396 



HI (1844—45), 63; Benth. PL Hartweg. (1846), 265; Dun. in DC. 

 Prodr. XIII, I (1852), 170; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. Isl. (1864), 439; 

 Solanum retrofractum Vahl var. ß acuminatum Dun. in DC. 

 Prodr. XIII, I (1852), 170; 



Solanum longedepedunculatum Bertero sec. Dun. in DC. Prodr. 

 XIII, I (1852), 170; 



Solanum diphyllum Swartz in hb. Banks et DC. (non L.) und 

 S. flexuosum herb. Banks nomina nuda inedita sec. Dun. in DC. Prodr. 

 XIII, I, 170. 



Fruticosa, 1,5 — 3 m alta, scandens vel +_ ve decumbens; rami 

 teretes, inferiores strictiores et crassiores (5—6 mm), virgati, superiores 

 ca. 1 — 4 mm diam., irregulariter tortuosi et geniculatim flexuosi, 

 sicut ceterae partes virides in statu novello primo minute pilosi (pilis 

 brevibus stellatis pauciradiatis), mature fere omnino calves- 

 centes; internodia inferiora valde inaequilonga ca. 7 — 18 cm longa; 

 ramuli floriferi breves, internodiis satis abbreviatis (ca. 1 — 1,5—3 cm 

 longis), nonnumquam retrofracti; folia inferiora alterna, superiora 

 (in ramulisfloriferis)false geminata vel ternata(tunc paulum inaequalia); 

 petioli ca. 0,5 — 1,5 cm longi, foliorum inferiorum alatim sensim in 

 laminam exeuntes; lamina late lanceolata vel elliptici-laneeolata 

 integra, ca. 4:2, plerumque 5,5:2,5 usque ad 9 — 10:3,5 — 4,5 cm 

 (in ramis inferioribus virgatis robustis usque ad 12,5 : 5,3 cm), basi 

 sensim angustata, ad apicem versus acuminata apice ipso acuto vel 

 saepius obtusiusculo, membranacea, utrinqae viridis, primo utrinque 

 pilis brevibus substellatim ramosis pauci- (4 — 6-) radiatis in gibberem 

 parvum elevatis disperse obsita, in statu evoluto omnino glabra; 

 vena media et venae laterales primariae curvatim ascendentes subtus 

 prominentes; inflorescentiae in axillis foliorum subumbellatae, 

 sessiles, 2 — 6-, raro — 7-florae; pedicelli satis longi (ca. 2 — 4 cm), 

 graciles, tenues (ca. 0,3 — 0,5 mm diam.), fere glabri, pilis stellatis 

 parvis 4 — 6 radiatis in gibberem minutum elevatis sparsim obsiti; 

 calyx campanulatus, ca. 3 mm longus et diametiens, margine truncato 

 dentibus saepe valde indistinctis 5 — 10 saepe vix 0,3—0,7 mm, 

 nonnumquam — 1 mm longis instructus, parcissime stell ati-pilosus; 

 corolla coerulei-violacea, rotata, membranis interpetalariis 

 membranaceis orbiculatim inter radios quinque lanceolatos extus 

 viridescentes intus albidos crassiores acutos parum prominentes 

 expansis, diam. corollae ca. 2 — 3 cm, radii lanceolati apice densissime 

 pilis minutis subramosis obtecti; s tarn in a 5 fere 1,5 mm supra 

 corollae basim inserta; filamenta vix inaequalia, breviora 1,5, 

 longiora fere 2 mm longa, glabra; antherae ellipsoideae, extus 

 flavi-aurantiacae, intus pallidiores, fere aequales, ca. 3 — 4 : 1,5 — 2 mm, 

 basi parum cordatae, poris apicalibus minutis; ovarium ellipsoideum, 

 ca. 2 mm longum, 1,5 mm crassum, glabrum; Stylus rectus, stamina 

 longe superans, 9 mm longus, glaber; stigma capitatum, obtusnm, 

 stylo parum crassius; calyx- in statu fructifero ampliatus, patelli- 

 formiter subcupulatus, diam. ca. 6 — 7 mm; bacca globosa, 6 — 7 mm 

 diam., aurantiaca; semina ca. 14, majascula, reniformia, valde lenti- 



