4G6 LXXXII. SOLA>.EiE. 



3- PHYSALIS, Linn. 



. Calyx 5-toothed or 5-lobed, inflated after flowering. Corolla broadly 

 campanulate or nearly rotate, 5-angled, folded in the bud. Anthers shorty 

 opening longitudinally. Ovary 2-celle(L Berry globular, enclosed in the 

 inflated calyx. Embryo circular or spiral round the fleshy albumen. — -Herbs 

 either annual or with a perennial stock. Leaves often in pairs. Flowers 

 solitary, usually small, on axillary or lateral pedicels. 



A genus rather uumerous in America, of which two or three species, including the Aus- 

 tralian ones, extend over the warmer regions of the Old World. 



Stock perennial, the whole plant softly pubescent 1- P- peruviana. 



Annual, spanngly puLesceut. Ylowers very small 2. P. minima. 



■ *1. P. peruviana, Linn.; Dun. in DC. Prod. xiii. jt?«r/' i. 440. A 

 herbaceous perennial of 1 to 2 ft., softly pubescent or tomentose with simple 

 hairs. Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, acuminate, entire or slightly sinuate- 

 toothed, mostly cordate at the base, 2 to 3 in. long. Pedicels short, rarely 

 i in. long even in fruit, recurved after flowering. Calyx when in flower about 

 3 lines long, with narrow lobes as long as the tube, " Corolla rather above a 

 in. diameter, pale yellow with purple spots in the centre. Fruitmg cal}S 

 vesicular, with connivent teeth, 1 to 1| in. long, reticulate witli the pruicipal 

 reins prominent but not so angular as in P. vilnima. Berry globular, yellow. 

 Xees in PI. Preiss. i. 344 ; P.pnhescens, 11. Br. Prod. 447, and of Lnin. 

 Herb, but not of Linn. Spec. PL ; P. ednUs, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 106S. 



. TJ. Australia. Start river, F. Mueller. 



Queensland, Brisbane river, P. MueUer. ,, 



N. S. 'Wales. Very common in the colony, 72. Brown; Clarcuce river, Becfcler. 

 S. Australia. Near Adelaide, Blandcwshj, 



W. Australia. Cape Leschcnault, Oldfield. ^ - 



The species is of Soath American origin, and perhaps really iiuligenous in the islands o^ 

 the Paciiic, but long since cultivated for its berries, said to be edible, and estabhs led as, 

 weed in several tropical countries, and therefore perhaps introduced only iu Australia. 



2. P. minima, Limu; Ban. in DO. Prod. xiii. part i. 415. An erect 

 annual of about 1 ft., with spreading branches, more or less pubescent \ut 

 scattered simple hairs. Leaves petiolate, ovate, acute or aciiaiiuate, irregi - 

 larly sinuate-toothed or rarely entire, thin and raembranoiis, mostly 2 to 5 n . 

 long. Plowers veiy small, on filiform pedicels sometimes very sliort, som - 

 tunes above \ in. lonir. Calvx when in flower seareelv \\ lines long, 5 



short acuminate teeth. Corolla about twice as lonj? as the calyx, pale ye i" > 

 the centre often purple. Fruiting calyx about 1 in. long, vesicular, witu 

 prominent angles and acuminate connivent teeth. Berry glo'^^i^^i'-T, '-^^p 

 vijlora, R. Br. Prod. 447 ; Dun. in DC. Prod. xiii. part i. 441, with some 

 other supposed species enumerated by Dunal. 



^ N. Australia. Victoria river, F. teller. , .rrarH, 



■ Queensland. Broad Sound and Keppd Bay, iJ. Brown ; Moretou Bay C^fA-^^' ^ 



F. Mueller; RockLampton, O Shanesy, Danachi;^^Aoo\ and Crocodile Creeks, 5(;(f»««' 



Eockmghatn Bay, Dallac^ ; Port Molle, M'Gilhvrav 

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