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



long, 7 lin. wide, stellately tomentose on both surfaces ; petiole about 

 J in. long, stellately tomentose. Inflorescence extra-axillary ; peduncle, 

 pedicels, and calyx stellately tomentose ; fruiting pedicels § in. long ? 

 incrassate at the apex. Calyx 5-partite ; segments linear-lanceolate, lh 

 lin. long in fruit. Corolla and stamens unknown. Berry brick-red, 

 globose, J in. in diam. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : near the River Dehu, at the foot of 

 Kilimanjaro, 3000 ft., Volkens, 2202. 



102. S. togoense, Damnier in Schlechter, West-Afr. Kautschuk- 

 Exped. 312, name only. 



Upper Guinea. Togo : amongst climbing shrubs near Baclja, Schlechter, 

 12974, 



103. S. uncinatum, P. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. 64; Boem. 

 & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iv. 669; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 376, name 

 only. 



N"ile Land. Abyssinia, Salt. 



104. S. usaramense, Dammer in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 353 . 

 Branches woody, terete, slender, stellately tomentose ; spines numerous, 

 sharp, recurved, less than 1 lin. long. Leaves elliptic, green and 

 stellately pilose above, stellately tomentose and with scattered spines 

 beneath ; petiole i in. long. Inflorescence extra-axillary ; pedicels 

 stellately tomentose, spiny. Calyx cupular, 5-partite, stellately tomen- 

 tose, spiny; lobes lanceolate. Corolla and stamens unknown. Berry 

 globose, 5 lin. in diam. 



Mozamb. 3>ist. German East Africa : Usaramo, Stuhlmann, 7066. 



2. PHYSALIS, Linn. ; Bentb. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 890. 



Calyx campanulate, or pyramidal, shortly or to the middle 5-lobed, 

 enlarged in fruit, inflated, membranous, 5-angled or prominently 10- 

 ribbecl, often 5-auricled at the base ; teeth conniving. Corolla sub- 

 rotate or very widely campanulate, 5-angled or shortly and widely 

 5-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted near the corolla-base ; filaments filiform ; 

 anthers erect, usually shorter than the filaments; cells parallel, dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform ; stigma shortly 2-lobed ; 

 ovules numerous. Berry globose, enclosed in and much smaller than 

 the inflated calyx. Seeds many or few, smooth or slenderly tubercu- 

 late-rugose, compressed ; embryo near the margin, curved ; cotyledons 

 semiterete. — Annual or perennial herbs, glabrous or more often clothed 

 with simple or stellate hairs. Leaves entire, sinuate or more rarely 

 pinnatificl. Flowers small, solitary, axillary, pedicellate, violet, yellow 

 or white, often purple at the base. 



Species about 30, chiefly in the warmer parts of America. 



Anthers yellow 1. P. minima. 



Anthers blue or violet. 



