DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 3538 
houses. Spread throughout Polynesia, Formosa, Malaysia, North Australia, Ceylon, 
ete. 
REFERENCES: 
Phymatodes phymatodes (L.) Maxon. 
Polypodium phymatodes L. Mant. 306, 1771. 
Physalis angulata. GROUND-CHERRY. 
Family Solanaceae. 
LocaL NAMES.—Tomates de Brihuega (Spanish); Sisio, Asisio (Philippines). 
An annual glabrous weed, with angled stem. Leaves ovate, with cuneate base 
and long-acuminate teeth, or subentire; calyx o-parted, inflated like a bladder around 
the included berry; calyx-lobes deltoid; bladder sharply 5-angular; corolla pale; 
stamens 5, anthers violet; stigma capitate; berry 2-celled, turning yellow when ripe 
and nearly filling the calyx. 
Widely spread in the warmer regions of the world. In Guam it grows in waste 
places. Fruit eaten occasionally by the natives. 
REFERENCES: 
Physalis angulata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 183. 1753. 
Physalis minima. GROUND-CHERRY. 
LocaL NAMES.—Tomate chaka, i. e., ‘‘Rat tomato’? (Guam); Tomates de Bri- 
huega (Spanish); Sisio, Asisio (Philippines). 
An annual pubescent plant. Leaves ovate, sinuate, angular, or scarcely lobed; 
calyx inflated, enlarging after flowering, 5 or 10-ribbed; corolla yellow; berry 12 
mm, in diameter. Abundant on cultivated land. Fruit eaten by the natives, form- 
ing a good salad, when raw, or made into a dulce. Chickens are fond of it. 
REFERENCES: 
Physalis ininima L. Sp. Pl. 1: 183.1753. 
Physic-nut. See Jatropha curcas. 
Pia (Samoa). See Tacca pinnatifida. 
Piao (Guam). General name for bamboo. 
Piao lahe, Piao tituka (Guam). See Bambos bhumeana. 
Piao palaoan ((iuam). See Bambos sp. 
Piga (Guam). 
General name for Alocasia spp., giant aroids with acrid starchy stems, eaten in 
times of famine. 
Piga-palayi (Guam). See Crinum asiaticum. 
Pigeon pea. See Cajan cajan, 
Pigweed, green. See Amaranthus viridis, 
Pigweed, spiny. See Amaranthus spinosus. 
Piipii (Hawaii). See Andropogon aciculatus. 
Pili (Philippines). See Canarium indicum. 
Pilikai (Hawaii). See Argyreia tiliaefolia. 
Pina (Guam, Philippines, Spanish). See Ananas ananas. 
Pineapple. See Ananas ananas. 
Piod or Piut (Guam). See Ximenia americana. 
Piper betle. BreveEL PEPPER. PLATE LXIIIL. 
Family Piperaceae. 
LocaL NAMES.—Puputilo, Puptlu (Guam); Tambula (Sanscrit); Tambol (Per- 
sian); Tanbol (Arabic); Bulat-wel, Bulat woela (Ceylon); Buyo (Philip- 
pines); Kolu (Solomon Islands); Hurung, Huglong (Kaiser Wilhelmsland) ; 
Pan (Bengal). 
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