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1. Withania somnifera, Dunal, in DO. Prod. v. 13, part 1 (1852) 

 p. 453. A branched erect undershi'ub 1-5 ft. high ; branches terete, 

 usually clothed with mealy stellate hoary tomentum. Leaves 2-4 by 

 1-2 iu., ovate, subacute, entire, more or less minutely stellately pubescent, 

 base acute ; main nerves about 6 pairs, stout, conspicuous ; petioles 

 |-| in. long, stellately tomentose. Flowers greenish or lurid-yellow, 

 usually about 5 together in a sessile or nearly sessile umbellate cyme ; 

 pedicels 0-^ in. long. Calyx i in. long in flower, stellately tomentose ; 

 teeth J^ in. long, linear, acute, from a deltoid base. Coi'olla ^ iu, long, 

 divided rather more than |-way down ; lobes lanceolate, acute, pubescent 

 outside. Mlaments -i- in. long, slender, glabrous ; anthers broadly 

 elliptic (almost orbicular), -gV in. long. Ovary glabrous ; style glabrous. 

 Berry red, smooth, | in. in diam., enclosed in the inflated calyx which 

 reaches more than 1 in. in diam., and is globose, slightly 5-angled, 

 pointed with the connivent calyx-teeth and scurfy-pubescent outside. 

 Seeds -^-ff in. in diam., yellow, somewhat scurfy. I'l. B. I. v. 4, p. 239; 

 Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI." p. 104; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 237 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 173; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 4, p. 311. Phi/salis somnif^m, Linn. 8p. PI. (1753) p. 182; Grah. 

 Cat. p. 139 ; Dalz.' & Gibs. p. 175 ; Wight, Icon. t. 853.— Flowers : 

 Sept. Vern. Ghodd • Askand. 



Not common except in Sind, where it is tolerably plentiful. Konkan : Graham. 

 Deccai^: Juniiar, Woodrow; Poona, Woodrow. Gujarat: Graham. Sind: Stocks\, 

 Cooke\; Karachi, Cooke\, JVoodrotv. — Distrib. India in the drier regions; Ceylon, 

 Mediterranean regions, Canaries, Cape of Good Hope. 



2. "Withania coagulans, Dunal., in DC. Prodr. v. 13, part 1 (1852) 

 p. 685. A rigid grey-toinentose uudershrub 1-3 ft. high ; branches 

 terete, clothed with dense grey or yellowish-white tomentum. Leaves 

 l-2;j by i~l in., lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, entire, clothed with a per- 

 sistent not easily-detachable greyish tomentum, of a uniform color on 

 both sides, thick, more or less rugose, base acute, running down into an 

 oi'ten obscure petiole ; petioles | ni. long but often indistinct. Flowers 

 dioecious, in axillary clusters ; pedicels 0~| in. long, deflexed, slender. 

 Calyx I in. long, campanulate, clothed with fine stellate grey tomentum; 

 teeth triangular, y^ in. long. Corolla ^ in. long, stellately mealy out- 

 side, divided about ^ the way down ; lobes ovate-oblong, subacute. 

 Male flowers: Stamens about level with the top of the corolla-tube; 

 filaments y^^ in. long, glabrous ; anthers -1— ^ in. long. Ovary ovoid> 

 without style or stigma. Female floweus : Stamens scarcely reaching 

 |-way up the corolla-tube; filaments about ^^ in. long; anthers- 

 smaller than in the male flowers, sterile. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; style- 

 glabrous ; stigma mushroom-shaped, 2-lamellate. Berry |-^ in. in diam.^ 

 globose, smooth, closely girt by the enlarged membranous calyx which is- 

 scurfy-pubescent outside. Seeds yV~"s ^"* ^^^ diam., somewhat ear- 

 shaped, glabrous. Fl. B, I. v. 4, p. 240 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 104 ;: 

 Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 173 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 6, p. 309. Puneeria coagidmis, Stocks, in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Bomb. V. 3(1849) pp. 54-57; Wight, Icon. t. 1616; Hook. Icon. 

 PI. (1852) t. 801.— Flowers : Dec. Veiin. Panirband; Kalcnaj. 



Sind: Vicaryl, Stocks, 4AZ\, Daleell, 181, Woodrow; Qaetta Ghat, near Dirgi, 

 Cooke I — DiSTiuB. India (Panjab, Sutlej Valley); Afghanistan, Beluclustau. 



