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berries, or an ounce of the expressed juice, is given as a dose. 

 In some parts of Germany the country people eat the fruit by 

 handfuls, and in Spain and Switzerland they frequently supply 

 the place of other eatable fruits. Instances are related of their 

 good effects in dropsical and calculous disorders, but at present 

 they are wholly disregarded. In some parts they are esteemed 

 as good as gooseberries for tarts. 



Alkekengi, or Common Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 

 1548. PI. 1 to Ufoot. 



9 P. CHEXopODfrouA (Lam. ill. no. 2401. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 

 348.) herbaceous, perennial, tuberous at the base, clothed with 

 hoary, simple tomentum ; stem erect, dichotomous ; leaves del- 

 toid-ovate, angularly-toothed ; corolla spotted ; anthers viola- 

 ceous ; fructiferous calyx ovate, angular, pale. 1. S. Native 

 of Peru. P. tuberosa, Willd. enum. 1. p. 232. P. incana, 

 Cat. hort. par. Root thick, branched. Leaves small for the 

 size of the plant : superior ones twin, unequal. Flowers droop- 

 ing. Calyx pubescently tomentose, bifid to the middle, with the 

 segments unequal. Corolla downy outside, yellow, marked 

 with 5 square, dark, violaceous spots at the bottom. Berry 

 yellow, clammy. This species often occurs in gardens under 

 the name of P. viscbsa. 



Goosefoot-leaved Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1798. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



10 P. HETEROPHY'LLA (Nees, in Linnaea, 6. p. 463.) herbace- 

 ous, villous, with a perennial root ; branches diffuse, angular, 

 flexuous ; leaves twin, very unequal in size, ovate, or cordate, 

 acute, toothed ; corollas spotted ; anthers yellow ; fructiferous 

 calyx ovate, angular, pale. I/ . H. Native of North America, 

 on argillaceous hills in Pennsylvania, Poeppig. P. Pennsylva- 

 nica, Willd. herb. P. toment6sa, Walt. fl. car. p. 99.? P. 

 nuians, W'alt. fl. car. p. 99. ? Root creeping. Stems procum- 

 bent. Flowers nutant. Calyx hairy, 5-cleft, unequal. Corolla 

 downy outside, with a repand margin, yellow, marked by 5 

 obscure, brownish-violet spots. Leaves almost orbicular, cor- 

 date, and ovate, and repand in various ways. 



Variable-leaved Winter Cherry. PI. procumbent. 



11 P. PERCVIA'NA (Nees in Linnaea, 6. p. 464. and Lin. trans. 

 17. p. 67.) herbaceous, perennial, densely and pubescently vil- 

 lous from simple hairs ; stem erect, branched a little ; leaves 

 cordate, acuminated, entire, or dentately sinuated, rather tomen- 

 tose ; corolla spotted ; anthers violaceous ; fructiferous calyx 

 ovate, nearly equal, pale. Tf.. G. Native of Peru, about 

 Lima ; East Indies ; New Holland, at Port Jackson ; Madeira. 

 Plant grey from down. Leaves twin. Calyx downy. Corolla 

 size of that of P. Alkekengi, yellow, marked with 5 brown 

 spots at the throat. Berry globose, viscid, yellow, sweet- 

 scented ; they are an excellent substitute for gooseberries in 

 making tarts, for which they are used in many places. 



Var. a, esculenta ; leaves more or less toothed. If. . G. 

 P. esculenta, Willd. in act. nat. car. berol. 4. p. 197. P. 

 tomentosa, Medic, act. pal. 4. p. 184. t. 4. P. Peruviana, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 241. Wall. cat. no. 2644. 



Var. a, edulis i leaves almost quite entire. H . G. P. Peru- 

 viana, Lin. spec. 1. p. 1670. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1022. enum. 1. 

 p. 232. P. pubescens, Lin. herb. R. Br. prod. p. 447. Ruiz. 

 et. Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 41. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 675. 

 P. tuberosa, Zucc. obs. cent. no. 43. in Rcem. coll. p. 130. 

 D. C. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 50. P. latifolia, Lam. ill. no. 

 2407. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 676. P. Barbadensis, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 102. no. 12. P. edulis, Sims, bot. mag. t. 

 1068. Balb. cat. hort. taur. 1813. Mor. hist. 3. p. 526. sect. 

 13. t. 3. f. 17. Feuill, per. 3. p. 5. t. 1. 



Peruvian Winter Cherry. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 1772. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



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SECT. II. EPETEIORHIZA (from tirertios, epeleios, annual ; and 

 pia, rhiza, a root ; in reference to the annual roots.) Herba- 

 ceous, annual; root slender. Flowers solitary. Alabastrum 

 ovate, while closed small in respect to the corolla. 



I. Fructiferous calyx bladdery, closed. 



12 P. PUBE'SCENS (Lin. hort. cliff, no. 62. spec. p. 262.) 

 herbaceous, annual, much branched, clothed with pubescent 

 tomentum ; leaves unequal at the base, cordate, acuminated, 

 toothed, but quite entire at the base ; corollas spotted ; anthers 

 violaceous ; fructiferous calyx ovate, acuminated, acutely angu- 

 lar, retuse at the base. 0. H. Native of North America, as 

 of Virginia, Carolina, and Pennsylvania ; East Indies, but hardly 

 indigenous ; Island of Ascension, but probably introduced. 

 Pursh. fl. sept. amer. 1. p. 157. P. ramosa, Mill. diet. no. 9. 

 P. Peruviana, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 241. Wall. cat. no. 2034. 

 C. D. F. P. Rothiana, Herb. hort. berol. Alkekengi procum- 

 bens, Mcench. meth. 473. Mor. hist. 3. p. 527. sect. 13. t. 3. 

 f. 24. P. staminea, Muhl. in herb. Willd. P. edulis, Cyr. 

 Balb. cat. hort. taur. 1813. Mill. fig. t. 206. f. 1. The whole 

 plant is densely clothed with minute soft down. Leaves gene- 

 rally distinctly cordate at the base. Corolla yellow, marked with 

 5 roundish, brownish-violet spots at the throat. Berries yel- 

 lowish when ripe, size of cherries ; they are called gooseberries 

 in many parts, and are used in tarts as a substitute for them. 



Var. ft, pruinbsa ; leaves also toothed at the base. Q. H. 

 Native of America. P. pubescens, ft, Lam. diet. 2. p. 101. no. 

 9. P. pruinosa, Lin. spec. p. 263. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 678. P. Barbadensis, Jacq. misc. 2. p. 359. icon. rar. 1. t. 

 39. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 676. Willd. enum. 1. p. 

 232. P. obscura, ft, pubescens, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 157. 

 Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 677. no. 21. ft. Dill. elth. p. 12. 

 t. 9. f. 9. 



Downy Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1640. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



13 P. FOS'TEXS (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 348.) herbaceous, annual, 

 clothed with clammy pubescence ; branches dichotomously dif- 

 fuse ; leaves ovate-elliptic, unequal at the base, acute, coarsely 

 toothed ; corollas spotted : anthers violaceous ; fructiferous 

 calyx ovate, ventricose, equal. Q. H. Native of tropical 

 America. P. fcetidissima, Lag. gen. et spec. nov. diagn. p. 10. 

 no. 146. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 680. Link, enum. 1. p. 

 181. P. nodosa, Lam. ill. p. 29. ? The whole plant is clothed 

 with capitate, soft, short hairs, of an ungrateful smell, green, 

 and shining. Stems and branches thickened at the joints. 

 Corolla rather downy outside, with ciliated edges, sulphur- 

 coloured, marked with 5 large livid-violaceous spots at the 

 bottom ; angles acute. Berry nearly globose, yellowish. 



Stinking Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 

 1| to 2 feet. 



14 P. .SQUA'TA (Jacq. fil. eclog. 2. Nees in Linnaea, 6. p. 

 470.) herbaceous, annual ; stem dichotomous, and clothed with 

 hairy pubescence at the side, as well as the erect, strict branches ; 

 leaves ovate, or oblong, sinuately serrated, glabrous ; corollas 

 spotted ; anthers violaceous ; fructiferous calyx ovate-sub- 

 globose, smooth ; pedicels short, hairy. S. Native country 

 unknown. P. ixocarpa, Brot. ex D. C. hort. monsp. 1813. 

 Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 26. Upper leaves said to be twin. 

 Leaves sometimes scabrous on the midrib and veins beneath ; 

 petioles hairy above. Calyx downy ; segments triangular. 

 Corolla small, downy outside, yellow, with a blackish violet 

 bottom. Berry large, yellow, filling the bottom of the calyx. 



gW-calyxed Winter Cherry. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. 

 PI. li to 2 feet. 



15 P. LINKIA'NA (Nees, in Linnaea, 6. p. 471.) herbaceous, 

 annual, glabrous ; stem branched, rather diffuse : leaves ovate. 



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