178 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
papalagi” (i. e. Solanum exoticum). ‘ Bird’s-eye pepper" of the European colonists. Naturalized 
in most parts of the Viti group (Seemann! n. 346). 
The bird’s-eye pepper is one of the most common plants in those parts of the group longest frequented 
by Europeans, who use the fruit on account of its pungent properties. The natives do not seem to take to it. 
III. Physalis, Linn. Gen. 250; Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. i. p. 434. Calyx 5- 
fidus seu 5-dentatus, post anthesin increscens, vesiculoso-inflatus. Corolla rotato-campanulata, pli- 
cata, limbo 5-sinuato, angulis totidem acutis. Stamina 5, inclusa; filamenta libera, filiformia; 
antherz erectze, filamentis dimidio breviores v. ea subzequantes, conniventes, longitudinaliter dehis- 
centes. Ovarium 2-loculare; placentis subglobosis, dissepimento adnatis, oc-ovulatis. Stylus 
simplex; stigma capitatum. ' Bacca calyce inflato connivente recondita, globosa, 2-locularis, placen- 
tis crassis. Semina co, reniformia, compressa. Embryo intra albumen carnosum, subperiphe- 
ricus, spiralis.—Herbze annus v. perennes; foliis alternis v. geminatis, integris v. lobatis; floribus 
solitariis, extra-alaribus.— Herschelia, Bowdich, Madeira, 252. Atkekep aie spec. Tourn. Inst. 150. 
t. 64. Pentaphiltrum, Rchb. Nom. n. 4571. 
1. P. Peruviana, Linn. Spec. vol. ii. 1670; DC. Prodr. l.c. ; herbacea, perennis, pilis simpli- 
cibus dense pubescenti-villosis; caule erecto subramoso; foliis cordatis acuminatis integris v. den- 
tato-sinuatis subtomentosis ; corolla maculata ; antheris violaceis; calycibus fructus ovatis pallidis, — 
P. esculenta, Willd. in Act. Nat. Cur. Berol. vol. iv. p. 197. P. tomentosa, Medic. Act. Pal. vol. iv. 
p. 184. t. 4 e. P. edulis, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1068. “Cape Gooseberry,” of the white settlers.—On 
roadsides, common throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 338). Also collected in the Sandwich Islands 
(Barelay! Seemann!). Abounding in most parts of the tropics, and New Holland. 
The fruit of the Cape Gooseberry is eaten by the colonists. 
2. P. angulata, Linn. Hort. Cliffort. p. 62; DC. l.c.; herbacea, ramosissima, glabra; foliis 
ovatis oblongisve acutis inzqualiter dentato-serratis; corollis immaculatis; antheris pallide cæru- 
lescentibus; calycibus fructus 4-angulatis basi RANA. laciniis sub iur 3-angularibus subulatis 
tubum suum zquantibus.— P. flaccida, Soland. in Forst. Prodr. n. 506, et Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 
(ined.) p. 233. Rumph. Amb. vol. vi. p. 60. Rheede, Mal. vol. x. p. 139. t. 70.—In waste places, 
common in Viti (Seemann! n. 339). Also collected in Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Barclay !). 
Diffused over the East and West Indies, Mauritius, and Brazil. 
IV. Datura, Linn. Gen. 246; Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. i. p. 538. Calyx tubu- 
losus, sæpe angulatus, apice 5-fidus v. hinc longitudinaliter fissus, supra basim peltatam persistentem 
circumscissus, parte cireumscissá decidua. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo amplo patente plicato, 
5-dentato, estivatione contortuplicata. Stamina 5, corolle tubo inserta, inclusa v. subexserta; an- 
therz longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium incomplete 4-loculare, dissepimento altero supra me- 
dium deliquescente, altero completo medio utrinque placentifero, placentis porrectis oc-ovulatis, 
Stylus simplex; stigma 2-lamellatum. Capsula ovata v. subglobosa, muricata v. aculeata, rarius 
brevis, semi-4-locularis, incomplete ad septa 4-valvis. Semina co, reniformia, in nonnullis subtri- 
gona; testa modo crustacea dura, modo suberosa, crassissima. Embryo intra albumen carnosum 
subperiphericus, arcuatus.—Herbe viros, feetidze, annuæ v. perennes, nunc suffrutescentes v. arbo- 
rescentes; foliis petiolatis oblongis v. ovatis, szepius angulato-dentatis; floribus alaribus, solitariis, 
sepius magnis, albis violaceis v. coccineis.—Brugmansia, Pers. Ench. vol. i. p. 216. | Stramonium, 
Tournef. Inst. p. 118. t. 33 et 34. 
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E D. DES NR Linn, Spec. vol.i. p. 179; DC. l.c.; caule levi crasso erecto tereti basi 
simplici apice dichotomo; foliis petiolatis ovato-acuminatis inzqualiter sinuato-dentatis acutis; 
