FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS COLLECTED ON 
THE GREAT KARASBERG BY THE PERCY SLADEN 
MEMORIAL EXPEDITION, 1912-191 3 \ 
By F. BOLUS, L. BOLUS and R. GLOVER. 
(■ Continued from page 75) 
SOLANACEAE 
Solanum capense, Linn., forma. Western Karasberg. Sandy bank of dry 
shallow stream bed 5 miles S.E. of Wasserfall, 7954. 
Solanum giftbergense, Dunal, forma. Eastern Karasberg. Narudas Siid, 
7955. 
Solanum Rangei, U. Damm. Western and Eastern Karasberg. Ravine 
100 ft. above Wasserfall Alt, 7956; ravine, Narudas Siid, 8127. 
Withania somnifera, Dunal. Central and Eastern Karasberg. Hills above 
Krai Kluft, 8266 ; common among boulders near head of ravine, 
Krai Kluft, 8205. 
Lycium namaquense, U. Damm. Central and Eastern Karasberg. Among 
rocks at bottom of Krai Kluft Ravine, 7958; on steep slopes, Narudas 
Slid, 8130. 
Lycium karasbergense, L. Bolus, n. sp., L. cinereo accedit sed foliis saepissime 
angustioribus, pedicellis longioribus, calyce majore, lobis tubo 
subaequantibus, corollae lobis rotundatis, tubo aequilongis. 
Suffrutex rigidus glaber, 0'25 — 0'50 met. altus ; rami ramulique 
saepe flexuosi spinescentes, cortice griseo vel demum atropurpu- 
rascente, ultimi 1'5 — 3'5 cm. longi ; folia 3 — 6-fasciculata, linearia, vel 
lineari-spathulata, ad 1 cm. longa, 0’1 cm. lata ; pedicelli 0'3 — 0'5 cm. 
longi; calyx O' 5 — 0'6 cm. longus, segmentis subinaequalibus lanceolatis 
vel ovato-lanceolatis, acutis ciliolatis, 0'2 — 0'3 cm. longis ; corolla 
0'8 cm. longa lilacina, segmentis obovatis rotundatis eciliatis, 0'4 cm. 
longis, 0'3 cm. latis ; stamina inter se aequalia vel fere aequalia, 
manifesta, corolla breviora, tubi medio adnata, filamentis basi barbatis; 
ovarium glabrum, 0'1 cm. longum, stylo manifesto ; bacca haud visa. 
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