86 SOLANACEyE 



orange-red I inch diameter glabrous and glossy, not or 

 hardly overtopped by the calyx lobes, t. 436. Curtis. 

 Bot. Mag. tt. 2568, 2828. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor abundant, Kotagiri, etc. A native of 

 Brazil. 



CYPHOMANDRA. 



Cyphomandra bctacca Sendt. Tree Tomato. A 

 shrub or small tree with dark velvetty leaves, smelling 

 strongly of mice. Flowers white. Fruit egg-shaped, 

 smooth. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 7682. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor. 



A native of New Grenada, introduced first into England in 

 1803. 



PHYSALIS. 



Physalis peruviana, L. Vol. I p. 29, 1. 7. t. 437. 



NICANDRA. 



Nicandra physaloidcs, Gaertn. Vol. I p. 298. t. 438. 



DATURA 



See Vol. I p. 298. 



j Large shrub with pendent flowers, 

 a J vol. I p. 298 . . D. suaveolens. 



( Small shrub with erect flowers b. 



rCapsule, opening in 4 valves, flower usually white 

 b -< D. stramonium. 



I Capsule, irregularly dehiscent ; flower purple. D. fastuosa. 



Datura stramonium Linn.] F.B.I, iv 242, VII ]. A 

 small shrub, branching often cymosely, a flower termi- 

 nating the main stem. Leaves lobed. Flowers erect, 

 usually white. Fruit very spiny, opening in 4 valves. 

 t. 439. 



: ■ Native of the Himalayas. 



