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striatis, dense foliatis, cum foliis creberrime albo-lepidotis, vetus- 
tioribus subnudis, ad 0-2 cm. diam. ; folia adscendentia vel fere erecta, 
obovato- vel oblanceolato-oblonga, basin versus attenuata quasi 
petiolata, basi auriculata, auriculis amplexicaulibus, obtusa, leviter 
undulata, ad 4 cm., saepius 2-5 cm. longa, 1cm. lata; pedunculus 
brevissimus, saepius e basi 2-ramificatus, cum axi florifero, 10 — 16 cm. 
longo, glanduloso-pubescens; bracteae ovatae, cum bracteolis lineari- 
bus, diu persistentes, ad 0-2 cm. longae; pedicelli vix 0-1 cm. longi; 
calycis segmenta fere libera erecta, demum divergentia, lineari- 
lanceolata acuminata, dorso carinata, glanduloso-setosa, 0-7 — 0-8 cm. 
longa; corolla “pink” (carnea? rosea?), tubo 2 cm. longo, 0-5 cm. 
diam., segmentis obovatis apiculatis, 0-5 cm. longis, 0-4 — 0-5 cm. latis; 
filamenta basi vera dilatata, tubo aequilonga, antheris 0-2 cm. longis; 
ovarium glabrum, stylo (in flore unico dissecto) 1-5 cm. longo; capsula 
demum e basi in 5 valvas lineares acutas subrigidas, 0-8 cm. longas 
derupta, valvis interdum, ut videtur, cum corolla deciduis, semine 
lineari acuto, 0-5 cm. longo, persistente. 
South-West Africa: Naukluft Mountains, river-bed between Goas 
and Kabiras, Jan., 1916, H. H. W. Pearson (Percy Sladen Memorial 
Expedition, No. 9080); Bull’s Mouth Pass, Dec. 1915, id. {id. No. 8952). 
A very distinct species, with the habit of P. tristis, Ait., but differing 
in the shape of the leaves, the less tubular calyx with much shorter 
glandular hairs, and in other characters. (PL i, c.) 
Solanum rigescentoides, Hutchinson; affinis S. rigescenti, Jacq., sed ramulis 
et foliis giabris (nec dense stellato-pubescentibus) differt. 
Suffrutex 0-85 m. altus; ramuli dense aculeati, flexuosi, virides, 
glabri, aculeis a ramulis angulo 90° abeuntibus, gracilibus, stramineis, 
usque ad 1-2 cm. longis. Folia longe petiolata, ambitu elliptica vel 
ovato-elliptica, profunde repando-lobulata, apice triangularia, subacuta, 
basi truncata vel brevissime cuneata, 2-5 — 5 cm. longa, 1-5 — 4 cm. 
lata, tenuiter chartacea, crasse repando-lobulata, lobulis obtuse 
triangularibus, utrinque glabra, costis interdum parce setosis exceptis; 
nervi laterales utrinsecus 3 — 4, a costa sub angulo 45° — 60° abeuntes, 
prominuli; petioli graciles, 1-5 — 2 cm. longi, glabri vel parce aculeati. 
Pedunculi 2 — 3-flori, graciles, aculeati, foliis multo breviores. Calyx 
5 mm. longus obconico-campanulatus, lobis lanceolatis acutis extra 
parce (plerumque 1 — 2) aculeatis. Corollae tubus 4 mm. longus, lobis 
i mm. longis, triangulari-lanceolatis, subacutis, extra breviter pubescen- 
tibus. Antherae exsertae, 6 mm. longae. Stylus corollae paullo longior. 
Bacca depresso-globosa, nitens, circiter 1 cm. diametro, pedicellis 
abrupte recurvatis. S. rigescens, C. H. Wr. in Dyer, FI. Trop. Afr. iv, 
2, 227, non Jacq. 
