PhysaUs. soLANACEiE. 287 



lclis loMgitiuliiialitcr dehiscentes. Ovariuni biloculare, styhis fili- 

 formis, stigina hilamcllalum. Bacca globosa calyce incltisa et eo multo 

 iiiinor. — Herba. 



1. Ph Alkekengi (li. Sp. I, p 26^2) herbacci percnnis viridis 

 pnrcc hirtula, radicc rcpcntc. caulibiis creclis simplicibus vcl parce 

 ramosis llcxuosis, foliis petiolalis ovatis acuminatis rcpaiidis supe- 

 rioribns geniinalis, floribus in axillis solitariis pedtinculo apice 

 iiiitanti tandcm reflexo sutTultis, calycis villosuli lobis breviler 

 triaii.uMilaribus acuminatis iiatulis, fructifero ample vesiculoso ovalo 

 basi umbilicato igiico, corolla squalide rubra fance virenti :^ . Ic. Fi. 

 Graec. tab. 234. — Rchb. Ic. tab. 9 



Hab. in umbrosi.s pinguibus regionis niontanft'., Gri«cia in montitmsTaygeto 

 et Malevo I^acoiiia) (Heldr! Orph !), Olympo Tliessalo et Parnasso (Sil)lh!), 

 ByzanLii (Sibth!), Anatolia boreali (Wiedlj, Ponto litlorali ad Rhiz6(BalI), 

 Armenia Turcifd ad Ispir Iluet! GiliciA prope Gulek(Bal!), Taurii, Caucaso 

 et Transcaucasi;\! Persia boreali (Auch! Bnhse!). 



Ar Geogr Rnrojva media a Belgio et GermaniA ad Rossiam mediam et ex 

 Hispania horeali et Ilalia medid ad Dalmatiam et regionem Danubialem, 

 Siliii'ia Uralensis. 



Obs. Nicandra physalodes L. I, p. 2>0 (suh Atropd) Rchb. Ic. tab. 5 est 

 planla Peruviana nunc variis locis v. gr. Gaucaso (Rehm !), TranscaucasiA 

 (HohenlJ introducta. 



WITHANI.\ (Pauq. n Fndl. Gen. 666. — Puneeria Stocks). 



Calyx campanulatus quinquefidiis fru.clifer valde auclus baccam 

 iiicludeiis. Corolla angusle campanulata quinquefida lobis valvatis. 

 Siamiiia propc corolUv, basin iiiscrla quina, filamenta plana. anthcrae 

 ercctffi loculis parallclis. Ovarium biloctilare, stylus filitormis, 

 sligma breviter bilamellalum. Bacca globosa polyspcrma. Scmina 

 compressa reniformia. — Frutices. 



1. W. somnifera (L. Sp. I, p. '261 fiuh Physalide) frulicosa, 



tonicnlosa ramis reclis teretibus flexuosis, foliis ovatis integris 

 pctiolalis supcrioribus s?cpius oppositis, iloribus hermaphroiiitis 

 lu-evissimc pcdiccllatis axillaribus aggregatis rarius solilariis, calycis 

 albo-lanati laciniis linearibus brcvibus muticis, corolkie luteo-virenlis 

 calyce subduplo toiigioris laciniis ovatotriangularibtis palulis, baccft 

 globosa calyce fructifero vesicoso apice clauso inclusa 5. Cav. lc. tab. 

 d03.'— Fl. Gra3c. t. '233. — Phyml.is flexuosa L. Sp. p 261. — 

 P. nrhorescens Thiinb. Fl. Cap. — Hi/piwticiun somniferum Rodrig. 

 Hah. in coUibus ad vias, in neglectis regionis inferioris, Peloponnesus in 

 Me.^senia (Fl. Pelopl), Euba>a (Sibth! Sprun! Orph! Fl. exs. 72.3!), Creta 

 (Heldrl), Phrygia (Auch. 24U5!), Rhodus (Holdrl Bourgl), Gyprus (Sibthl), 

 Cilicia (Bal!), Svria liltoralis (Bl!), Kgvplus (Ehr ! Boissl), Arabia pelraea 



