240 cll. SOLANACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Withania. 
lurid yellow. Filaments linear ; anthers level with the stigma. Berry 4-4 in. diam. 
Seeds à; in. diam., smooth. 
2. W. coagulans, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 685; stellately 
puberulous, leaves oblong obtuse, calyx-teeth triangular, flowers polygamo- 
dicecious, fruit-calyx leathery closely surrounding the berry. Boiss. FI. Orient. 
iv. 288. Puneeria coagulans, Stocks in Hook. Ic. t. 801; Wight Ic. t. 1616. 
PuNJAB and ScrNpE; frequent. SurLEDGE VALLEY; alt. 3300 ft., Thomson.— 
Distr. Cabul and Beloochistan. 
A somewhat rigid, grey undershrub. Leaves 1-2 in., attenuate at the base; 
petiole indistinct or } in. Pedicels 0-} in. Calyx in flower } in.; in fruit $ in, 
stellately mealy. Corolla } in., lurid yellow, stellately mealy without. Male f. 
filaments linear; anthers subexsert; ovary ellipsoid; style 0. Hermaphrodite f.; 
anthers subsessile, perfect, near the base of the corolla-tube; ovary globose ; style 
linear, stigma level with the mouth of the tube. Berry and seeds nearly as in W. 
somnifera.—This plant has been found in the act of passing from dimorphism to 
diœcism. —'* The Cheesemaker." 
3*. NICANDRA, Adans. 
An annual, glabrous herb. Leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, toothed or 
lobed.  Pedicels axillary, solitary. Calyx sub- 5-partite; sepals in fruit much 
enlarged, cordate-ovate, acute, reticulate. Corolla campanulate, blue; limb 
5-plaited. Stamens attached near the base of the corolla, filaments linear; 
anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 3-5-celled; style linear, 
stigma obscurely 3-6-lobed ; ovules very many. Berry globose, 3-5-celled. 
Seeds very many, compressed, subdiscoid ; embryo peripheric. 
N. physaloides, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 237, t. 141; Bot. Mag. t. 2458; 
Dunal in DC. Prodr. xii. pt. i, 434. -Atropa physaloides, Linn. ; Jacq. Obs. iv. 
t. 98. Physalis datureefolia, Lamk. Dict. ii. 102. 
SuBTEMPERATE Himataya; alt. 3-6000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim, introduced. 
Mrs. of W. Deccan PENwiNSULA, introduced.—Disrrip. Native of Peru; widely 
cultivated. . 
Leaves 4-7 in. Pedicels 1 in. Corolla 1 in. diam. Sepals in fruit 1 by $ in» 
deeply cordate at the base, overlapping so as to simulate a 5-angular calyx. 
4. LYCIUM, Linn. 
S inous shrubs, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves small, alternate or often 
fascicled at the nodes, entire, linear or oblong.  Pedicels solitary or fascicled at 
the nodes; flowers small. Calyx campanulate, at first 5-merous, then irre- 
gularly 3-5-lobed or 2-lipped ; in fruit not enlarged. Corolla funnel-shaped; 
lobes 5-4, imbricate in bud. Stamens 5-4, on the corolla-tube ; anthers oblong, 
exsert or included, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, 
stigma subcapitate; ovules few or many. Berry small, globose or oblong. 
Seeds several, few or 1, compressed; embryo peripheric.—Species 40; all 
temperate and subtropical regions, especially S. Africa and S. America. 
1. L. europseum, Linn.; Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 236 ; leaves linear-oblong, 
pedicels short, calyx 5-lobed irregularly, corolla-lobes not half so long as the 
tube, filaments glabrous at their base. ` Miers IU. S. Amer. Pl. ii. 95, t. 64, fig 
B; Brand. For. Fl. 345; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 288. L. indicum, Wight lc. 
t. 1403; Miers l. c. 97, t. 64, fig. E, not of Retz. L. mediterraneum, Dunal m 
DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 023. L. sevum, orientale, and persicum, Miers l.c, 95. 
