte ! Kondowe to Karonga, 200O— 

 6000 ft., Whyte! Songue to'Karonga, 1700-2000 ft., Whyte, 4 ! 



; ' 78. S. englerianum, Dammer in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 353.' A 

 shrub, 3-5 ft. high. Branches terete, pulverulent with rusty stellate 

 -hairs at the apex, bases only of the hairs persistent, spiny ; spines very 

 .short, much compressed, recurved, glabrous at the base. Leaves 3^ in. 

 long, lj in. wide, lanceolate, sometimes oblique at the base ; upper 



