Plants of the Punjab. 309 
Hurss, Erect, with ALTERNATE EXstIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Physalis peruviana, 
Cape gooseberry, 
Trparr. 
SOLANACEA. 
BH Beal.tv. 288. 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Capsicum ifrutescens, 
Chilli, 
Lal marich. 
SOLANACEZ. 
Be Bulsis: 289. 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Baluchistan 
(Hughes-Buller). 
Capsicum minimum, 
Bird’s-eye-Chiili, 
Gach marich. 
SoLANACES. 
PeBet..iv - 289; 
The Plains. 
Capsicum grossum, 
Kafri march. 
SOLANACE. 
FP. B.-L. iv. 289. 
The Plains. 
Withania somnifera, 
Asgand, aksan. ° 
SOLANACER. 
FeBeive239: 
The Plains. 
Lahore. 
Salt Range. 
Baluchistan ~ 
(Stocks). 
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Lear Mareins ENTIRE. 
PETALS UNITED. 
like the last species, but more hairy, stouter, fruit- 
calyx larger, corolla yellow with 5 large purple spots 
at the base within, fruit yellow when ripe. his plant is 
indigenous and cultivated in Tropical America ; cultivated 
widely in India for its sweet acidulated berries. 
medium size, annual, smooth or nearly ou stem 
woody, much branched, bushy; leaves 2-4 by 4-1 in,, 
lanceolate, mare entire or slightly wavy, prolonged into 
the stalk, stalk 4-3 in.; flowers $in. across, white, on solitary 
ea stalks 2. 3 together, calyx bell- -shaped, minutely 
5-toothed, ridges running into teeth, corolla wheel-shaped, 
5-angled, stamens 5, anthers fringed with black, style 
short, stigma round ; berry 2-3 in., yellowish-red, tapering, 
long, skin loose, seeds many, discoid. This plant is not 
indigenous, it is probably indigenous in America; it is 
widely cultivated for its pungent fruit, which is used as 
a condiment. 
like the last, but SDE, flower stalks mostly 2-8 
together, berry red, 13 by 3 in., or smaller, nearly erect. 
This plant is only found cultivated and 1s eee as a con- 
diment. 
like the last, but the flower stalks are solitary, nod- 
ding in fruit, berry 3 by 2 in. or smaller, red. This plant 
is only found cultivated and is used as a condiment, Pe 18 
not so pungent as the other species, 
medium size to large, greyish-green, branches round ; 
leaves 2-4 in., ov sey thinly woolly, almost pointed, stalks 
4-4 in : flowers 4 q-2 In., greenish yellow, axillary, sessile or 
shortly ‘stalked, solitary or clustered, calyx + in. in flower, 
® in. in fruit, bell-shaped, 5-6-toothed, in fruit papery, 
swollen, enclosing the berry, corolla bell-shaped, lobes 
8-6 short, stamens 5-6, on the base of the corolla, stigma 
shortly 2-fid; berry La in. diam., round, seeds many, 
discoid. The seeds are like the root diuretic and hypnotic. 
