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firme membranacea, supra sordide viridia, pilis simplicibus acutis 

 pallide flavidis 3-cellularibus rigidulis in veDa media densioribus, ia 

 mesophyllo crebris obsita, subtus pallidiora, pilis pallide flavidis 

 simplicibus acutis 3-cellularibus in vena media et in venis latera- 

 libus primariis (in utroque latere ca. 5) densis, in mesophyllo 

 crebris obsita; mesophyllum subtus pilis minutis crebris (arena 

 crystallina!) praeditum; inflorescentiae axillares inter folia gemi- 

 nata, sessiles, uniflorae; pedicellus gracilis, ca. 18 — 24 mm longus, 

 in statu florifero nutans, in statu fructifero elongatus, ca. 25—26 mm 

 longus, rectus, in tota superficie pilis curvatim accumbentibus 

 simplicibus 3-cellularibus acutis pallide flavidis rigidulis subdensis 

 obtectus; calyx campanulatus, ca. 4,5 mm longus, diam. ca. 5 — 6 mm, 

 in parte inferiore connata ca. 2 — 2,5 mm longus, truncatus, 10-costatus, 

 costis viridibus membranis diaphanis conjunctis in dentes 10 tenues 

 subulati-filiformes paulum inaequilongos alternatim aequales 

 ca. 1,8 — 2 mm longos exeuntibus, calyx extus sicat dentes pilis 

 simplicibus 2 — 3-cellularibus acutis rigidulis crebris obsitus, intus 

 glandulis minutis breviter stipitatis crebris instructus; coro IIa alba 

 (sec. cl. Ruiz), stellata, diam. ca. 17 — 18 mm, profunde in lobos 

 lanceolatos acutos ca. 7 — 8 : 2 — 3 mm extus pilis brevioribus rigidulis 

 2 — 3-cellularibus acutis irregulariter curvatis crebris obsitos apice 

 partim pilis illis rigidulis curvatis partim brevibus papillosis densis 

 obtectos partita; corollae tubus ca. 2 mm longus, intus quoque glaber; 

 filamenta ca. 1 mm longa, glabra; antherae ellipsoideae, utrinque 

 emarginatae, ca. 3 : 1,2 mm, poris introrsis apicalibus obliquis; ovarium 

 ovoideum, ca. 1,5 mm longum, 1 mm latum, glabrum; Stylus rectus, 

 stamina manifeste superans, ca. 6 mm longus, glaber; stigma styli 

 apice parum crassius, obtusum; bacca a me non visa, sec. cl. Ruiz 

 subrotunda, ciceris magnitudine, aurantiaca. 



Peru: Muna, in tropischen Hainen, Ruiz! (hb. Berol.). 



94. Lycianthes xylopiifolia (Dun.) Bitt. n. comb. 



Solanum xylopiifolium Dun. in DG. Prodr. XIII, I (1852), 179. 



Fruticosa; rami graciles, elongati, teretes, diam. ca. 1,5 — 2,5 mm, 

 primo pilis flavidis simplicibus 3-cellularibus (quorum cellula 

 infima ceteris manifeste longior) subcrebris curvatim accumbenti- 

 bus rigidulis strigulosi, serius inferiores ca. 3 — 4 mm diam. 

 glabrescentes cortice fuscescente nitido obtecti; internodia 2,5—7,5 cm 

 longa; folia inferiora solitaria, petiolo ca. 6 mm longo pilis strigosis 

 simplicibus obsito suffalta, lanceolata, integra, utrinque angustata, 

 arcte infra furcationem false geminata, subaequalia, petiolis 6—10 mm 

 longis laminis 5,5 — 6 : 1,2 cm, in ramulis superioribus floriferis false 

 geminata valde inaequalia, majora ca. 7 — 9: 1,3 — 1,6 cm, raro usque 

 ad 9,7:2,1 cm (vide tarnen varietates foliis manifeste majoribus!), 

 lanceolata, satis angusta, basi oblique in petiolum 5 — 7 mm longum 

 angustata, apice longe acuminata acuta, altera minora obovatä, ca. 

 12—19:6 — 9 mm, raro — 28:11 mm, obtusa vel obtusissima, in 

 petiolum brevem 1 mm longum cuneatim angustata; folia omnia supra 

 obscure viridia, in vena media (crebrius) et in mesophyllo (sparsius) 



