Solatium.] xci. solanace^e (wright). 239 



80. S. chrysotrichum, G. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 129. 

 A shrub. Stem densely covered with yellow stellate floccose tomentum ; 

 spines few, short, almost concealed by the tomentum. Leaves ovate, 

 acute, pinnately 7-9-lobed, 5 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, densely stellately 

 tomentose on both surfaces, with a few short spines on the midrib ; 

 petiole 1 in. long. Inflorescence cymose. Calyx | in. long ; tube cam- 

 panulate, beset with numerous small spines. Corolla broadly campanu- 

 late, purple, 1 in. in diam. ; lobes 5, ovate, shortly acuminate, densely 

 tomentose outside and on the midrib inside, h in. long. Stamens 5 ; 

 filaments short ; anthers ^ in. long, obtuse, pores terminal, small. 

 Ovary globose ; style filiform, nearly as long as the corolla-lobes. 



Mozarnb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Zomba Plain, 2500 ft., 

 Wh.yte ! Plateau of Zomba, 5000-6000 ft. Whyte ! and without precise locality, 

 Buchanan, 494 bis ! 776 ! 



81. S. campylacanthum, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, i. Intellig. 24. 

 Stem woody, 2-5 ft. high, branched, cylindrical, stellately tomentose ; 

 spines short, recurved. Leaves solitary, from broadly lanceolate to 

 oval, entire or slightly sinuate, up to 6 by 2| in., stellately hairy on 

 both surfaces, spiny on the midrib. Cymes extra-axillary, few-flowered. 

 Calyx cyathiform-campanulate ; lobes 5, subulate. Corolla campanu- 

 late, lilac {Wilson), 1 in. in diam.; lobes 5, broadly triangular, densely 

 stellately hairy outside and on the midrib inside. Stamens 5 ; anthers 

 subsessile, \ in. long, pores small, terminal. Ovary globose, stellately 

 hairy at the apex ; style subulate, as long as the anthers, stellately 

 tomentose. Berry globose, 1 in. in diam. on a refiexed pedicel. — Dunal 

 in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 336 ; Engl. Glied. Yeg. Usambara, 22. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia: near Adowa, Schimper, 123 ! 1082! and without pre- 

 cise locality, Schimper., 1921 ! Quartin Dillon Sf Petit, 230 ! Eritrea: Keren, 4500 

 ft., Beccari, 168 ! Saganeiti, 7000 ft. Schweinfurth Sf Biva, 843 ! Uganda : Eldama 

 Ravine, 7500 ft., Whyte I and without ptecise locality, Wilson, 96. 



IVIozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Uniamwezi ; near Tabora, SpeTce of 

 Grant ! Usambara ; Amboni, Hoist, 2678 ! Portuguese East Africa : near Lake 

 Nyasa, Johnson, 437 ! 



The roots and fruit of this species are mixed with hot milk and drunk. H. C. 

 Hollis, Masai Customs, 336. 



82. S. phoricum, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 234. 

 Stem 2-3 ft, high. Branches terete, covered with stellate tomentum ; 

 spines straight, yellow. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 3-5 in. long, 8-10 lin. 

 wide, tapering into the petiole, stellately tomentose above, griseo- 

 tomentose beneath ; nerves and petiole spiny. Cymes extra-axillary, 

 racemose, shorter than the leaves, few-flowered. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, 

 covered with stellate hairs ; lobes lanceolate-subulate, obtuse. Corolla 

 deeply 5-lobed, twice as long as the calyx, stellately hairy outside ; 

 lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, 5 lin. long, 3 lin. wide. Anthers subsessile^ 

 yellow, tapering upwards. Style very short, villous below. — Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 355. 



Mozarnb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Eios de Sena and many other parts 

 of the province, Peters. 



