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acuminated, sinuately serrated, glabrous : serratures mucronate; 

 corolla spotless ; anthers violaceous ; fructiferous calyxes ovate, 

 acuminated, equal; peduncles elongated, glabrous. O- H. 

 Native of Brazil. P. dubia, Link, enum. 1. p. 181. P. ixo- 

 carpa, Brot. hort. bonn. P. angulata, Hort. P. arenaria, 

 Hort. Vrat. Mor. hist. 3. p. 526. sect. 13. t. 3. f. 22. Stems 

 procumbent at length, but erect at first. Upper leaves twin. 

 Calyx rather scabrous, with triangular, acuminated segments. 

 Corolla sinuately 5-angled, yellow, with a more obscure, 5-lobed 

 star in the bottom ; angles acute. Berry globose, yellow. 

 The variety having the calyx veined with purple is the P. 

 dubia, Link ; and the one with pale, self-coloured calyx, is P. 

 arenaria, Hort. Vrat. 



Link's Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



16 P. LANCEIFOLIA (Nees, in Linnaea, 6. p. 473.) herbaceous, 

 annual, smoothish ; stem dichotomous ; leaves lanceolate, atte- 

 nuated at both ends, a little toothed ; corolla spotless ; anthers 

 bluish ; fructiferous calyx pendulous, ovate, equal ? ; peduncles 

 very long, downy. 0. H. Native of Peru, Mexico, and North 

 America?. P. angulata, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 42. Stem 

 thickened at the nodi, sulcately angular. Leaves sometimes 

 twin, pale green : lower ones glabrous : upper ones minutely 

 pubescent about the petioles and principal veins, as well as the 

 calyx in the same way ; midrib marked by a furrow on both 

 sides. Corolla downy outside, cream-coloured. Berry globose, 

 yellow. 



Lance-leaved Winter Cherry. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



17 P. ANGULA'TA (Lin. hort. cliff, p. 62. spec. p. 262.) herba- 

 ceous, annual, much-branched, glabrous ; leaves ovate or 

 oblong, acute, coarsely, unequally, and dentately serrated, but in 

 var. ft almost entire ; corolla spotless ; anthers pale blue ; fruc- 

 tiferous calyx 5 angled, truncate at the base ; the segments 

 triangularly subulate under florescence, about equal in length to 

 its tube. Q. H. Native of the East Indies. Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 1022. Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 676, exclusive of var. 

 ft, and its synonymes. Nees in Linnaea, 6. p. 474, and in Lin. 

 trans. 17. p. 70. P. obscura, var. a, glabra, Pursh, fl. 1. p. 

 157. P. Peruviana, Wall. cat. no. 2634. A. E. G. H. P. 

 minima, Wall. cat. no. 2633. P. flexuosa, and P. angulata, 

 Russel, herb. P. angulata, Heyne, herb. P. flexuosa, and P. 

 Sugunda, Hamilt. herb. Dill. elth. p. 13. t. 12. f. 12. Mor. 

 hist. 3. p. 527. sect. 13. t. 3. f. 27. ? Rheed. mal. 10. p. 139. 

 t. 70. Corolla small, short, somewhat campanulate, yellow. 

 Berry size of a cherry, globular, yellow ? 



Var. ft, pdtula; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at the 

 base and apex; stem diffuse. Q. H. Native of Vera Cruz 

 and Brazil. P. pdtula, Mill. diet. no. 12. 



Var. y, Bonariensis ; leaves oblong, almost quite entire. . 

 H. Native of Buenos Ayres. P. angulata, ft, foliis integerri- 

 mis, Lin. spec. 262. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 676. Dill, 

 elth. p. 12. t. 11. f. 11. 



^ngular-calyaed Winter Cherry. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 

 1732. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



18 P. I'NDICA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 102. no. 14.) herbaceous, 

 annual ; stem erect, divaricately dichotomous, and is, as well 

 as the branches, flexuous, and the petioles clothed with fine 

 viscid pubescence, roughish ; leaves ovate, or oblong, a little 

 toothed ; corolla spotless ; anthers yellow ; fructiferous calyx 

 ovate, rather angular ; the segments triangular under flores- 

 cence, and not half as long as its tube. O- H. Native of the 

 East Indies, and New Holland. Nees in Linnaea, 6. p. 476. P. 

 parviflora, R. Br. prod. p. 447. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 680. P. minima, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 242. Mill. diet. no. 11. 

 Nicandra I'ndica, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 682. P. Alke- 

 kengi, Lour. coch. 1. p. 164. P. pseudo-angulata, Blum, bijdr. 



p. 706. P. angulata, Willd. P. Peruviana, Wall. cat. no. 

 2634. Rumph. amb. 4. p. 61. t. 25. f. 1. Stem dwarf, usually 

 violaceous, scabrous from short, glandular pubescence, as well 

 as the branches, which are also viscid. Leaves twin, unequal. 

 Flowers size and form of those of P. angulata, but more tubu- 

 lar. Calyx scabrous from viscid down. 



Var. ft, microcdrpa (Nees, in Linnaea, 6. p. 476.) flowers and 

 fruit not above half the size of those of the species ; fructifer- 

 ous calyx almost globose. O- H. Native of Nipaul. P. 

 divaricata, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 97. P. Peruviana, Wall, 

 cat. no. 2634. P. angulata, var. ft, Hamilt. herb. 



Indian Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



19 P. MINIMA (Lin. hort. cliff, p. 62. spec. 262.) herbaceous, 

 annual, loosely villous, diffusely branched ; leaves cordate, or 

 ovate, acuminated, serrately toothed, or almost entire, pilose ; 

 corolla spotless ; anthers yellow ; fructiferous calyx ovate, an- 

 gular, hairy : the segments triangularly acuminated under flo- 

 rescence, and shorter than its tube. Q. H. Native of the 

 East Indies, and Vera Cruz, Miller.? Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 242. 

 Nees in Linnaea, 6. p. 479. in Lin. trans. 17. p. 89. P. parvi- 

 flora, Lag. gen. et spec. nov. diagn. p. 11. no. 147. Willd. 

 enum. suppl. p. 1 1 . P. Lagiscae, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 679. P. villosa, Roth. nov. spec. p. 122. P. Rothiana, Rcem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 627. P. Peruviana, Wall. cat. no. 2634. 

 B. et J. P. angulata, P. Peruviana, and P. pubescens, Heyne, 

 herb. P. Barbadensis, and P. Peruviana, Wight, herb. P. 

 pubescens, Willd. herb. Pee Inota-jnodien, Rheed. mal. 10. 

 t. 140. f. 71. ? The whole plant is covered with long, white, 

 clammy hairs. Corolla tubularly campanulate, yellow. 



Var. ft, parviflora ; fruit smaller, ovate, almost globose ; 

 leaves almost entire. O- H. P. parviflora, Willd. herb. P. 

 Abyssinica, et P. parviflora, Willd. herb. Corolla yellow, hardly 

 spotted at the throat. 



Least Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PL i to 

 1 foot. 



20 P. PROSTRA'TA (Lher. stirp. p. 43. t. 22.) herbaceous, 

 annual ; stem much branched, prostrate, villous, as well as the 

 leaves ; leaves cordate, or ovate-elliptic, repandly-toothed, on 

 long petioles ; corollas large, blue ; fructiferous calyx globose, 

 membranous, ribbed. Q. H. Native of Peru, Jacq. coll. 1. 

 p. 99. icon. rar. 1. t. 38. Andr. bot. rep. t. 75. Ruiz, et 

 Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 41. Lam. ill. t. 116. f. 2. P. Limensis, 

 Retz, obs. 5. p. 22. Physaloides prostrata, Mcench. Corollas 

 campanulately funnel-shaped, l inch in diameter, blue, painted 

 with deeper purple veins. Berry small, yellowish. 



Prostrate Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1782. PI. 

 prostrate, 



2. Fructiferous calyx open, and filled with the fruit. 



21 P. PHILADE'LPHICA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 101.) herbaceous, 

 annual, smoothish ; stem erect, dichotomous, and is, as well as 

 the branches, strict ; leaves obliquely ovate, acuminated, re- 

 pandly angular ; corollas spotted, and veiny ; fructiferous calyx 

 when mature open, girding the berry. Q. H. Native of 

 North America, from New England to Virginia, in dry places 

 on the banks of rivers, Pursh. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 157. 

 Physalis chenopodifolia, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1023. enum. suppl. 

 p. 11, but not of Lam. Physalis ovata, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 

 348. P. atriplicifolia, Jacq. fragm. p. 58. t. 85. f. a. Poir. 

 suppl. 2. p. 348. P. megistocarpos, Zucc. obs. cent. no. 56. in 

 Rcem. coll. p. 130. Calyx 5-cleft to the middle, having the 

 base and veins violaceous. Corolla yellow, marked with 5 

 violet spots at the bottom, which emit more obscure veins. 

 Calyx not inflated, as in the other species, but like that of 

 Saracha, of which it is probably a species. 



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