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plicate, 5-fid ; lobes \ in. long, \ in. wide. Stamens 5; filaments very 

 short ; anthers \ in. long, pores terminal. Ovary globose, \ in. in diam., 

 stellately hairy above ; style slightly curved, nearly \ in. long, stellately 

 hairy in the lower half ; stigma capitate. Berry globose, \ in. in 

 diam. 



Wile Land. Galla Country : in woods at Dagage, FJlenbecJc, 1000. 



74«. S. Buettneri, Bammer in Engl. Jahrb. xxxviii. 59. A herb. 

 Young branches densely stellate-hairy ; spines scattered, about 1 lin. 

 long, slightly recurved, flattened, yellow. Leaves lanceolate or ovate,. 

 repand, oblique at the base, 4 in. long, about 2J- in. wide, at first stel- 

 lately hairy on both surfaces, at length almost glabrous above, ashy 

 stellate-tomentose beneath, spiny ; petiole |— 1J in. long, spiny. Cymes 

 few-flowered ; flowers small ; pedicels J in. long, stellately hairy. 

 Calyx 5-fid ; lobes triangular danceolate, 1 lin. long, |- lin. wide, acute, 

 densely stellate hairy outside. Corolla 5-fid ; lobes i in. long, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, densely stellate hairy on the back and on the midribs 

 inside. Stamens 5 ; filaments very short ; anthers oblong, 1 lin. lon«-, 

 pores terminal. Ovary globose ; style H lin. long ; stigma globose. 

 Berry globose, black, 4 in. in diam., seated on the accrescent calyx- 

 lobes. 



Upper Guinea. Togo : Katamara Farm, JBv.ettner, 655. 



82a. S. dennekense, Bammer in Engl. Jahrb. xxxviii. 57. A 

 branched shrub. Branches spiny, densely stellate-tomentose ; spines 

 laterally compressed, about J in. long, at first covered with stellate 

 tomentum. Leaves broadly ovate, acute, densely and minutely stellate- 

 tomentose on both sides, up to 2J in. long and ] \ in. wide, with a few 

 nearly straight spines ; petiole nearly \ in. long. Inflorescence a 

 terminal few-flowered cyme ; peduncle \ in. long ; pedicels about \ in. 

 long, stellately tomentose. Calyx campanulate, angular, sometimes 

 spiny, 5-fid, stellate-tomentose outside, \ in. long, about 4 in. in diam. ; 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, \\ lin. long, about 1 lin. wide. Corolla pale 

 violet, scarcely plicate, 5-partite ; lobes long lanceolate, minutely stel- 

 late-pilose outside, Jin. long, \ in. wide. Stamens 5 ; filaments very 

 short; anthers with 2 apical pores, I in. long. Ovary globose, 1^ lin. 

 long, densely stellate-pilose ; style straight, \ in. long, stellate-pilose 

 from the base to the middle; stigma lateral, 2-lobed. 



Wile Land. Galla Country : Arussi-Galla, 4900 ft., MlenbecJc, 1965. 



92«. S. sapiaceum, Bammer in Engl. Jahrb. xxxviii. 60. A large 

 much-branched shrub, up to 26 ft. high. Younger branches densely 

 leafy, pale yellow, thinly covered with very minute white stellate hairs 

 intermixed with longer ones ; some spines curved, flattened at the base, 

 stellate-hairy in the lower half and up to \ in. long, others straight 

 from a thickened globose base, scarcely flattened. Leaves ovate-cordate, 

 undulate, sinuate, 2-4 in. long, \->\ in. Avide, with very minute stellate 

 hairs above, densely white-tomentose beneath ; lobes 3-4 on each side, 

 the lowest the smallest, acute ; petiole § in, long, sometimes spiny. 



