Physalis SOLANACEAE Nicoticma 



Calyx green in fr.: plant pubescent: stems branched: If. blades 3-6 cm. 



long: fls. 10 mm. across 2. P. minima 



1. Physalis alkekengi Linn. Chinese Lantern Plant ffttt (Suan Chiang; Sour Relish) 

 (B.M.871). Glabrous perennial, to 0.7 m.; fls. whitish, VI-VII; fr. red, VII-IX. 

 Eurasia; locally in An., Hun., Hup., Ku. Cultivated, ornamental. Fig. 330. 



2. Physalis minima Linn. TcM (Tien P'ao Kuo; Natural-bubble Fruit) (M.F.419). 

 Pubescent annual, to 0.6 m.; fls. yellow, VII-VIII; fr. green, VIII-IX. Tropical 

 America, Asia, Africa; locally in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. Waste land. 



5. Lycium Linn. Box Thorn f&jf£M (Kou Ch'i Shu) 



Shrubby plants, often spiny, sometimes climbing, with simple narrow entire lvs. 



and small axillary fls.; stamens exserted, with a bearded ring near the base of the 



filament; anthers opening lengthwise: fr. a small berry. 100 species, temperate or 



subtropical regions; 3 in China. (Greek: lykion, an old Greek name for a thorny shrub.) 



1. Lycium chinense Mill. Chinese Matrimony Vine MS (Kou Ch'i; Thorny Willow) 

 (R.M.813). Rambling thorny shrub; fls. purple, VI-IX; fr. red, VIII-X. Eastern 

 Asia; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Brushy places. Fig. 331. 



6. Cestrum Linn. H^J+EM (Me Kou Ch'i Shu) 

 Unarmed shrubs or small trees with simple entire lvs. and cymose fls.; corolla 

 with a long slender tube; stamens included: fr. a small berry, sometimes scarcely fleshy. 

 150 species, in tropical and subtropical America; one or more cultivated in China. 

 (Greek: kestron, a plant name.) 



1. Cestrum purpureum (Lindl.) Standi. (C. elegans Schlecht.) (B.M.873). Bush; fls. 

 salver-torm, red-purple, V; fr. red. Introduced from Mexico; locally in Ku. 

 Planted, ornamental. 



7. Datura Linn. Jamestown Weed <zkf£B-Tl:M (Man T'o Lo Hua Shu) 

 Coarse strong-smelling herbs (ours), shrubs or trees with large simple lvs. and 

 very large axillary solitary trumpet-shaped white or purple fls.; corolla plaited, short - 

 lobed: fr. a prickly capsule with numerous compressed seeds. 15 species, in warm 

 countries; 2 or more in China. (The local East Indian name.) 



1. Datura metel Linn. ftPfcH (Man T'o Lo) (B.M.877). Annual, to 2 m.; fls. white, 

 tinged violet, VI-X; fr. a large prickly capsule, IX-XI. Introduced from India; 

 locally in An., Ku. Waste ground. Fig. 332. 



8. Nicotiana Linn. Tobacco <MW-M (Yen Ts'ao Shu) 

 Coarse strong- scented erect viscid pubescent herbs (ours), shrubs or trees with 

 large simple lvs. and night-opening fragrant fls. in terminal panicles or racemes; 

 stamens 5, equal: fr. a smooth capsule with numerous minute seeds. 50 species, in 

 North and Central America, the Pacific Islands and Australia; one cultivated in China. 

 (After Jean Nicot, 1530-1600, French Consul to Portugal, who is said to have presented 

 tobacco to the courts of Portugal and France.) 



1. Nicotiana tabacum Linn. Tobacco j@1£ (Yen Ts'ao; Smoke Herb) (B.M.875). 

 Annual, sometimes perennial, to 2 m.; fls. white, rose-pink, IX-X; lvs. large, up 



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