Order 82. Solanacecz. 209 



dichotomoua cymes, berry size of a small cherry, yellow. Kotri. 

 Sattara. Near Dharwar (D. and (?.) Throughout Jndia, in and 

 near the tropics. S. bigeminatum (S. Meesianum, D.). Shrub un- 

 armed, leaves lanceolate, rough above, flowers in, clusters, oalvx 

 entire or nearly so, berry size of a pea, red. Fonda Ghaut (D ). 

 * S. torvum, a shrub, 3 or 4 feet high, leaves ovate, waved or lobed, 

 flowers white in dense racemes, berry yellow, round, much exceeding 

 the calyx. S. M. country. Throughout tropical India (if). It 

 appears to come near to the briny al. 



Also 8. tuberosum, the potato, dlu, batata ; grown in fields, as in 

 England, in the Khair and Junar talookas, in sandy river beds in 

 Guzerat, and elsewhere in gardens. /S. melongena, the egg plant or 

 brinjal, bengan, vdnge ; also called mad apple, Jew's apple, and apple 

 of Sodom. S. lycopersicum, the tomato or love apple, wdlwdnge, soon 

 running wild if left to itself. S. macrophyllum, the potato-tree, very 

 ornamental, covered with flowers just like those of the potato. A 

 native of S. America. I have heard of it growing in the open air in 

 Ireland. 



2. PHYSALIS. 



P. minima. An erect hairy plant, leaves ovate waved or 

 toothed, flowers small, yellow, sometimes spotted with purple, 

 calyx segments triangular, berry smooth. Than mori. 



Konkan and Deccan. A common annual (G?.). Throughout tropical 

 India (If.), but not in D. H. makes the 5-angled calyx in fruit the 

 mark of a variety. 



P. peruviana is the Cape gooseberry, common in gardens, phopti, 

 tanlcdri. Other species cultivated in English gardens are called 

 winter cherry. 



3. WlTHANIA. 



W. somnifera (Pliysalis s. D.). A small erect grey shrub, 

 leaves 2 together but not opposite, ovate ; flowers small green 

 in sessile clusters, berry red, smooth, size of a pea, stamens 

 forming a ring round the pistil. Asgund, tila, kanchuki. 



Deccan, Konkan, and Guzerat. Throughout drier sub-tropical 

 India (H.). It appears to have been described by different authorities 

 as a tree and a herb, as well as a shrub. 



4. DATURA. 



D. fastuosa. A tall, coarse plant, leaves smooth, ovate, 

 entire or deeply toothed, flowers very large, wide mouthed, 

 limb of corolla shortly toothed, capsule large, roundish, covered 

 with prickles. Dhdtara. 



A very common and conspicuous weed, useful to poisoners and 

 sufferers from asthma. 



" The broad dhatura bares her breast, 

 Of fragrant scent and virgin white, 

 A pearl around the locks of night." Heber. 



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