PHYSALIS 



eaten from the hand ^at least as ijrdwn hi tlie N.). It 

 is a very vigorous and i>r."lu<tlv,- |.hint luid is ,,f smue 

 consequence as an ornaniini;il. l.ui n i- t.,o u( . M) t.. be 

 of much value. The fr. is liu-rr il,:iii in iIh imiivi. P. 

 angulata. The plant figun-.i l.\ Caniiiv :is /'. rn.lureii 

 (R.H. 1882:216) is the one here descrilied. in Mexico, 

 the fruits are said to be used in the making of chilli 

 sauce and as a dressing for meats, usually under the 

 name of "tomatoes." The Mexican forms are confused. 



BB. Stems ptibescent or hairy. 

 pub6 cens, Linn. Strawberbt Tomato of vegetable 

 gardens. DwAKF Cape Gooseberry. Husk Tomato. 

 Oroind Cherry. Fig. 1775. Low, trailing flat on the 

 ground, or sometimes ascending to the height of a foot: 

 Ivs. rather thin and nearly smooth, more or less regu- 

 larly and prominently notched with blunt teeth : fls. 

 small (%in. or less long), bell-shaped, the limb or border 

 erect and whitish yellow, the throat marked with 5 large 

 brown spots; anthers yellow: husk smooth or nearly so, 

 thin and paper-like, prominently 5-angled and somewhat 

 largerthan the small, yellow, sweetish and not glutinous 

 fruit. N. Y. to the tropics. -The plant is very prolific, 

 and the fruits are considerably larliir than in tlji- other 

 species. When ripe the fruits tall, ami it tin- season is 

 ordinarily dry they will often keep in good coiidition 

 upon the ground for 3 or 4 weeks. The fruits will keep 

 nearly all winter if put away in the husks in a dry 

 chamber. They are sweet and pleasant, with a little 

 acid, and they are considerably used for preserves, and 

 sometimes for sauce. The plant is worthy a place in 

 every home garden It is grown more or less by small 

 ga 1 n nea tl 1 g t an 1 tl f t a ft 

 n n th w nt k t Th h f bi t n t th 



wtl 



lag auunt f 

 t 11 p ead 4 f 

 The plant a 

 feet apart n th 



1 f 



PHYSIANTHUS 1321 



larger ( J^ or ^s in. long), open-bell-shaped, the limb or 

 border widely spreading and light yellow, the interior 

 or throat blotched and veined with 5 purple spots, the 

 anthers blue-purple: husk thicker and .larger than in 

 the last, somewhat hairy, and has a niueh longer point. 

 Tropics. B.:\I. ]>»■-. Tl,i -|M,i, . ,- ,„,, i.Me for the 

 northern st:iii '[' '- . . , ,: iliious, and 



much like th /' . ,i,,-,.. but it 



has been ,.,:!', , ,1 I. .l' I'u ,,' ,e„l "uie J, f. /-.'■, ''"it'^'v.'ns 

 de~r,,l..d ,, , :,,e,l by Jlorison in 171 . ,■• I ...l : ,! 



I'eMi, ■ ■ ;^ h was then cultivated . ■!, ., :■ d 



is eiilri\ ;ttrd at rlie ('ape of Uood Hope, in some pans 

 of the- i;ast Indies, and more especially at the English 

 settle ment nf Niw South Wales, at which latter place it 

 is kn.iwii by the name of the Cape Gooseberry, and is 

 the chief fruit the colonists at present possess; is eaten 

 raw, or made into pies, puddings or X)reserves." The 

 plant is rarely sold by American seedsmen. 



P. lohdta offered by dealers is not known to the writer. It is 

 advertised as one of the Ground or Winter I 'lierries, with \\«- 

 let fruit. It is probably not P. lobata, T.nr P,.ili:,ns a tnnn ef 

 the cultivated P. ixocarpa.— P. i'/ii/i/.y> //.Ana, l.,ini , ,i ii.him. 

 species, is said by Britton & Brown t.. Iiaxe l.em "teMn-iiy 

 cultivated for its fruit." i 1 1 i ■ 



PHYSIANTHUS (C eek bJ Id 



11a f tl 11a t be) A 

 n w 1 f d t A 



cult at I 1 I 1 II 



na f Ba b I /III 



d and a I I I I \ 



of tl e auth I 



Dunal n 18 1 i i b I I 



Fhjsal ta but lat 1 ta t u t D n 



PI ?a w th L una" P p b of wh h 



c n mon Hu k T n t I t a ult ated fo m 



Peruviana, Linn. {P. e'thilis. Sims). Cape Goose- 

 berry. Fig. 1776. As compared with P. pubescens, 

 this is a much stronger grower, the plant standing par- 

 tially erect and attaining a height of IJ-^-S ft.: Ivs. 

 thicker, less regularly toothed, more pointed, heart- 

 shaped at the base, and very pubescent or fuzzy: fls. 



bio ra f e ly 



to ha e 



1 flow 



I ea ly 



tlj n a 



It 



11 



t il n t C tt g 

 n Th e may be 

 d b f e cool weathe 

 d an 1 ge m nate w ell 

 o tl Aaiasaeondd 



ha h h u t fa d pa t of England and 

 a e wn outdo n Cal f A q a I an 



be flowered in pots, but the border of the greenhouse 

 is better. 



There are about 13 species of Araujia, all with oppo- 

 site Ivs. and whitish or rosy fls.: corolla-tube short or 

 long, inflated at the base; lobes 5, very wide or narrow, 

 overlapping toward the right in the bud; crown with 



