SOLANE.E. 435 



19. A. arborescens, Schlecht. Unarmed ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, 



pointed at both ends, petioled, glabrate, the younger ones hoary -pubescent ; corolla white, 

 gradually dilated from the base, 4-5 times as long as the calyx ; stamens exserted, at length 

 almost twice as long as the corolla. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 46. f. 1. Jacq. Schwnbr. 3. 

 t. 325. Besc. Fl. 3. I. 177- — Atropa, L. Cestrum eauliflorum, Jacq., Sieb. Mart. 278. 

 A. Miersi, Bun. ; Plumieri, Mrs. ; ramitlorus, Mrs. ! ; cauliflorus, Schtt. : all these, and 

 other forms, distinguished by authors, prove quite identical, the length of the stamens 

 depending upou the state of development. — 8-10' high; leaves 8"-2", calyx 1'"-1J'", 

 corolla 5'" long, its blunt recurved lobes usually pubescent along the margin ; berry yellow, 

 size of a pea. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., common in the mountains, from 2000' upwards 

 to 5000' alt. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [French islands ! ; Mexico, Venezuela I, New Granada !, 

 Brazil !, Peru]. 



8. WITI1ERING1A, L'Her., Kth. (non Mart., non Mrs.) 

 (Sicklera, Sendtn. Fregirardia, Bun. Brachistus, Mrs.) 



Calyx small, campanulate, truncate or minutely 4-5-deutate. Corolla subrotate : limb 

 4-5-partite, valvate. Stamens 4-5, inserted into the corolla-throat : anthers erect, longi- 

 tudinally dehiscent. Stigma capitate or emarginate-capitate. Berry small, 2-celled. — Suf- 

 frutescent herbs or shrubs; leaves usually entire ; pedicels fascicled or single, usually be- 

 tween geminate leaves. 



Mr. Miers has well remarked, that this genus is nearly related to Acnistus, which is 

 chiefly distinguished by its longer corolla-tube. But according to the law of priority, the 

 names proposed by that author are objectionable, as from L'Heritier's figure the identity of 

 his genus with Brachistus is evident. Sarracha, It. P. (with the exclusion of S. jmnctala, 

 or Pcecilochroma, Mrs.), has the excrescent calyx of Pkysalis, though in a lesser degree : 

 hence Witheringia, Mrs., is to be named Athena>a, Sendtu. 



20. W. macrophylla, Kth. Suffrutescent, glabrescent ; leaves membranaceous, ovate- 

 oblong, pointed, entire ; pedicels numerous, cernuous, as long as the shorter, half as long as 

 the longer petiole of the unequal leaf-pair; calyx truncate; corolla-lobes 4, oblong-linear, 

 twice or thrice as long as the shortly clavate tube ; filaments bearded, much shorter than 

 the anthers, which are exceeded by the style : stigma capitate. — Brachistus, Mrs. — Larger 

 leaves 8"-4", smaller 3"-13", pedicels 8"'-4"', calyx $"'-*'", corolla-lobes 2i"-3'", anthers 

 l'"long; berry red, globose, 2"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils., iu mountain-woods at 

 Manchioneal ; [New Granada]. 



9. PHYSALIS,Z. 



Calyx 5 -fid, inflated like a bladder around the included berry. Corolla shortly campanu- 

 late ; limb plaited in the bud. Stamens 5, included, inserted into the inferior part of the 

 corolla : anthers erect, longitudinally dehiscent. Stigma capitate. Berry 2-celled. Em- 

 bryo curved. — Herbs ; leaves petioled ; pedicels solitary in the bifurcations of the stem, or 

 lateral : flowers pale-yellow in the West Indian species. 



21. P. peruviana, L. Perennial, villous-pubescent ; leaves cordate or ovate, sharply 

 pointed, few-toothed or entire; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acamiuate : keels of the bladder 

 obsolete ; corolla (6"'-8'" long,) purple-spotted within ; anthers violet. — Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1068. — P. pubescens, B. Br. (non.L. Cliff.). P. edulis, Sims. — Hab. Barbadoes (Ns.) ; 

 [New Granada ! to Peru ! and Brazil, naturalized in many warm countries of the globe]. 



22. P. pubescens, L. Cliff., Ns. Annual ; stem pubescent ; leaves ovate or subcor- 

 date, pointed, toothed-sinuate or subentire ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate : bladder 

 5 -angular ; corolla (3"'-4'" long,) purple-spotted within; anthers violet. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. 

 f 39. — p. barbadensis, Jacq. P. hirsuta, Bun. — Hab. Barbadoes (Jacq.), a weed; [French 

 islands ; United States! to Brazil, naturalized in other tropical countries], 



23. P- foetens, Poir. Annual, viscous-pubescent, diffuse ; leaves deltoid-ovate, coarsely 

 angular-toothed ; calyx -lobes lanceolate-acumiuate : angles of the bladder narrow, at length 

 obsolete; corolla (4'" long,) pale: limb spreading; anthers violet. — Barrel. Ic. 151. 

 Our specimens disagree with Nees's description (Linrnea, vi. p. 469) in having smaller leaves. 



