130 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. { 
to the mountainse Flow ering in July and August. Nearly ] 
allied, though appatently distinct from the Solanum cornite | 
é tum, so well figur ed in the Annales du Museum. ‘To this i 
genus, if such it may be considered, this latter species | 
“28 also be added, and probably the Solanum V espertilia, ‘ 
of Aiton. 
198. PHY SALIS. L. (Ground- cherry. Winter- 
here. J “ 
oft! y 2-celled, covered by the inflated ealix. 
a campanulate-rotate; tube marked with 5 
: sapien concave beprepsiong. Stamina con- 
~nivent, : 
“Annual | or perennial, some of the speciés shrubs; leaves ‘ 
for. the most part by pai: 8; flowers lateral, solitary, or se-— 
yeral together. 
Although the fruit thine gepus s has generally been con- 
sidered narcotic, the berr ‘east all the species indigenous 
to the United States, «re commonly eaten with safety 
perfectly ripe; they are -sweetish and subacid, and are 
~~ every where known by the name of. t “ ground-cherries.” 
: Specins. 1. Piwiscosa. 2. obscura. 3. lanceolata.’ 4. pen- i 
.. sylvanica. 5. angulata. 6. philadelphica. 7. pubescens. . 
This genus is almost exclusively. indigenous to India - 
and America; in Europe there is but 3 species, the P. Al- 
kekengi, there is also opened at the Cape of Good Hopes 
and the P. somnifera, a shrub indigenous to Mexico, is now 
tura in Crete, and Spain.” ‘ 
i ICANDRA. Adi unson. ae ae 
- Calix 5-parted, &} anglesj_ angles com- 
rAd, segments sagittate. Corolla campanu- 
fate. Stamina incurved. Seg 8 to Spee 
SS overed by theecalix, 2 
ilar to th rd 
1 NWN Phycaiedee 
rejectments of ga rde 
ee atolep ot one Be 
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