97. 80LANACEJE. 



[2. Physalis. 



4. Capsicum. 



Sol a VII) 



Datu) 



Centrum, 



Nicotiana. 



B. Calyx not greatly eularcred and never completely enclos- 

 ing the fruit : — 



1. Flowers rotate. Fruit baccate: — 

 a. Ovary 2-cellecl, fruit sometimes 1-celled above. L. 



not pinnate sometimes pinnatisect) : — 

 Fls. 1-3 axillarj-. Filaments longer than the 



anthers 



Fls. cymose, cymes usually extra axillary. Fila- 

 ments shorter than the "anthers which open by 



pores or slits 



h. As in Solaniim, but L. pinnate, anthers opening by 



long slits, ovary 2-3-many-celled . . . ' ". G, Lycopersicum. 



2. Flowers very large tubular or funnel-shaped. Fruit 



capsular. Ovary 3- or 4-celled 7. 



II. Exotic genera. Flowers often zygomorphic. Embryo straight 

 or slightly curved only : — 



A. Stamens all fertile, equal or unequal : — 



Shrubs. Fruit baccate 8. 



Herljs, glandular-pubescent. Fruit capsular . . .9, 



B. Stamens only 2-4 fertile, the 5th rudimentary— Tribe 



Salpiglossidea?. (Only in gardens in our province and 

 not further dealt with.; 



1. NICANDRA, Adams. 



Calyx witli 5 large foliaceoits deeply cordate lobes much accrescent 

 in fruit, reticulate-nerved and enclosing the fruit as in Physalis. 

 Ovary somewhat irregularly 3-5-celled (probably by false septa). 

 Piacentse large unequal on the inner angles and walls. Fruit a 

 somewhat dry berry with numerous flat seeds and strongly curved 

 embryo. 



A single species, native of Peru. 

 1. N. physaloides, Gxrtn. 



An erect anniial glabrous herb with ovate or ovate-lanceolate lobed 

 or coarsely toothed leaves 3-6" long tapering into the petiole and 

 handsome light purple flowers 1" or more diam. terminal and becom- 

 ing leaf-opposed or axillary. Sepals overlapping and making the 

 calyx 5-angular, somewhat cuspidate, over 1" in fruit. Corolla with 

 somewhat campanulate tube and spreading limb. 



More or less naturalised on the Yindhyan plateaux and sometimes seen in 

 gardens! Fl. Oct.-ISov. 



2. PHYSALIS, L. 



Gi-labrous or hairy herbs with the hairs sometimes stellate and 

 with entire or somewhat lobed leaves and solitary axillary flowers. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-fid, greatly enlarged and bladder-like enclos- 

 ing the fruit. Corolla campanulate, usually yellowish. Stamens 

 attached near the base, anthers attached near the loAver end of the 

 very small connective. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit baccate, seeds com- 

 pressed, embryo peripheral curved. 



Corolla •2-"25" with sometimes small spots at base. Fruiting calyx 



■5-]" long 1. minima. 



Corolla "S" with 5 large purple spots near base. Fniiting calyx 



1-I"r5" long 2. jyeriiviano. 



1. P. minima, L. 



An erect herb 4-15" high with pubescent or puberulous stems and 

 membranous ovate toothed sinuate or lobulate acuminate leaves 



60"; 



