846 Solanaceae. 
487. (4.) Withania P. d. B. 
Calyx campanulate, 5—6-toothed, enlarged and inflated in fruit. 
Corolla narrowly campanulate, 3—6-fid; lobes valvate. Stamens 
inserted near the corolla-base; filaments slightly flattened; anthers 
erect; cells parallel, dehiscing longitudinally. Disk annular, crenu- 
late or none. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform; stigma shortly and 
widely 2-lamellate or subglobose; ovules many. Berry globose, 
shorter than the enlarged calyx. Seeds compressed; embryo near 
the margin, and incurved or spiral; cotyledons semiterete. — Hoary 
shrubs, loosely tomentose, woolly or glabrescent. Leaves entire or 
slightly sinuate. Flowers usually fascicled, subsessile or shortly 
pedicellate, mediumsized. 
Species about 5, extending from Southern Europe and Western Asia 
through North Africa, the Canary Islands, and South Africa. 
1186. Withania somnifera Dun. in DC. Prodrom. XIII fas. I 
(1852), p. 453. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 287. — Aschers.-Schweinf. 
Ill. Flor. @’Kg., p. 112 no. 758. — Physalis somnifera L. Spec. Plant. I, 
p. 187. — Sibth: and Smith Flor. graec. tab. 233. — Wight Icon. 
tab. 853. — Physalis arborescens Lin. Spec. Plant. ed II, p. 261. — 
Physaloides somnifera Moench Method., p. 473. — An erect much- 
branched shrub, 60—80 cm high. Stem terete, tomentose. Leaves 
ovate, obovate or oblong, obtuse, tapering towards the base, entire 
or very slightly sinuate, variable in size, averaging 5'/, by 2 cm, 
more or less tomentose on both surfaces; petiole 1 cm long, tomen- 
tose, channelled above. Flowers 4—6 in axillary fascicles; pedicels 
5 mm long in flower, elongating afterwards. Calyx 2 mm in diam., 
campanulate, densely tomentose outside; lobes 5, lanceolate. Corolla 
57/, mm long, divided nearly to the middle into 5 triangular lobes. 
Filaments inserted near the corolla-base, 21/, mm long, filiform; 
anthers oval, 8 mm long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style shorter than 
the stamens. Berryred globose, glabrous, 7 mm in diam., enclosed in the 
much inflated calyx. Seeds compressed. — Flow. February to March. 
M. ma. M. p. N.d. N.f. N. v. O. Abundantly cultivated and 
often naturalized. 
Local name: morgan (Del.); semm-el-far (Elrenberg); suum-el- 
ferrukh; khasraqit; foqqéysh (Ascherson); generally: sekran. 
Also from the other parts of the Mediterranean basin. 
488. (5.) Capsicum Linn. 
Calyx shortly campanulate, truncate or with 5 teeth or setae, 
accrescent. Corolla subrotate, 5-partite; lobes valvate. Stamens 5, 
