Capsicum.] xci. solanace^e (wright). 253 



nodding, thickened upwards. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-6 -angled ; teeth 

 5-6, short, obtuse, thickened at the apex. Corolla yellowish or dirty 

 white, usually 6 -fid; lobes ovate, subacuminate, inflexed at the apex. 

 Ovary ovoid, rounded at the apex, glabrous ; style thickened upwards ; 

 stigma obtuse. Berry ovoid-rotundate, cordate and surrounded at the 

 base by the enlarged calyx, shining scarlet or yellow, 3- (rarely 2-) celled. 

 — Fingerhuth, Monogr. Capsic. 29, t. 9, figs, c-e ; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. i. 427 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 751. C. annuum, var. cordi- 

 forme, Sendtn. in Mart, Fl. Bras. x. 148. C. sp., Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 283. 

 Lower Guinea. Angola : Ambriz, Welwitsch, 6065 ! Mubango, Welwitseh, 

 6067! at Quilombo between Camama and Calumbo, Welivitsch, 6047! Golungo 

 Alto, Welwitsch, 6097 ! 



5. DISCOPODIUM, Hochst, ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 893. 



Calyx shortly and broadly campanulate, scarcely accrescent, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla urceolate ; tube ovoid ; lobes 5, short, patent, indupli- 

 cate-valvate in bud. Stamens inserted above the middle of the corolla- 

 tube ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 

 2-celled ; style short ; stigma peltate ; ovules numerous. Berry globose 

 Seeds much compressed, immersed in pulp ; embryo near the circum- 

 ference, much curved ; cotyledons semiterete. — A shrub or small tree. 

 Leaves entire. Flowers rather small in axillary fascicles. 



Monotypic, endemic. 



1. D. penninervium, Hochst. in Flora, LS44, 22. A shrub or 

 small tree, 15-20 ft. high. Leaves alternate or geminate, oblong- 

 elliptic, acuminate, acute at the base, glabrous or slightly puberulous, 

 up to 8 in. long and 4 in. wide ; petiole about 1 in. long. Fascicles 

 many-flowered ; peduncles about 5 lin. long. Calyx 1|- lin. in cliam. ; 

 teeth broadly triangular. Corolla puberulous outside, ^ in. long, 

 white or yellowish ; lobes nearly J as long as the tube, oblong, sub- 

 obtuse. Filaments 1 lin. long ; anthers oblong, 1 lin. long. Ovary 

 conical; style terete, hairy; stigma f lin. in diam. — Dunal in DC. 

 Prodr. xiii. i. 478. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 300 ! Cameroons ; Cameroon 

 Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1236 ! 2178 ! 



Wile Land. Abyssiuia : Ghaba Valley, Steudner, 914 ! near Baliara, Schimper, 

 917 ! and without exact locality, Quar tin- Dillon Sf Petit, 224 ! Uganda : West 

 Ankole forest, 5000 ft., Dawe, 409 ! 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Masuka Plateau, 

 6500-7000 ft., Whyte ! 



6. LYCIUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 900. 



Calyx campanulate or tubular, truncate or irregularly 3-5-toothed, 

 not or but slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, 

 campanulate or urceolate ; tube short or long, often swollen at the 

 throat ; lobes 4-5, flat, imbricate, patent. Stamens 4-5, inserted in 

 the corolla-tube, included or exserted ; filaments filiform, often dilated 



