PHYSALIS. SOLANACEAE (Aucron DUNAL ]. 435 
n. 1 (exclus. syn. nonnull.). Alkekengi Bonariense repens, baccá turbinatá 
viscosà Dill. hort. Elth.'1. p. 11, t. 10 *. Radix repens, flexuosa, nodosa. Cau- 
les pedales; bipedales et ultra, subtereti-angulosi, striati, ramosi, uti folia, pilis 
virescentibus pertenuibus et vix visibilibus scabriusculi. Folia attactu lenia et 
odorata, nunc subintegra, nunc sinuato-repanda, subcordata, vel basi inequa- 
lia, in petiolum subdesinentia, acutiuscula, 27-3; poll. longa, 11-1; poll. lata, 
Subtus pallidiora. Flores cernui. Alabastrum ovato-ventricosum, apiculatum, 
stellato-pilosum, uti calyx cylindraceo-campanulatus, basi truncatus, laciniis 
ovatis acuminatis. Corolla subquinquangula, angulis mucronatis, flava, macu- 
lis sordide lutescentibus in fundo notata. Stamina coroll& duplo breviora; Fi- 
lamenta glabra, linearia, 4 squalia, quintum duplo longius. Ántherze lineàres, 
longe, lutes. Stylus filiformis declinatus, apice subobconicus? Stigma subhe- 
misphsricum, obtusissimum. Bacca viscida, aurantiaca. Calyx post anthesin 
inflatus, lutescens. (v.s. in h. DC. Boiss. Moric. etc.) 
2. P. GLUTINOSA (Schlecht. in.Linn. 19, 1846, p. 310 *), suffruticosa, tota pilis 
.articulatis apice glanduliferis viscidis tecta, foliis geminis late ovatis cordatis 
angulatis sinuato-dentatis acutis, floribus pedunculatis nutantibus, pedunculo 
calycem circiter sequante , corollá campanulato-infundibulari magná maculatá, 
ealyce fruetifero magno inflato, dentibus acuminato-subulatis. 3 In humosá 
terrá inter rupes porphyriticas ferratas distr. Mexicani Mineral del Monte ( C. 
Ehrenb. 1. c. ). Planta 1-3-pedalis, parce ramosa, tota pilis patentibus albis 
articulátis apice capitellatis. mollis et viscida. Caules ramique teretes , leviter 
flexuosi. Folia pétiolata, irregulariter sinuato-dentata, lobis sinus basalis 
sursum flexis, leviter rugosula, nervo venisque primariis 4-6 utrinsecus cum 
secundariis supra impressis subtus prominentibns, inferiora solitaria, supe- 
riora approximata, gemina, altero paulo majore. Petiolus dimidiam laminam 
Squans superansve, semiteres , supra canaliculatus. Pedunculus inter folia 
oriens, vix polliearis, patens, apice deflexus, uniflorus, hinc flore pendulo. 
Calycis tubus cylindrieus, basi truncatus, leviter decagonus et decemdentatus, 
plus tertiá su& parte in lacinias 5 acuminatas apice subulatas partitus, primum 
patentes , dein conniventes. Corolfa calyce duplo major, pollice brevior, le- 
viter plicata, margine truncata et fere integerrima , nisi nervi 5 in lacinulas 
brévissimas desinentes; pallidé lutescens, intus purpureo aut flavo-viridi ma- 
culata, intus glabra, basi striis 10 albido-villosis notata, extus pubescens, le- 
viter viscosa. Stamina 5, subzqualia, longitudine macularum , filamentis lu- 
tescentibus , glabris, antheris anguste ellipticis, luteis. Ovarium glabrum, 
basi lzte aurantiacum, prseterea luteo-viride , apice obtusum, impressum. Sty- 
lus glaber , lutescens, stigma truncatum. Calyx fructifer haud plane maturus, 
li poll. crassus, pallide virescens, viscidulo-pubescens, baccam globosam 
longe superans. Caulis lignescens, foliorum forma, indumentum, hanc speciem 
2b omnibus removent (Schlecht. 1. c. ). An locanda cum spec. pilis simplicibus 
non stellatis, e num. 8 ad 15? 
3. P. PENSYLVANICA( L. spec. 2, p. 1670* ), caulibus hérbaceis nunc procum- 
bentibus nunc erectis, foliis longe petiolatis late ovatis obtusiusculis repando- 
dentatis supra puberulis subtus obsolete tomentosis superioribus geminis, pe- 
liolis hirsuto-tomentosis , pedunculis petiolis paulo longioribus , corollis luteis 
fundo obscuriore. 2/ In Virginià (L. ), in Mexico (Berlandier, Martens et Gal. 
en. in Bull. Brux. v. 12, n. 2? p. 3, coll. 4, Gal. n. 1191? ), a Pensylvaniá 
usque ad Carolinz interiora (Pursh fl. Amer. sept. 1, p. 157, excl. syn. Walth. 
dict. n. 3. Alkekengi Virginianum, etc. Rand. cat. Angl. 399, e L. Caules multi, 
flexuosi, teretiusculi seu obsolete angulati, in summitate ramosi, hirsuto- 
tomentosi. Folia eum petiolo 3-5 poll. longa , 12-1? poll. lata, basi valde in- 
sequalia, viscosa , petioli, nervus medius et vense primariz, hirsuto-tomentosi, 
petioli limbo eequales vel dimidio breviores. Calyx subcylindrieus, subangulatus, 
basi retusus. Stamina lutea. Bacca globosa, parva, pisi magnitudine , rubra. 
( v. s. in herb. Requien absque flor.) . 
cinerascens , foliis utrinque pubescentibus obscure viridibus sordide cine- 
