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310 SOLANACEAE. | Physalis. 
4. PHYSALIS, L. 
Calyx 5-toothed or lobed, permanent, inflated after flowering. Corolla 
broadly campanulate or nearly rotate, 5- ih pi folded in the bud. Stamens 
5, included, inserted near the base of the corolla; anthers erect, opening 
lengthwise. Ovary 2-celled. Stigma’ eae bilamellate. Berry globular, 
enclosed in the bladdery calyx. Embryo curved round albumen. Herbs. 
Leaves often in pron abe solitary on axillary or lateral pedicels, 
often in forks of the 
Pg 30 species, a seas with a few species dispersed over parts of the Old 
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1, ie Peruviana, L. — DC. Prod. XIII, 440. — A perennial spreading 
herb, villous-pubescent with simple hairs. Leaves ovate or ele 
sharply pointed, sinuately toothed or almost entire, 2—3/ & 1¥/1—2’, 
petioles of '/2—1‘. Pedicel 4-6“. Calyx pubescent, campanulate, 5- fa 
with acute ee 4“ long when with flower, 1'/2—2‘ aes when with fruit, 
inflated and obtusely keeled. Corolla campanulate, 6—8“, yellowish, pe 
5 large purple blotches within. Anthers purple. pent yellow, 5—6" i 
diameter, enclosed in the bladdery Bie — Bot. Mag. tab. 1068. — 
fa ASI R. Br. (not Cliff.). — P. edulis, Sims. — Griseb. Fl. W. 
Ind. 435. 
open mountain slopes and in pag ae of woods, parti icularly on Maui 
and Hawaii between 1500 and 4000 ft. Nat. n «Poha». The edible berry is of pleasant . 
flavor root makes an excellent jelly. — sont of Brazil, but naturalized in man 
warm countries; commonly known as «Cape Gooseberr Try>. 
. NICANDRA, Gaertn. 
Calyx of 5 distinct cea cordate sepals which become much enlarged 
and inflated in fruit. Corolla campanulate with 5 broad short lobes, 
1 in the 
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placentas. Fruit a berry, enclosed in the enl arged calyx. “Seeds many, 
reniform, compressed, dotted. Embryo curved round albumen. 
ing! ies. 
1. N. physaloides, Gaertn. — DC. Prod. XIII, 434. — An erect 
glabrous annual or biennial, 1—3 ft. high. Leaves ovate, 5—6/ < 2!/2—3'; 
acuminate, irregularly sinuate or coarsely toothed or lobed, the suddenly 
cuneate base decurrent into a petiole of 1/2—1‘. Flowers solitary on p& 
dicels of 3—9” in the upper a forming a terminal leafy raceme. 
Hepeie at first herbaceous and 6—9”“ long, but with fruit 15—18” long, 
us, much veined and none connivent, forming a vesicular caly* 
= Ret prominent angles. Corolla pale blue, about 1‘ long.’ Berry 
. — Benth. Fl. Hongk 
p. “ 
: Oahu! on the plains between Ewa a ‘ 4 Moanaluc. 
A native of S. America. a and Waialua, also in Kapalama an 
