250 xci. solan acem (wright). [Withania. 



Bero, Welivitsch, 6027 b. ! German South-west Africa ; Amboland ; Kunkiyeo, 

 Schinz, 404 ! 



Mozamb. Sistr. German East Africa: Usambara; Masbeua, Hoist, 3564 ; 

 Uhehe ; Ruaha River, Goetze, 473 ! British Central Africa : North Nj asaland, 

 Whyte ! Matabeleland : Tati River drift, Roluh ! 



Also in the drier subtropical parts of India, Arabia, Persia, and in the Mediter- 

 ranean region, the Canaries, and South Africa. 



2. W. Holstii, Dammer in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 351. Stem erect, 

 flexuose, tomentose. Leaves lanceolate or oval, acute or acuminate, 

 6 in. long, 2| in. wide, at first pubescent above, at length glabrous, 

 white tomentose beneath ; petiole 7-9 lin. long, tomentose. Pedicels 

 4-7 lin. long, clustered. Calyx cupular, sub-5-lobed, puberulous ; lobes 

 obtuse. Corolla three times as large as the calyx, \ in. long, campanu- 

 late, 5-lobed, tomentose outside above the calyx ; lobes lanceolate. 

 Stamens short ; filaments very short ; anthers cordate-ovoid, 1 lin. 

 long. Ovary globose; style cylindrical, 1|- lin. long; stigma sub- 

 globose. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa ; Usambara; Magamba, Hoist, 3843. 



3. W. aristata, Pauq. Diss. Bellad. 15. A shrub ; branches 

 slightly angled, when young hirsute with yellow hairs. Leaves solitary 

 or geminate, ovate-oblong, acuminate, nearly glabrous, green and 

 somewhat shining above, green and pubescent or white and tomentose 

 beneath, the lower (including the petiole) nearly 1 ft. long by 5 in. 

 wide, the upper 2-5 in. long by f-lf in. wide ; primary nerves 5-9 each 

 side. Pedicels 1 to several in subaxillary fascicles, filiform, ^ in. long. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, 5-angled, ^ in. long, \ in. wide, accrescent, sub- 

 puberulous ; lobes filiform, aristate, |— Jr in. long. Corolla campanulate, 

 yellow, 6-7 lin. long, deeply lobed ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 stellately hairy outside. Filaments short, dilated at the base ; anthers 

 ovate-oblong, longer than the filaments, yellow. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; 

 style filiform. Berry globose, subsulcate. Seeds subreniforrn, scrobicu- 

 late. — Webb & Berthel. Phyt. Canar. iii. iii. 284, t. 175 ; Dunal in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 456, 686; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 118, and Glied. 

 Yeg. Usambara, 69. Physalis aristata, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, i. 244. 

 Atropa aristata, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. i. 609 ; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 

 456. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa ; Usambara, in woods above 5500 ft., 

 ex Engler. 



Also in the Canary Islands. 



4. CAPSICUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 892. 



Calyx shortly campanulate, truncate or with 5 teeth or setas, 

 accrescent. Corolla subrotate, 5-partite ; lobes valvate. Stamens 5, 

 inserted near the corolla-base ; filaments filiform ; anthers shorter than 

 or about as long as the filaments, dehiscing longitudinally. Disk small. 

 Ovary 2- (rarely 3-) celled ; style filiform ; stigma more or less clavate ;„ 

 ovules many. Berry from small and globose to large and conical or 

 almost linear. Seeds compressed, rugose or nearly smooth ; embryo 



