196 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
The plant thus described by the Chinese authors is the 
Physalis Alkekengi, L., our common winter cherry, which 
is also very common in China. The Chinese descriptions are 
quite correct. 
Ch., XI, 48:—Suan tsiang. A rude drawing, but 
recognizable ; Physalis. The same plant is figured in the 
Kiu huang [LII, 23] s.n. $F Hi Hh hung ku niang (red girl), 
which is also the vulgar name for Ph. Alkekengi at Peking. 
Also | | tou ku niang. 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 164 :—Physalis Alkekengi. Sin.: 
soan tsiam. 
Henry, Chin. pl., 465, 466 :—The name t*ien p‘ao ts‘ao 
is applied in Hu pei to two of species of Physalis—Ph. 
minima, L.? and Ph. aff. Ph. angulate—but also to several 
species of Solanum. 
Amen. exot., 785 :—PR AF san sjo vulgo foo dsukki. 
Solanum vesicarium, vulgo Alkekengi. 
So moku, III, 43 :—jip 4 Physalis Alkekengi. The 
74 Hm in the So moku [III, 45] and ’hon zo [XVII, 25] — 
is Physalis angulata, L. 
Stup., Ccon., 196:—Physalis Alkekenyi. Japonice 
hoosuki, sinice fi Hf. Fructus edulis ac pro nugis habetur 
-venalis. 
The drawing in the Ch. (XI, 80] sub 32 A RY FF wang 
pu liu hing agrees exactly with that of Physalis angulata 
in the Japanese works. The Chinese name wang pu liu hing 
here is, I suspect, a mistake for k‘x chi, for wang pu liu hing 
is a Silene, and such a plant is figured in the Ch, [XI, 76] 
sub wang pu liu hing. The confusion arose probably from 
Silene having likewise a persistent, inflated calyx which 
encloses the fruit, — 
