JOHNSTON. — NEW PLANTS FROM VENEZUELAN ISLANDS. 695 
ate; upper side green, remotely pubescent; under side paler, finely pu- 
bescent ; petioles 1 cm. long: inflorescence fasciculate, as many as 8 
flowers in a fascicle ; flowers pedicellate; pedicels 1.5 om. long, slender, 
puberulent: calyx truncate, slightly puberulent, not enlarging at fructi- 
fication, possessing 5 to 6 setae arising laterally at the margin, about 
1.5 mm. long, little more than one-half the depth of the calyx cup: 
corolla 6 mm. long, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, acute, the margin finely 
glandular or papillate: stamens 5, affixed to base of corolla; anthers 
oblong, twice the length of filaments ; filaments a little broadened at the 
base: ovary ovoid, 2-celled, with central placentation; placenta a little 
thickened, not divided, several-ovuled: fruit globular, several-seeded. 
— El Valle, river trail, Miller & Johnston, no. 255, July 15, 1901, and 
Johnston, no. 75, Aug. 30, 1903. 
Solanum margaritense, n. sp. Slender shrub, 2 to 3 m. high; 
prickles stout, straight, as much as 7 mm. in length; stem rusty stellate- 
pubescent: leaves 2- to 4-clustered, unequal, above slightly stellate-pubes- 
cent, below paler, ovate, entire, or slightly repand, a few spines arising 
from the midrib on both sides ; base often unequal, a little more atten- 
uate than the apex which is often acute or shortly acuminate; blade of 
the larger leaves 5.5 cm. long and 3.5 em. wide; petiole pubescent, as 
much as 1 cm. long: inflorescence fascicled, 2 to 4 flowers in a fascicle ; 
pedicel slender, pubescent, 1.2 em. long: calyx pubescent, 5-fid, seg- 
ments narrowly lanceolate, two-thirds length of corolla: corolla 5-fid, 
lobes narrowly lanceolate, pubescent without, glabrous within, white, 
0.7 em. long: stamens just included within the corolla; filaments one- 
third as long as anthers: ovary 2-celled, puberulent; ovules numerous 5 
style filiform, slightly exceeding corolla. — El Valle, a single ascending 
stem branching copiously near the top, at the side of the river trail, 
Johnston, no. 315, Aug. 20, 1903. Allied to S. lanceaefolium, Jacq, from 
which it differs in having straight spines, more deeply lobed calyx, and in 
general a less dense pubescence. 
- Solanum umbratile, n. sp. Shrub 10 to 15 dm. high, unarmed ; 
stem and leaves clothed with brown stellate pubescence : leaves alternate, 
ovate-lanceolate; base attenuate, decurrent into the petiole; apex acu- 
minate ; lower surface paler and more densely pubescent than the upper 
surface, minutely punctate, and having 4 to 6 pairs of prominent lateral 
veins; larger leaves 3.5 em. wide and 8 em. long; petiole 0.5 em. long: 
inflorescence axillary; peduncle 2 mm. or less long, bearing 1 fo 6 aed 
tered flowers; pedicels usually simple, slender, as much as 8 mm. in length: 
calyx 5-fid, stellate-pubescent, segments narrowly ovate, stellate without, 
