240 en. SOLANACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) \WiChania. 



lurid yellow. Filaments linear ; anthers level with the stigma. Berry |-^ in. diam. 

 Seeds ^ in. diam., smooth. 



2. W. coag-ulans, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 685; stellately 

 puberulous, leaves oblong obtuse, calyx-teeth triangular, flowers polygamo- 

 dio3cious, fruit-calyx leathery closely surrounding the berry. JBoiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 288. Puneeria coagulans, Stocks in Hook. Ic. t. 801 ; Wight Ic. t. 1616. 



POOTAB and SCINDE ; frequent. SUTLEDGE VALLEY ; alt. 3300 ft., Thomson. 

 DISTEIB. Cabul and Beloochistan. 



A somewhat rigid, grey undershrub. Leaves 1-2 in., attenuate at the base ; 

 petiole indistinct or in. Pedicels 0-|- in. Calyx in flower | in. ; in fruit f in., 

 stellately mealy. Corolla k in., lurid yellow, stellately mealy without. Male fl. 

 filaments linear ; anthers subexsert ; ovary ellipsoid ; style 0. Hermaphrodite fl. ; 

 anthers subsessile, perfect, near the base of the corolla-tube ; ovary globose ; style 

 linear, stigma level with the mouth of the tube. Berry and seeds nearly as in W. 

 somnifera. This plant has been found in the act of passing from dimorphism to 

 dioecism. "The Cheesemaker." 



3*. NZCANDRA, Adam. 



An annual, glabrous herb. Leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, toothed or 

 lobed. Pedicels axillary, solitary. Calyx sub- 5-partite ; sepals in fruit much 

 enlarged, cordate-ovate, acute, reticulate. Corolla campanulate, blue ; limb 

 5-plaited. Stamens attached near the base of the corolla, filaments linear; 

 anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 3-5-celled ; style linear, 

 stigma obscurely 3-5-lobed ; ovules very many. Berry globose, 3-5-celled. 

 Seeds very many, compressed, subdiscoid ; embryo peripheric. 



N. physaloides, Oaertn. Frmt. ii. 237, t. 141 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2458 ; 

 Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 434. Atropa physaloides, Linn. ; Jacq. Obs. iv. 

 t. 98. Physalis datursefolia, Lamk. Diet. ii. 102. 



SUBTEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; alt. 3-6000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim, introduced. 

 MTS. of W. DECCAN PENINSULA, introduced. DISTRIB. Native of Peru; widely 

 cultivated. 



Leaves 4-7 in. Pedicels 1 in. Corolla 1 in. diam. Sepals in fruit 1 by in., 

 deeply cordate at the base, overlapping so as to simulate a 5-angular calyx. 



4. X.YCIU1K, Linn. 



Spinous shrubs, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves small, alternate or often 

 fascicled at the nodes, entire, linear or oblong. Pedicels solitary or fascicled at 

 the nodes ; flowers small. Calyx campanulate, at first 5-merous, then irre- 

 gularly 3-5-lobed or 2-lipped ; in fruit not enlarged. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 lobes 5-4, imbricate in bud. Stamens 5-4, on the corolla-tube ; anthers oblong, 

 exsert or included, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, 

 stigma subcapitate; ovules few or many. Berry small, globose or oblong. 

 Seeds several, few or 1, compressed; embryo peripheric. Species 40; all 

 temperate and subtropical regions, especially S. Africa and S. America. 



1. L. europaeum, Linn. ; Sibth. Fl. Orcec. t. 236 ; leaves linear-oblong, 

 pedicels short, calyx 5-lobed irregularly, corolla-lobes not half so long as the 

 tube, filaments glabrous at their base. Miers III. S. Amer. PI. ii. 95, t. 64, fig. 

 B ; Brand. For. Fl. 345 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 288. L. indicum, Wight Ic. 

 t. 1403 ; Miers I. c. 97, t. 64, fig. E, not of Retz. L. mediterraneum, Dunal in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 523. L. saevum, orientale, and persicum, Miers I. c. 95. 



