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entire or lobed. Flowers lateral or extra-alar, solitary or aggre- 
gate. Corollas greenish, white, yellow, or blue. 
Sect. I. PHYSALODENDRON (from $vcaXc, physalis, winter 
cherry; and éevépoy, dendron, a tree ; in allusion to the species 
being woody.) Shrubby. Flowers aggregate. 
1 P. somny'rera (Link, enum. hort. berol. 1. p. 180. Nees, 
in Linea, 6. p. 453.) shrubby; leaves quite entire ; flowers 
crowded, nearly sessile, sub-verticillate. h. G. Native of the 
East Indies; and the South of Europe; in the Grecian Islands, 
Spain, &c. Corolla yellowish-green. Berry small, red. 
Var. a, flexuósa (Nees, in Linnea, 6. p. 454. in Lin. trans. 
17. p. 66.) stem more flexuous ; leaves pubescent, or pubescently 
tomentose; flowers smaller; segments of the calyx about equal 
in length to the tube. h.G. Native of the East Indies, and 
the South of Europe. P. flexuósa, Lin. spec. p. 261. Jacq. 
eclog. 1. t. 23. Roxb. fl, ind. 2. p. 240. Wall. cat. no. 2635. 
P. Suqünda, Hamilt. herb. P. Alpini, Jacq. eclog. 1. p. 39. 
Pavétti, Alp. exot, p. 71. t. 70. ? Leaves smoothish or downy, 
canescent. Stem woolly or downy. 
Var. B, somnifera (Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 67.) stem less, 
flexuous ; flowers one half larger; segments of the calyx some- 
times shorter than the tube, and sometimes equal in length to it. 
h. G. Native of the Grecian Islands, Canaries, Mauritius, 
and the Cape of Good Hope. P. somnífera, Lin. hort. cliff. p. 
62. spec. 261. Mill. dict. no. 6. Sibth. et Smith, fl. grec. t. 
233. Cav. icon. 2. p. 2. t. 103. Jacq. eclog. 1. t. 22. Phy- 
saloides somnifera, Moench, meth. p. 473.— Mor. hist. 3. p. 526. 
sect. 13. t. 3. f. 20.— Tourn. inst. p. 151. — Xrpvxvoc Vmvort- 
xoc, Diosc. mat. lib. 4. cap. 73. P. arboréscens, Thunb. prod. 
p. 97. fl. cap. 1. p. 191. P. tomentósa, Sieb. fl. maur. 2. 
no. 226. Plant downy. Calyx greenish-yellow, or red. Co- 
rolla yellowish. 
Somniferous Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759, f. 
1796. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
2 P. AnBonE'sceNs (Willd. herb. Lin. spec. p. 261.? Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 1020. ?) stem arborescent; leaves repandly toothed ; 
flowers aggregate, pendulous ; corolla 5-parted. h.S. Na- 
tive of Mexico, about Campeachy. Mill. dict. no. 8. t. 206. f. 2. 
Leaves canescent, tomentose. Corolla tomentose outside, fuscous. 
This is the species described by Nees, in Linnea ; but the plant 
is described by Linnzus as follows: “Stem fruticose; leaves 
ovate, pilose; flowers solitary or twin; corollas revolute.” 
The leaves are also said to be dark green above, and woolly be- 
neath: upper ones twin. Corolla is said to be yellow, marked 
with brown spots inside, and the berry round, red, and the calyx 
becoming dark purple in the fructiferous state. The plant of 
Nees, and that of Linnzeus, are, however, probably the same, 
notwithstanding the apparent difference in the characters given 
to it by them. 
Arborescent Winter Cherry. Fl. 
à July, Aug. Clt. 1700. 
Shrub 4 to 12 feet. 
Sect. II. EunosronnizA (from ebpooroc, eurostus, robust; and 
pila, rhiza, a root; in reference to the strong roots of the 
species.) ^ Frutescent or herbaceous, with strong roots, and 
permanent bases of the stems. Flowers solitary. Alabastra 
while closed large for the size of the corolla, ventricose. 
3 P. viscósa (Lin. hort. cliff. p. 496. spec. p. 261.) herbace- 
ous, scabrous from bi-trifurcate, short hairs; root perennial, 
creeping, scabrous; stem dichotomous; leaves Ovate, or sub- 
cordate, entire, or toothed; flowers almost spotless ; segments 
of calyx unequal, broad, ovate. Y%. H. Native of Brazil ; 
and of Virginia, and from Pennsylvania to Carolina in North 
America. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 167. P. Pennsylvanica, 
SOLANACE£. 
V. Pusysaris. 
Lin. spec. 1670. Pursh, l. c. p. 167.— Dill. hort. elth. p. 
11. t. 10. f. 10. The whole plant is beset with short, 2-3-4- 
forked bristles, seated on minute tubercles : upper leaves 
twin, unequal. Corolla yellow, marked with a paler star in 
the centre. Berry ovate, or turbinate, umbilicate, smooth, vis- 
cid, orange-coloured, rather acid, and not disagreeable to the 
taste. 
Var. D, Jacquini; leaves ovate, repandly toothed, often 
acutish, smaller. 21. H. Native from Pennsylvania to Caro- 
lina. P. viscdsa, Jacq. vind. 2. t. 136. P. Jacquini, Link, 
enum. l. p. 180. P. Pennsylvániea, Lin. spec. 1670. Mill. 
dict. no. 3. P. tomentosa, Walt. fl. carol. p. 99. In P. Penn- 
sylvánica the stems are said to be procumbent, the flowers twin, 
and the berries small, red, size of a pea. : 
Clammy-berried Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1699, 
B.1726. Pl. 1 to 8 feet. 
4 P. raNcEoraA'rA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 149. Pursh. 
fl. 1. p. 157.) plant dwarf, downy ; leaves almost sessile, oval- 
lanceolate, almost entire, green on both surfaces, and rather 
downy; calyx villous; stem dichotomous. %.? H. Na- 
tive of Lower Carolina. P. Virginiana, Mill. dict. no. 4. t. 
206. f. 1.? Leaves tapering gradually into the petioles at the 
base. Corolla sulphur-coloured, with a dark purple bottom. 
Berry yellow, ex Mill. 
Lanceolate-\eaved Winter Cherry. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
5 P. Warren (Nutt. in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 112.) 
perennial, clothed with powdery tomentum, much branched, 
dichotomous ; leaves twin, broad, ovate, obtuse, on long peti- 
oles, entire; peduncles solitary, nutant; fructiferous calyx 
smoothish. 21. H. Native of South Carolina. P. lanceolata, 
Elliott, but not of Michx. Leaves green above. 
Walter's Winter Cherry. Pl. 1 foot ? $ 
6 P. ancustiròLIA (Nutt. l. c. p. 113.) perennial, quite gla- ^ 
brous, prostrate, dwarf; leaves very long, linear, fleshy, soli- 
tary; peduncles nutant, filiform, ^X. H. Native of West 
Florida. Leaves 3 inches long. 
Narrow-leaved Winter Cherry. P]. prostrate. 
7 P. Curassa'vica (Lin. hort. cliff. p. 62. spec. 261.) shrubby, 
clothed with viscid down; down simple, articulated ; stem 
erect; leaves ovate, repand ; flowers solitary, spotless; calyx 
hairy, with subulate segments. 2. S. Native of Curaqoa. 
Mill. dict. no. 5. P. origanifolia, Lam. ill. gen. no. 2398.— 
Mor. hist. 3. p. 527.—Plukn. phyt. t. 111. f. 5. Calyx cylin- 
drically campanulate, not angular, densely hairy. Corolla sinu- 
ately 5-angled, yellow. Berry greenish-yellow. This species 
differs from P. viscósa, in the down being simple, not forked, 
in the calyx being densely hairy and smaller, and in its seg- 
ments being short and subulate, and in the bottom of the corolla 
being pale. 
Curagoa Winter Cherry. PI. 
13 foot. 
, 8 P. AzxxkE'sor (Lin. spec. p. 262.) herbaceous, downy from 
simple hairs; root perennial, creeping; stem almost simple; 
leaves ovate-deltoid, acuminated, repand ; flowers spotless ; 
fructiferous calyx ovate, coloured : segments subulate. 4%. H 
Native of Europe, on exposed parts of hills; and of Japan? 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 1022. Sibth et Smith, fl. grec. t. 234. Schkuhr, 
handb. t. 45. P. Halicácabum, Scop. fl. carn. ed. 2d. no. 286. 
Alkekéngi officinàrum, Tourn. inst. p. 151. Zrpvyvoc åa- 
caBoc, Diosc. lib. 4. chap. 72.— Plench, off. t. 124.— Blackw. t. 
161. Corolla dirty white. Calyx reddish yellow, inclosing @ 
scarlet berry. The berries of the Alkekéngi, or Winter Cherry; 
were well known to the ancients, and are described by Dioscori- 
des. They have an acidulous, and not unpleasant flavour, fol- 
lowed by a slight bitterness, which they are said to derive from 
the investing calyx. Though esteemed detergent, and aperient, 
the fruit is chiefly recommended as a diuretic. From 6 to 12 — 
Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1699. 
