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MADAGASCAR. Mount Antety, above Ambositra, Forsyth 
Major, 641. 
Adds this genus to the flora of Madagascar. There are several 
species on the mountains of Tropical Africa. 
522. Solanum nakurense, C. H. Wright [Solanaceæ] ; fruticosum, 
ramis glabris, foliis parvis oblongis leviter sinuatis, antheris 
demum rimis dehiscentibus. 
Frutex 3-pedalis. Rami tenues, glabri. Folia 8 lin. longa, 
3 lin. lata, approximata, breviter petiolata, oblonga, leviter sinuata, 
utrinque pilis paucis simplicibus vestita. Cy» subumbellate, 
props npor T pee product, pedicellis incrassatis. Calyx 
2 lin. dia anguste triangulares, tubo equilongi, subglabri. 
Corolla ae (alba ?), 5 lin. diam ; lobi 9; angusti, acuti, subtus 
pubescentes. — iid subsessiles, oblonge, primum poris magnis 
t inalil emum rimis] Ovarium 
oblongum, RIENE : jme quam stamina duplo longior. 
hen East AFRICA. Nakuru, Scott Elliott, 6800. 
Allied to S. carense, Dun., but much smaller in all its parts and 
having Fer glabrous pR 
523. Ipomæa operosa, C. H. Wright [Convolvulaceæ] ; scandens 
I. involucrate, Beanv., proxima, se ense tomentosa, bracteis 
Lo oy RR subtus longe pilosis differt. 
Suffrutex scandens, dense tomentosus. Folia corse acuta, 
supra pilis appressis vestita, subtus dense tomentosa, 4-5 poll. 
longa, 3-4 poll. lata, petiolis 2-3 poll. longis. rod capitati ; 
pedunculi 24 poll. longi; bractee cymbiformes, acute, dish 
pilis longis przsertim ad basin vestit». Calycis lobi subulati, 
quam tubus paulo longiores, ad apicem dense pilosi. Corolla 
campanulata, 1j - longa, 1} poll. diam., epa calyx 4-plo 
longior. Stamin a quam corolla dimidio brevio 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Zomba, Kirk, Wh; y; Nyasaland, 
Buchanan (1891 collection), 370. 
hyte states that “this plant is a most troublesome 
weed, with a leng spongy tap root, most difficult to eradicate from 
Zo mba garden 
524. Tecoma Whytei, C. H. Wright [Bignoniaceæ] ; fruticosa, 
foliolis late lanceolatis acutis basi rotundatis obscure crenatis. 
Folia pinnatim 4-5-juga ; foliola udo petiolata, subtus ad 
nervorum axillas pilosa, 1 poll. longa, 7 lin. lata. Racemi ter- 
minales, bracteolis subulatis ; pedunculi 5 poll. longi ; pedicelli 
9 li . Calyx campanulatus, 6 lin. longus, dentibus 5 late 
triangularibus acutis. pi pem tubus 1} ie longus, curvatus, 
superne dilatatus; lobi . longi, oblongi, apice rotundati, - 
9 superiores erecti, 3 itea patentes Sonani lobis su. 
perioribus coroll eequilonga; filamenta interne pilosa. Qu 
parvum, oblongum. 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Zomba Plateau, 5000 ft., Whyte. 
The flowers of this species resemble those of T. Nyassa, Oliv., 
but the shape of the leaflets is quite different. 
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