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2. JACQUINI, Willd. sp. PI. i, 1041. Herbaceous, procumbent, 

 perennial, completely armed with prickles ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 subcordate, sinuate-pinnatifid, the divisions acute ; racemes few- 

 flowered ; berries yellow when ripe, the size of a plum. Very com- 

 mon. Syn. S diffusum, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 250 ; S xantho carpum, 

 Schrad and Wendl. sert. Hann. 1, 8, t. 2 ; S virginianum, Jacq. 

 Ic. rar. t. 332. 



3. NEESIANUM, Wall Cat. Suppl. No. 248. Stem suffruticose ; 

 branches quadrangular, roughish towards the apex ; lower leaves 

 solitary, upper twin, densely and minutely scabrous above, oblong 

 lanceolate-acuminated at both ends, one smaller than the other ; 

 flowers lateral, fascicled ; calyx quite entire ; berry size of a pea, 

 smooth and red, 2-celled. Phoonda Ghaut. 



4. VERBASCIFOLIUM, Linn. sp. PL 1H4. A small tree; leaves 

 solitary, ovate-acute> quite entire, hairy above, white and tomentose 

 beneath ; corymbs terminal, dichotomous ; flowers small, white ; 

 berry size of a small cherry. Near Dharwar, Lush. Syn. S 

 pubescens, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 564; S erianthum, Don. Prod. Fl 

 nep. 96 ; S bicolor, Willd. Reliq. 



5. TRILOBATUM, Linn, sp, PL 270. Stems climbing, prickly; 

 leaves 3-lobed, obtuse glabrous ; petioles and peduncles prickly ; 

 racemes terminal and lateral, somewhat umbellate ; corolla deeply 

 5-divided, purple ; fruit scarlet, size of a large pea. Hedges in 

 Gujarat, common. Burm. Ind. 57, t. 22, fig. 2. Syn. S acetosae- 

 folium, Lam. Illustr. Gen. No. 2381. Deccan. 



6. GIGANTEUM, Jacq. Coll. Bot. iv, 125 ; Ic. rar. PI t. 328. 

 A prickly shrub ; prickles tomentose at the base ; leaves large, 

 oblong-lanceolate entire, covered on the underside with a mealy 

 tomenturn ; cymes lateral, dichotomous, many-flowered ; berries 

 round, red, size of a pea; flowers purplish-violet. On the higher 

 Ghauts, common. Syn. S niveum, Vahl. Symb. ii, 41 ; S farinosum 

 Wall, in Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 255. This is a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope also. 



7. S TORVUM, Var B inerme. 3 to 4 feet high ; leaves slightly 

 repand, ovate or cordate-acute, tomentose ; peduncles lateral, 

 corymbose, many-flowered ; berry size of an apple. In the South- 

 ern Maratha Country ; but we suspect had escaped from culti- 

 vated fields. Syn. S multiflorum, Roth nov. sp. 130. 



3. PHYSALIS, Linn. 



1. P SOMNIFERA, Link Enum. PI Hort. Bowl, i, 180. Shrubby; 

 branches flexuose, round, downy ; leaves double, short-petioled, 

 ovate, slightly repand, smooth, pubescent or tomentose ; flowers 

 axillary, subsessile, crowded, small, greenish ; berry red, smooth, 



