﻿108 SOLANACE.E (Wright). [Withimia. 



much inflated calyx ; seeds compressed. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 287 ; 

 Hook./. Fl Brit. Ind. iv. 239 ; 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. iii. ii. 229. 

 WJ arborescens, Dunal, I.e. 455. Physalis somnifera, Linn. Sp. 

 PI. ed. 1, 182; Sibth. Fl. Gr. t. 233; var. communis, Nees in 

 Linncea, vi. 455 ; Drege in Linneea, xx. 203 ; var. flexuosa, Nees, 

 I.e. 454 ; Wight, Ic. t. 853. P. tomentosa, Thunb. Prodr. 37, and 

 Fl. Cap. ed.Sclmlt. 191 ; Brege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 58, 

 69, 134, 139. P. arborescens, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, 261 ; Thunb. 

 Prodr. 37, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 190; Nees in Linncea, vi. 456. 

 Hypnoticum somniferum, Bodrig. ex Dunal, I.e. 453. 



Coast Region: Cape Div. ; Lion Mountain, Burchell, 'i05 l Ecklon, 635 ! 

 gvavel-pit below Lion Battery, Wolley Dod, QS^ol S^velleiidam iJiv. j between 

 Swellendam and Breede River, Burchell, 7451 ! Oudtshoorn Div. ; near Slsm? 

 lliver, Thvnberg ! Uitenbage Div. ; Zwarlkops River, 50-500 ft., Zeylier, 3465, 

 495! Enon, under 1000 ft., Brege! Sam Tees Vlakte, near Euon, Baur, 154! 

 Alexandria Div. ? between Fish River and Sunday River Thunberg ! Albany 

 Div.; near Boscbmans River and Geelboutboom, under 1000 ft., Brege! Peddie 

 Div. ; Fredi-icksburg, Gill! 



Cf.nthal Region : Somerset Div.; near the Fish River, Burlce ! and without 

 precise locality. Cooper, 525 ! Fraserbnrg Div. ; Nieuvvveld, between Zak River 

 Poort and Leeuweu Foutein, 3000-4000 fc, Breye ! Beaufort West Div. ; between 

 Rlienoster Kop and Ganze Fontein, 3500-4500 ft., Brege ; Graaff Reinet Div.; 

 amongst shrubs on the Sneeuwberg Range, 3800 ft.. Bolus, 1963 ! Aliwal North 

 Div. ; Aliwal North, Kuntze. 



Westebn Region : Great Naraaqnaland ; Tiras, Schinz, 862 ! 

 Kalahaei Region -. Griqnaland West ; plain at the foot of the Asbestos 

 Mountains, between Kloof Village and Witte Water, Burchell, 2069! at Griqua 

 Town, BuTchell, 1923! Transvaal; Wonderboom Poort, Rehmann, 4525! 

 Libombo Mountains, Wilms, 1015 ! 



Eastern Region: Tembulaod ; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baw, 597! Natal; near 

 the Umlazi River, Krauss, 150 ! on sandy hills near Durban, Wood, 1761! 

 Krantz Kloof, near Ladysmith", Runtze, and without precise locality, Guelnzius ! 

 Cooper, 1185 ! 2811 ! Gerrard, 51 ! 



Also in the drier subtropical parts of India, Arabia, Persia, the Mediterranean 

 Region, the Canaries und Tropical Africa. 



IV. NICANDEA, Adans. 



Calyx 5-partite, much enlarged and inflated in fruit, prominently 

 5-angled, scarious-membranous ; lobes cordate, subsagittate, wide, 

 conniving, reticulate. Corolla widely campanulate ; limb very 

 shortly or obscurely o-lobed ; lobes or folds very narrowly imbricate. 

 Stamens 5, inserted near the corolla-base ; filaments filiform, dilated 

 at the base into a pilose scale ; anthers ovate-oblong ; cells parallel, 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 3-5-celled ; style columnar ; stigma 

 oblong or subglobose, 3-5-partite, lobes conniving ; ovules many. 

 Berry globose, much shorter than the enlarged calyx. Seeds sub- 

 orbicular, compressed, minutely serobiculate ; embryo near the 

 margin, much curved ; cotyledons semiterete. 



An annual, erect, much-branched, glabrous herb ; leaves petioled, membranous, 

 coarsely sinuate-dentate or almost lobed; pedicels solitary, recurved; flowers 

 rather large. 



