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NICANDRA PHYSALOIDES. PrysALis-Like 
NICANDRA. | 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus, 5-angulatus, inflatus. Filamenta basi 
fornicata, germen tegentia. Bacca ex sueca, 3—5-locularis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Nicanpra physaloides; foliis ovato-oblongis eroso-sinuatis, 
petiolis decurrentibus. 
Nicanpra physaloides. Gaertn. sem. 2. p. 237. t. 131. f. 2. 
Persoon Syn. 1. p. 219. Willd. Enum: p. 231. Pursh. 
Fl. Am. Sept. 1. p. 158. Nutt. Gen, Am. 1. p. 130. 
Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. p. 681. 
Atropa physaloides ; caule herbaceo, foliis sinuato-angu- 
latis, calycibus clausis acutangulis. Sp. Pl. 260. 
Willd. 1. “p. 1017, Jacq. Obs. 4. p. 12. t. 98. Hort. 
Kew, ed. alt. 1. p. 392. : 
Puysaris daturefolia ; foliis ovatis acutis reine ong 
oe fructescentibus acutangulis. Lam. Eneyel. 
> ?p. : 
CALYDERMos erosus ; caule pentagono, foliis ovatis eroso- 
angulatis, pedunculis unifloris erectis, fructibus cer- 
A nus. Flor, Peruv. 2. p. 44. - 
oe amplo flore violaceo. Feuill. Peruv. 2. p. 724. 
ees 
th DESC. Root annual. Stem branched, upright, two or — 
ree feet high, sometimes considerably more elevated : 
anches angular. Leaves oblong-oval, unevenly sinuate, 
Very like those of the stramonium or thorn-apple : petioles 
: decurrent. 
