450 
acuminated, sinuately serrated, glabrous : serratures mucronate ; 
corolla spotless ; anthers violaceous ; fructiferous calyxes ovate, 
acuminated, equal; peduncles elongated, glabrous. ©. 
Native of Brazil. P. dubia, Link, enum. 1. p. 181. P. ixo- 
cárpa, Brot. hort. bonn. P. angulàta, Hort. P. arenària, 
Hort. Vrat.—Mor. hist. 3. p. 526. sect. 13. t. 3. f. 22. Stems 
procumbent at length, but erect at first. Upper leaves twin. 
Calyx rather scabrous, with triangular, acuminated segments. 
Corolla sinuately 5-angled, yellow, with a more obscure, 5-lobed 
star in the bottom; angles acute. Berry globose, yellow. 
The variety having the calyx veined with purple is the P. 
dübia, Link ; and the one with pale, self-coloured calyx, is P. 
arenària, Hort. Vrat. 
Link's Winter Cherry. 
2 feet. 
16 P. LAxNcEIròLIA (Nees, in Linnza, 6. p. 473.) herbaceous, 
annual, smoothish ; stem dichotomous; leaves lanceolate, atte- 
nuated at both ends, a little toothed ; corolla spotless ; anthers 
bluish ; fructiferous calyx pendulous, ovate, equal? ; peduncles 
very long, downy. ©. H. Native of Peru, Mexico, and North 
America?. P. angulàta, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 42. Stem 
thickened at the nodi, sulcately angular. Leaves sometimes 
twin, pale green: lower ones glabrous: upper ones minutely 
pubescent about the petioles and principal veins, as well as the 
calyx in the same way ; midrib marked by a furrow on both 
sides. Corolla downy outside, cream-coloured. Berry globose, 
yellow. 
Lance-leaved Winter Cherry. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
17 P. AncuLA'rA (Lin. hort. cliff. p. 62. spec. p. 262.) herba- 
ceous, annual, much-branched, glabrous; leaves ovate or 
oblong, acute, coarsely, unequally, and dentately serrated, but in 
var. Hi almost entire; corolla spotless; anthers pale blue; fruc- 
tiferous calyx 5 angled, truncate at the base; the segments 
triangularly subulate under florescence, about equal in length to 
its tube. ©.H. Native of the East Indies, Willd. spec. 1. 
p. 1022. Reem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 676, exclusive of var. 
DB, and its synonymes. Nees in Linnea, 6. p. 474, and in Lin. 
trans, 17. p. 70. P. obscura, var. a, glabra, Pursh, fl. 1. p. 
157. P. Peruviàna, Wall. cat. no. 2684. A. E. G.a H. P. 
mínima, Wall. cat. no. 2633. P. flexuosa, and P. angulata, 
Russel, herb. P. angulàta, Heyne, herb. P. flexuósa, and P. 
Sugünda, Hamilt. herb. —Dill. elth. p. 13. t. 12. f. 19.—Mor. 
hist. 3. p. 527. sect. 13. t. 3. f. 27. ? —Rheed. mal. 10. p. 139. 
t. 70. Corolla small, short, somewhat campanulate, yellow. 
Berry size of a cherry, globular, yellow ? 
Var. (9, pátula; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at the 
base and apex; stem diffuse. (2. H. Native of Vera Cruz 
and Brazil. P. pátula, Mill. dict. no. 12. 
Var. y, Bonariénsis ; leaves oblong, almost quite entire. ©. 
H. Native of Buenos Ayres. P. angulata, $, foliis integérri- 
mis, Lin. spec. 262. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 676.— Dill. 
elth. p. 12. t. 11. f. 11. 
Angular-calyxed Winter Cherry. Cit. 
1732, Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
18 P. I'Npica (Lam. dict. 2. p. 102. no. 14.) herbaceous, 
annual; stem erect, divaricately dichotomous, and is, as well 
as the branches, flexuous, and the petioles clothed with fine 
viscid pubescence, roughish ; leaves ovate, or oblong, a little 
toothed ; corolla spotless ; anthers yellow ; fructiferous calyx 
ovate, rather angular; the segments triangular under flores- 
cence, and not half as long as its tube. ©.H. Native of the 
East Indies, and New Holland. Nees in Linnea, 6. p. 476. P. 
parviflora, R. Br. prod. p. 447. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 4. p. 
680. P. mínima, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p.242. Mill. dict. no. 11. 
Nicándra Indica, Reem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 682. P. Alke- 
kéngi, Lour. coch. 1. p. 164. P. pseüdo-angulàta, Blum. bijdr. 
Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1821. PI. 1 to 
Fl. June, Sept. 
SOLANACE/E. 
V. Puvsaris. 
pa 200 SE: angulàta, Willd. P. Peruviàna, Wall. cat. no. 
2634.—Rumph. amb. 4. p. 61. t. 25. f. 1. Stem dwarf, usually 
violaceous, scabrous from short, glandular pubescence, as well 
as the branches, which are also viscid. Leaves twin, unequal, 
Flowers size and form of those of P. angulàta, but more tubu- 
lar. Calyx scabrous from viscid down. 
Var. B, microcárpa (Nees, in Linnea, 6. p. 476.) flowers and 
fruit not above half the size of those of the species ; fructifer- 
ous calyx almost globose. ©. H. Native of Nipaul. P. 
divaricàta, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 97. P. Peruviàna, Wall. 
cat. no. 2634. P. angulàta, var. 9, Hamilt. herb. 
Indian Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 
to 2 feet. 
19 P. mínima (Lin. hort. cliff. p. 62. spec. 262.) herbaceous, 
annual, loosely villous, diffusely branched ; leaves cordate, or 
ovate, acuminated, serrately toothed, or almost entire, pilose ; 
corolla spotless ; anthers yellow; fructiferous calyx ovate, an- 
gular, hairy : the segments triangularly acuminated under flo- 
rescence, and shorter than its tube. ©. H. Native of the 
East Indies, and Vera Cruz, Miller.? Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 242. 
Nees in Linnea, 6. p. 479. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 89. P. parvi- 
flora, Lag. gen. et spec. nov. diagn. p. 11. no. 147. Willd. 
enum. suppl. p. 11. P. Lagáscae, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
679. P. villósa, Roth. nov. spec. p. 122. P. Rothiàna, Roem. 
et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 627. P. Peruviàna, Wall. cat. no. 2634. 
B.etJ. P.angulàta, P. Peruviàna, and P. pubéscens, Heyne, 
herb. P. Barbadénsis, and P. Peruviàna, Wight. herb. P. 
pubéscens, Willd. herb. Pee Inotà-jnodien, Rheed. mal. 10. 
t. 140. f. 71.? The whole plant is covered with long, white, 
clammy hairs. Corolla tubularly campanulate, yellow. 
Var. B, parviflora; fruit smaller, ovate, almost globose; 
leaves almost entire. ©. H. P. parviflóra, Willd. herb. P. 
Abyssínica, et P. parviflóra, Willd. herb. Corolla yellow, hardly 
spotted at the throat. 
Least Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. 
1 foot. 
20 P. prostra‘ra (Lher. stirp. p. 43. t. 22.) herbaceous, 
annual; stem much branched, prostrate, villous, as well as the 
leaves; leaves cordate, or ovate-elliptic, repandly-toothed, on 
long petioles; corollas large, blue; fructiferous calyx globose, 
membranous, ribbed. ©. H. Native of Peru, Jacq. coll. 1. 
p. 99. icon. rar. 1. t. 38. Andr. bot. rep. t. 75. Ruiz. et 
Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 41. Lam. ill. t, 116. f. 2. P. Liménsis, 
Retz, obs. 5. p. 22, Physaloides prostràta, Moench.  Corollas 
campanulately funnel-shaped, 11 inch in diameter, blue, painted 
with deeper purple veins. Berry small, yellowish. 
Prostrate Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1782. Pl. 
prostrate, 
1820. SPRS 
Clt. 1759. Pl. 4 to 
§ 2. Fructiferous calyx open, and filled with the fruit. 
21 P. Parapr'renca (Lam. dict. 2. p. 101.) herbaceous, 
annual, smoothish ; stem erect, dichotomous, and is, as well as 
the branches, strict; leaves obliquely ovate, acuminated, re- 
pandly angular; corollas spotted, and veiny; fructiferous calyx 
when mature open, girding the berry. ©. H. Native of 
North America, from New England to Virginia, in dry places 
on the banks of rivers, Pursh. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 157. 
Physàlis chenopodifolia, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1023. enum. suppl. 
p. 11, but not of Lam. Physàlis ovata, Poir. suppl. 2. P* 
348. P. atriplicifülia, Jacq. fragm. p. 58. t. 85. f. a. Poir. 
suppl. 2. p. 348. P. megistocárpos, Zucc. obs. cent. no. 56. in 
Reem. coll. p. 130. Calyx 5-cleft to the middle, having the 
base and veins violaceous. Corolla yellow, marked with 5 
violet spots at the bottom, which emit more obscure veins. 
Calyx not inflated, as in the other species, but like that of 
Sarácha, of which it is probably a species. 
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