Solatium SOL AN ACE AE Physalls 



their large edible berries, e.g. Wonderberry (B.M.868). Unripe fruits and leaves 

 of these plants may be poisonous. Fig. 327. 



8. Solanum capsicastrum Link (B.M.868). Bushy shrub, to 1.3 m.; fls. white, V-VI; 

 fr. scarlet to orange-red, VII-IX. Introduced from South America; locally in An., 

 Che., Ki., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



9. Solanum pseudo-capsicum Linn. Jerusalem Cherry ZKJfflfiiH (Yu San Hu; Jade 

 Coral) (B.M.868). Bushy shrub, to 1.3 m.; fls. white, VI-VIII; fr. red, yellow, 

 VII-X. Old World; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



10. Solanum tuberosum Linn. Potato HinSf (Ma Ling Shu; Horse-bell Tuber) #^- 

 (Yang Yu; Foreign Potato) (B.M.868). Bushy herb, to lm.; fls. white, VI-VIII; 

 fr. yellowish or green. Introduced from temperate regions in the Andes; locally 

 in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ku. Cultivated, tubers. 



2. Lycopersicon Mill. Tomato s\MfflM (Liu Yueh Shih Shu; 

 Sixth-month-persimmon Genus) 



Coarse rank herbs, differing from Solanum in being always unarmed, and in hav- 

 ing pinnate or pinnatifid I vs., and especially in the anthers, which have sterile tips, and 

 open from top to bottom; fls. 5-6-merous, yellow; sepals spreading, acuminate: fr. a 

 fleshy 2-several-celled berry. 12 species, in South America; one cultivated in China. 

 (Greek: lycos, wolf, and persicon, peach.) 



1. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. #Jn (Fan Ch'ieh) (B.M.869). Perennial, to 2 m.; 

 fls. yellow, VI-IX; fr. red, yellow, VII-X. Introduced from western South Ame- 

 rica; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Cultivated, fruit. Fig. 328. 



3. Capsicum Linn. Red Pepper #feJH (Fan Chiao Shu; 

 Aborigines'-pepper Genus) 



Erect glabrous herbs (under cultivation) or shrubs with simple entire lvs., white or 

 violet-tinged fls. in 2's or 3's or solitary; corolla rotate; anthers free; ovary 2-3-celled: 

 fr. an oblong, lanceolate or ovoid leathery many-seeded berry, not fleshy, pungent to 

 the taste. Species one or many, according to the interpretation, all American, one 

 cultivated in China. (Latin: capsa, box, chest; referring to the shape of the fr. in 

 some forms.) 



1. Capsicum frutescens Linn, ^fe (La Chiao; Pungent Pepper) (B.M.873). Shrub, 

 to 2 m.; fls. greenish white, VII-VIII; fr. VIII-X, a leathery berry. Introduced 

 from Central and South America; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. 

 Cultivated, fruit. Fig. 329. 



4. Physalis Linn. Ground Cherry HHM (Suan Chiang Shu) 

 Spreading herbs with simple lvs. and axillary solitary fls. ; calyx inflated, enclosing 

 but free from the fr.; corolla yellow or purple; anthers separate, opening lengthwise: 

 fr. a globular fleshy berry. 75 species, mostly in the Americas; 4 in China. (From 

 the Greek term meaning "bladder", referring to the inflated calyx.) 



Key to the Species 

 Calyx red in fr.: plant glabrous; stems simple; If. blades 6-12 cm. long: 



fls. 15 mm. across 1 . P. allcekengi 



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