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houses. Spread throughout Polynesia, Formosa, Malaysia, North Australia, Ceylon, 

 etc. 



References: 



Phijmatodes phymatodes (L. ) Maxon. 



Poly podium phymatodes L. Mant. 306. 1771. 



Physalis angulata. Ground-cherry. 



Family Solanaceae. 



Local names. — Tomates de Brihuega (Spanish); Sisio, Asisio (Philippines). 

 An annual glabrous weed, with angled stem. Leaves ovate, with cuneate base 

 and long-acuminate teeth, or subentire; calyx 5-parted, inflated like a bladder around 

 the included berry; calyx-lobes deltoid; bladder sharply 5-angular; corolla pale; 

 stamens 5, anthers violet; stigma capitate; berry 2-celled, turning yellow when ripe 

 and nearly filling the calyx. 



Widely spread in the warmer regions of the world. In Guam it grows in waste 

 places. Fruit eaten occasionally by the natives. 

 References: 

 Physalis angulata L. Sp. PI. 1-: 183. 1753. 



Physalis minima. Ground-cherry. 



Local names. — Tomate chaka, i. e., "Rat tomato" (Guam); Tomates de Bri- 

 huega (Spanish); Sisio, Asisio (Philippines). 

 An annual pubescent plant. Leaves ovate, sinuate, angular, or scarcely lobed; 

 calyx inflated, enlarging after flowering, 5 or 10-ribbed; corolla yellow; berry 12 

 mm. in diameter. Abundant on cultivated land. Fruit eaten by the natives, form- 

 ing a good salad, when raw, or made into a dulce. Chickens are fond of it. 

 References: 



Physalis minima L. Sp. PL 1 : 183. 1753. 

 Physic-nut. See Jatropha curcas. 

 Pia (Samoa). See Tucca pinnatifidn. 

 Piao (Guam). General name for bamboo. 

 Piao lahe, Piao tituka (Guam). See Bambos blumeana. 

 Piao palaoan (Guam). See Bambos sp. 

 Piga (Guam). 



General name for Alocasia spp., giant aroids with acrid starchy stems, eaten in 

 times of famine. 



Piga-palayi (Guam). See Crinum asiaticum. 

 Pigeon pea. See Cajan cajan. 

 Pigweed, green. See Amaranthus viridis. 

 Pigweed, spiny. See Amaranthus splnosus. 

 Piipii (Hawaii). See Andropogon acictilatus. 

 Pili (Philippines). See Canarium indicum. 

 Pilikai (Hawaii). See Argyreia liliaefolia. 

 Pina (Guam, Philippines, Spanish). See Ananas ananas. 

 Pineapple. See Ananas ananas. 

 Piod or Piut (Guam). See Ximenia americana. 



Piper betle. Betel pepper. Plate lxiii. 



Family Piperaceae. 



Local names. — Pupiilo, Pupulu (Guam); Tambnla (Sanscrit); Tambol (Per- 

 sian); Tanbol (Arabic) ; Bulat-wel, Bulat woela (Ceylon); Buyo (Philip- 

 pines); Kolu (Solomon Islands); Hurung, Huglong (Kaiser Wilhelmsland) ; 

 Piin (Bengal). 



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