SOLANACEZE. V. Puvsaris. 
berries, or an ounce of the expressed juice, is given as a dose. 
In some parts of Germany the country people eat the fruit by 
handfuls, and in Spain and Switzerland they frequently supply 
the place of other eatable fruits. Instances are related of tbeir 
good effects in dropsical and calculous disorders, but at present 
they are wholly disregarded. In some parts they are esteemed 
as good as gooseberries for tarts. 
Alkekengi, or Common Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 
1548. Pl.1 to 14 foot. 
9 P. cueNoPoDiFOLIA (Lam. ill. no. 2401. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 
348.) herbaceous, perennial, tuberous at the base, clothed with 
hoary, simple tomentum ; stem erect, dichotomous ; leaves del- 
toid-ovate, angularly-toothed; corolla spotted; anthers viola- 
ceous ; fructiferous calyx ovate, angular, pale. X. S. Native 
of Peru. P. tuberósa, Willd. enum. 1. p. 232. P. incàna, 
Cat. hort. par. Root thick, branched. Leaves small for the 
size of the plant: superior ones twin, unequal. Flowers droop- 
ing. Calyx pubescently tomentose, bifid to the middle, with the 
segments unequal. Corolla downy outside, yellow, marked 
with 5 square, dark, violaceous spots at the bottom. Berry 
yellow, clammy. This species often occurs in gardens under 
the name of P. viscósa. 
Goosefoot-leaved Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. 
Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
10 P. HETEROPHY'LLA (Nees, in Linnea, 6. p. 463.) herbace- 
ous, villous, with a perennial root ; branches diffuse, angular, 
flexuous ; leaves twin, very unequal in size, ovate, or cordate, 
acute, toothed; corollas spotted; anthers yellow; fructiferous 
calyx ovate, angular, pale. 2/. H. Native of North America, 
on argillaceous hills in Pennsylvania, Poeppig. P. Pennsylva- 
nica, Willd. herb. P. tomentosa, Walt. fl. car. p. 99.? P. 
nutans, Walt. fl. car. p. 99. ? Root creeping. Stems procum- 
bent. Flowers nutant. Calyx hairy, 5-cleft, unequal. Corolla 
downy outside, with a repand margin, yellow, marked by 5 
obscure, brownish-violet spots. Leaves almost orbicular, cor- 
date, and ovate, and repand in various ways. 
Variable-leaved Winter Cherry. | Pl. procumbent. 
11 P. Pervvia'na (Nees in Linnea, 6. p. 464. and Lin. trans. 
17. p. 67.) herbaceous, perennial, densely and pubescently vil- 
lous from simple hairs; stem erect, branched a little; leaves 
cordate, acuminated, entire, or dentately sinuated, rather tomen- 
tose; corolla spotted; anthers violaceous; fructiferous calyx 
ovate, nearly equal, pale. 2%. G. Native of Peru, about 
Lima; East Indies ; New Holland, at Port Jackson; Madeira. 
Plant grey from down. Leaves twin. Calyx downy. Corolla 
size of that of P. Alkekéngi, yellow, marked with 5 brown 
spots at the throat. Berry globose, viscid, yellow, sweet- 
scented ; they are an excellent substitute for gooseberries in 
making tarts, for which they are used in many places. 
Var. a, esculénta; leaves more or less toothed. — Y. G. 
P. esculénta, Willd. in act. nat. car. berol. 4. p. 197. P. 
tomentosa, Medic. act. pal. 4. p. 184. t. 4. P. Peruviana, 
Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 241. Wall. cat. no. 2644. 
Var. a, edülis; leaves almost quite entire. 
viàna, Lin. spec. 1. p. 1670. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1022. enum. 1. 
p. 232. P. pubéscens, Lin. herb. R. Br. prod. p. 447. Ruiz. 
et. Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 41. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 675. 
P. tuberósa, Zucc. obs. cent. no. 43. in Roem. coll. p. 130. 
D. C. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 50. P. latifólia, Lam. ill. no. 
2407. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 676, P. Barbadénsis, 
Lam. dict. 2. p. 102. no. 12. P. edülis, Sims, bot. mag. t. 
1068. Balb. cat. hort. taur. 1813.—Mor. hist. 3. p. 526. sect. 
18. t. 3. f. 17.—Feuill, per. 3. p. 5. t. 1. 
Peruvian Winter Cherry. Fl. April, Oct. 
2 to 3 feet. 
Clt. 1798. 
y.G. P. Peru- 
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: 449 
Secr. II. EPETEIORHIZA (from ezerewc, epeteios, annual ; and 
pia, rhiza, a root; in reference to the annual roots.) Herba- 
ceous, annual; root slender. Flowers solitary. Alabastrum 
ovate, while closed small in respect to the corolla. 
§ I. Fructiferous calyx bladdery, closed. 
12 P. puse’scens (Lin. hort. cliff. no. 62. spec. p. 262.) 
herbaceous, annual, much branched, clothed with pubescent 
tomentum ; leaves unequal at the base, cordate, acuminated, 
toothed, but quite entire at the base ; corollas spotted; anthers 
violaceous ; fructiferous calyx ovate, acuminated, acutely angu- 
lar, retuse at the base. ©. H. Native of North America, as 
of Virginia, Carolina, and Pennsylvania ; East Indies, but hardly 
indigenous ; Island of Ascension, but probably introduced. 
Pursh. fl. sept. amer. 1. p. 157. P. ramósa, Mill. dict. no. 9. 
P. Peruviàna, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 241. Wall. cat. no. 2034. 
C. D.F. P. Rothiàna, Herb. hort. berol. Alkekéngi procüm- 
bens, Moench. meth. 473.— Mor. hist. 3. p. 527. sect. 13. t. 8. 
f. 24. P. staminea, Muhl. in herb, Willd. P. edülis, Cyr. 
Balb. cat. hort. taur. 1813. Mill. fig. t. 206. f. 1. The whole 
plant is densely clothed with minute soft down. Leaves gene- 
rally distinctly cordate at the base. Corolla yellow, marked with 
5 roundish, brownish-violet spots at the throat. Berries yel- 
lowish when ripe, size of cherries; they are called gooseberries 
in many parts, and are used in tarts as a substitute for them. 
Var. B, pruindsa; leaves also toothed at the base. ©. H. 
Native of America. P. pubéscens, 8, Lam. dict. 2. p. 101. no. 
9. P. pruinósa, Lin. spec. p. 263. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 
p. 678. P. Barbadénsis, Jacq. misc, 2. p. 359. icon. rar. 1. t. 
39. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 676. Willd. enum. 1. p. 
232. P. obscüra, D, pubéscens, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 157. 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 677. no. 21. 9.— Dill. elth. p. 12. 
1209:2£:19; 
Donny Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1640. 
to 2 feet. 
13 P. re@‘rens (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 348.) herbaceous, annual, 
clothed with clammy pubescence ; branches dichotomously dif- 
fuse ; leaves ovate-elliptic, unequal at the base, acute, coarsely 
toothed ; corollas spotted; anthers violaceous ; fructiferous 
calyx ovate, ventricose, equal. ©. H. Native of tropical 
America, P. foetidissima, Lag. gen. et spec. nov. diagn. p. 10. 
no. 146. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 680. Link, enum. 1. p. 
181. P. nodosa, Lam. ill. p. 29. ? The whole plant is clothed 
with capitate, soft, short hairs, of an ungrateful smell, green, 
and shining. Stems and branches thickened at the joints. 
Corolla rather downy outside, with ciliated edges, sulphur- 
coloured, marked with 5 large livid-violaceous spots at the 
bottom; angles acute. Berry nearly globose, yellowish. 
Stinking Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 
1} to 2 feet. 
14 P. xoua4'rA (Jacq. fil. eclog. ?. Nees in Linnea, 6. p 
470.) herbaceous, annual; stem dichotomous, and clothed with 
hairy pubescence at the side, as well as the erect, strict branches; 
leaves ovate, or oblong, sinuately serrated, glabrous; corollas 
spotted ; anthers violaceous; fructiferous calyx ovate-sub- 
globose, smooth ; pedicels short, hairy. (9. S. Native country 
unknown. P. ixocárpa, Brot. ex D. C. hort. monsp. 1813. 
Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 26. Upper leaves said to be twin. 
Leaves sometimes scabrous on the midrib and veins beneath ; 
petioles hairy above. Calyx downy ; segments triangular. 
Corolla small, downy outside, yellow, with a blackish violet 
bottom. Berry large, yellow, filling the bottom of the calyx. 
Equal-calyxed Winter Cherry. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1826. 
Pl. 11 to 2 feet. : 
15 P. Lixxra'sa (Nees, in Linnea, 6. p. 471.) herbaceous, 
annual, Du ; stem branched, rather diffuse ; leaves ovate, 
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