SOLANACEJE. V. PHTSALIS. VI. SARACHA. 



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Philadelphian Water Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 PI. 1 to H foot. 



SECT. III. ANOMALY. Roots perennial. ? Stems herbaceous. 

 Corolla carapanulately funnel-shaped, not plicate as in the other 

 sections. Perhaps a distinct genus. 



22 P. ORIXOCE'SSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 12.) stem angular, hairy; leaves quite entire, ovate, sub-acu- 

 minated, unequal at the base, hairy on the veins and nerves 

 beneath ; flowers twin ? ; teeth of calyx acute ; corollas funnel- 

 shaped. Tf.? S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, near 

 Arichuna, and the cataract of the Atures. Corolla 5 times 

 longer than the calyx, pilose. Berry globose, size of a large 

 pea, inclosed in the bladdery, reticulated calyx. 



Orinoco Winter Cherry. PI. 



23 P. XALAPE'XSIS (H. B. et Kunth, L c. 13.) stem angular ? 

 glabrous, or the branches are marked by a pilose line ; leaves 

 oblong, acuminated, entire, xather pilose, ciliated ; flowers um- 

 bellate, pedunculate ; corolla campanulately funnel-shaped. ![.? 

 S. Native of Mexico, between Perote and Xalapa, at the alti- 

 tude of 700 hexapods. Flowers size of those of the preceding 

 species ; the fruit also resembling it. 



Xalapa Winter Cherry. PI. ? 



\ Speciet hardly known, or tery imperfectly described. 



24 P. OBSct'RA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 149.) leaves 

 subcordate, almost orbicular, acuminated, unequally toothed ; 

 stem herbaceous, divaricate, much branched ; branches angular. 

 . H. Native of Lower Carolina, in sandy fields. P. obscura, 

 ,3. pubescens, Pursh. fl. 1. p. 157. P. angulata, Walt. fl. car. 

 p. 99. Plant clothed with viscid down. Corolla yellow, with 

 5 brown spots, and bluish anthers. Nearly allied to P. 

 pruinosa. 



Obscure Winter Cherry. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



25 P. SUBTRIFLOEA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. t. 178. f. b.) 

 stem angular ; leaves ovate, acute, quite entire, villous ; pedun- 

 cles 2-3-flowered ; fruit drooping. Native of Peru. Perhaps 

 not belonging to the genus. 



Subtriflorrered Winter Cherry. PI. 



26 P. PA'TULA (Mill. diet. no. 12.) much branched, spread- 

 ing ; branches angular, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, pinnately- 

 toothed. 0'. H. Native of Vera Cruz, Houston. Humble. 

 Leaves woolly. Flowers small, white. Berry small, yellowish. 



Spreading Winter Cherry. PI. humble. 



27 P. VILLOSA (Mill. diet. no. 13.) much branched; branches 

 villous ; leaves ovate, acuminated, serrately toothed. O- H. 

 Native of Vera Cruz, Houston. Flowers small, pale yellow. 

 Berry globose, vellowish green, size of a cherry. 



t'illous Winter Cherry. ' PI. ? 



28 P. CORDA'TA (Mill, dict.no. 14.) stem erect, branched; 

 leaves ovate, serrate- toothed ; petioles and peduncles very long. 

 O- H. Native of Vera Cruz, Houston. Leaves purple in 

 autumn, like those of Lamium. Flowers small, white. Berry 

 large, size of a cherry, greenish yellow, striped with purple. 



Cordate-leaved Winter Cherry. PI. 2 feet. 



29 P. MA'XIMA (Mill. diet. 'no. 15.) stem erect, branched ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, clammy; fruit large, cordate. Q. H. 

 Native of Vera Cruz, Houston. Stem glabrous, almost S feet 

 high. Leaves on long petioles. Flowers small, cream-coloured. 

 Berry pale yellow. 



Largest Winter Cherry. PI. 3 feet. 



30 P. LU'TEA (Medic, act. palat. 4. phys. p. 186.) fructiferous 

 calyxes pear-formed, unopen, almost rilled by the berry ; corol- 

 las spotless. Ti. H. Native country unknown. Said to be 



allied to P. ciscosa, but differs in the fructiferous calyx being 

 oblong, with 10 elevated angles. 

 Yellow Winter Cherry. PI. ? 



31 P. RAMOSA (Forsk. fl. arab. p. 204.) leaves solitary and 

 twin, broadly ovate, acute, sinuately toothed, rather villous. 0. 

 H. Native of Arabia, at Uahfad. Habit of P. alkekengi, but 

 the calyx is much inflated and pentagonal. Corolla yellow. 

 Berry dry, red. 



Branched Winter Cherry. PI. ? 



32 P. SU'TASS (Walt. fl. carol, p. 99.) leaves alternate, ovate, 

 and are, as well as the stem, which is rather angular, tomentose ; 

 flowers solitary, drooping. Q. ? H. Native of Carolina. 



Drooping Winter Cherry. PI. ? 



33 P. MCCRONA'TA (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 11, without any 

 diagnosis.) Nothing is known of this plant but the name. 



Mucrmtate Winter Cherry. PI. 1 foot. 



34 P. MICRA'NTHA (Link, enum. 1. p. 181.) hairy; leaves 

 cordate, acute, toothed : peduncles axillary, at length reflexed ; 

 calyx angular, with acute segments. 0. H. Native country 

 unknown. P. parviflora, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 11. Nearly 

 allied to P. pubescent, and probably only a variety of it. Corolla 

 small, yellow. 



SnaU-fio^ered Winter Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. 

 PL 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Solanum, p. 442. 



VI. SARA X CHA (named by Ruiz, and Pavon, after Tsodore 

 Saracha, a Benedictine monk much attached to the study of 

 botany, and who enriched the royal gardens at Madrid with 

 many rare plants.) Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 42. t. 178. 

 prod. p. 349. Bellinia, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. Ivi. and 

 p. 687. 



LIN. STST. Peniandria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 angled, 5 -cleft ; segments ovate, permanent. Corolla campa- 

 nulately rotate : with 5 equal, reflexed lobes, and furnished 

 with 5 nectariferous pits at the base. Anthers cordate, straight, 

 dehiscing lengthwise. Stigma capitate. Berry globose, 1-2- 

 celled, half inclosed in the hardly inflated calyx, almost to the 

 middle ; placenta fleshy. Seeds many, compressed, reniform. 

 Usually herbaceous, procumbent, or erect plants. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petiolate, entire, usually twin, especially the upper ones. 

 Peduncles from the forks of the stem, or axils of the leaves, 2 

 or many flowered, usually umbellate and drooping. Saracha 

 only differs from Solanum in the filaments being woolly at the 

 base, and closing up the mouth of the tube of the corolla ; and 

 by its cordate anthers, with the cells opening lengthwise. 



* Annual Plants. 



1 S. PKOCD'MBEHS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 43. t. 180. f. 

 b.) herbaceous, procumbent ; leaves twin, unequal, ovate, quite 

 entire, glabrous in the adult state, but when young villous on the 

 margins and back ; flowers umbellate, drooping ; filaments gla- 

 brous. 0. H. Native of Peru, in the valley of Canta. 

 A'tropa procumbens, Cav. icon. 1. p. 53. t. 72. Jacq. hort. 

 schoenbr. t. 492. A'tropa plicata, Roth, catalect. 2. p. 4>. 

 Physalis solanacea, Mentens ex Roth, 1. c. Solanum procum- 

 bens, D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 611. Bellinia procumbens, Roam, et 

 Schultes, syst. 4. p. 687. Stem dichotomous, furrowed, downy, 

 angular. 'Leaves rarely solitary. Peduncles axillary, 2-3-4- 

 flowered ; pedicels and calyxes villous. Corolla cream-co- 

 loured, with a green centre, and downy margin. Berry shining, 

 size of a pea. 



Procumbent Saracha. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PI. proc. 



2 S. UMBELLA'TA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 1 

 herbaceous, erect, hairy, much branched ; leaves ovate, wrin- 

 kled, entire, shining, acute, scabrous : floral ones twin ; flow- 



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