SOLANACEJ. V., Puysatis. 
Philadelphian Water Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 
Pl. 1 to 13 foot. 
Secr. III. Axnómaræ. Roots perennial. ? Stems herbaceous. 
Corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, not plicate as in the other 
sections. Perhaps a distinct genus. 
22 P. Ortnocr’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
12.) stem angular, bairy ; leaves quite entire, ovate, sub-acu- 
minated, unequal at the base, hairy on the veins and nerves 
beneath ; flowers twin? ; teeth of calyx acute; corollas funnel- 
shaped. %.? S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, near 
Arichuna, and the cataract of the Atures. Corolla 5 times 
longer than the calyx, pilose. Berry globose, size of a large 
pea, inclosed in the bladdery, reticulated calyx. 
Orinoco Winter Cherry. 
23 P. XararE'wsis (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. 13.) stêm angular ? 
glabrous, or the branches are marked by a pilose line; leaves 
oblong, acuminated, entire, rather pilose, ciliated ; flowers um- 
bellate, pedunculate ; corolla campanulately funnel-shaped. ¥.? 
S. Native of Mexico, between Perote and Xalapa, at the alti- 
tude of 700 hexapods. Flowers size of those of the preceding 
species ; the fruit also resembling it. 
Xalapa Winter Cherry. Pl. ? 
+ Species hardly known, or very imperfectly described. 
24 P. osscu'RA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 149.) leaves 
subcordate, almost orbicular, acuminated, unequally toothed ; 
stem herbaceous, divaricate, much branched ; branches angular. 
©. H. Native of Lower Carolina, in sandy fields. P. obscüra, 
P, pubéscens, Pursh. fl. 1. p. 157. P. angulàta, Walt. fl. car. 
p.99. Plant clothed with viscid down. Corolla yellow, with 
5 brown spots, and bluish anthers. Nearly allied to P. 
pruinosa. 
Obscure Winter Cherry. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
25 P.susTRIFLÓRA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 1. t. 178. f. b.) 
stem angular ; leaves ovate, acute, quite entire, villous; pedun- 
cles 2-3-flowered; fruit drooping.— Native of Peru. Perhaps 
not belonging to the genus. 
Subtriflowered Winter Cherry. PI. 
26 P. rA'rurA (Mill. diet. no. 12.) much branched, spread- 
ing; branches angular, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, pinnately- 
toothed. ©. H. Native of Vera Cruz, Houston. Humble. 
Leaves woolly. Flowers small, white. Berry small, yellowish. 
Spreading Winter Cherry. Pl. humble. 
27 P. virLósA (Mill. dict. no. 13.) much branched; branches 
villous ; leaves ovate, acuminated, serrately toothed. ©. H. 
Native of Vera Cruz, Houston. Flowers small, pale yellow. 
Berry globose, yellowish green, size of a cherry. 
Villous Winter Cherry. Pl.? 
28 P.corpa'ra (Mill. dict. no. 14.) stem erect, branched; 
leaves ovate, serrate-toothed ; petioles and peduncles very long. 
©. H. Native of Vera Cruz, Houston. Leaves purple in 
autumn, like those of Làümium. Flowers small, white. Berry 
large, size of a cherry, greenish yellow, striped with purple. 
Cordate-leaved Winter Cherry. PI. 2 feet. 
29 P. maxima (Mill. dict. no. 15.) stem erect, branched ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, clammy ; fruit large, cordate. ©. H. 
Native of Vera Cruz, Houston. Stem glabrous, almost 3 feet 
high. Leaves on long petioles. Flowers small, cream-coloured. 
Berry pale yellow. 
Largest Winter Cherry. PI. 3 feet. B 
30 P. Lu`rea (Medic. act. palat. 4. phys. p. 186.) fructiferous 
calyxes pear-formed, unopen, almost filled by the berry ; corol- 
las spotless. 2%.H. Native country unknown. Said to be 
VI. Saracna. 451 
allied to P. viscósa, but differs in the fructiferous calyx being 
oblong, with 10 elevated angles. 
Yellow Winter Cherry. Pl.? 
31 P. ramosa (Forsk. fl. arab. p. 204.) leaves solitary and 
twin, broadly ovate, acute, sinuately toothed, rather villous. ©. 
H. Native of Arabia, at Uahfad. Habit of P. alkekéngi, but 
the calyx is much inflated and pentagonal. Corolla yellow. 
Berry dry, red. 
Branched Winter Cherry. PI. ? 
32 P. nu'rans (Walt. fl. carol. p. 99.) leaves alternate, ovate, 
and are, as well as the stem, which is rather angular, tomentose ; 
flowers solitary, drooping. ©.? H. Native of Carolina. 
Drooping Winter Cherry. Pl. ? 
33 P. mucronata (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 11, without any 
diagnosis.) Nothing is known of this plant but the name. 
Mucronate Winter Cherry. Pl. 1 foot. 
34 P. micra’nrHA (Link, enum. 1. p. 181.) hairy; leaves 
cordate, acute, toothed ; peduncles axillary, at length reflexed ; 
calyx angular, with acute segments. ©.H. Native country 
unknown. P. parviflóra, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 11. Nearly 
allied to P. pubéscens, and probably only a variety of it. Corolla 
small, yellow. 
Small-flowered Winter Cherry. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Solanum, p. 442. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. 
VI. SARA‘CHA (named by Ruiz. and Pavon, after Isodore 
Saracha, a Benedictine monk much attached to the study of 
botany, and who enriched the royal gardens at Madrid with 
many rare plants.) Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 42. t. 178. 
prod. p. 349.  Bellínia, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. lvi. and 
p. 687. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 
angled, 5-cleft; segments ovate, permanent. Corolla campa- 
nulately rotate: with 5 equal, reflexed lobes, and furnished 
with 5 nectariferous pits at the base. Anthers cordate, straight, 
dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma capitate. Berry globose, 1-2- 
celled, half inclosed in the hardly inflated calyx, almost to the 
middle; placenta fleshy. Seeds many, compressed, reniform.— 
Usually herbaceous, procumbent, or erect plants. Leaves alter- 
nate, petiolate, entire, usually twin, especially the upper ones. 
Peduncles from the forks of the stem, or axils of the leaves, 2 
or many flowered, usually umbellate and drooping.  Sarácha 
only differs from Solanum in the filaments being woolly at the 
base, and closing up the mouth of the tube of the corolla; and 
by its cordate anthers, with the cells opening lengthwise. 
* Annual Plants. 
1 S. procu’mpens (Ruiz. et Pav, fl. per. 2. p. 48. t. 180. f. 
b.) herbaceous, procumbent ; leaves twin, unequal, ovate, quite 
entire, glabrous in the adult state, but when young villous on the 
margins and back ; flowers umbellate, drooping ; filaments gla- 
brous. ©. H. Native of Peru, in the valley of Canta. 
A'tropa procümbens, Cav. icon. 1. p. 53. t. 72. Jacq. hort. 
schoenbr. t. 492.  A'tropa plicàta, Roth, catalect. 2. p. 24. 
Physàlis solanàcea, Mentens ex Roth, l. c. Solanum procüm- 
bens, D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 611.  Bellínia procümbens, Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 4. p. 687. Stem dichotomous, furrowed, downy, 
angular. Leaves rarely solitary. Peduncles axillary, 2-3-4- 
flowered ; pedicels and calyxes villous. Corolla cream-co- 
loured, with a green centre, and downy margin. Berry shining, 
size of a pea. 
Procumbent Saracha. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. Pl. proc. 
2 S. vuBELLA' TA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 142.) 
herbaceous, erect, hairy, much branched; leaves ovate, wrin- 
kled, entire, shining, acute, scabrous: floral ones twin; flow- 
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