514 SOLANACEJJ. 



a. jiexuosa. (Physalis flexuosa, L.—Willd.; — Rum. and Sch. ; — Roxb. 

 fi. ind. \,p. 561 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 240;— Rheed. 4, t. 55.) ^sp^f ^^ 

 Ushwa-gunda, $ Coromandel. Both the Concans. Guzerat. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Fl. 3^ lines, pale greenish, R. and C. S. ; fr. H. S. 

 Rheed. 1. c. says that this plant is a middle-sized tree. (Arbor 

 justse magnitudinis.) In aU other respects it answers to the com- 

 mon Physalis flexuosa of L. and Roxb. 

 ^.peruviana, L. {Willd. sp. ; — Lk. ; — Rom. and Sch. ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 



449 Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 562; ed. Carey, 2, p. 241, partly; — ./. 



Grak. Cat. B. pi. p. 140. — P. pubescens, L. herb, not Hort. cliff.; — 

 Rtiis. and Pav. — R. Br. pr. p. 447 ; — Rom. and Sch. ; — Spreng. — P. 

 esculenta, Willd. ; — Rom. and Sch. — P. tomentosa, Medic. — P. tu- 

 berosa, Zucc. — P. latifolia. Lam. ; — Rom. and Sch. — P. barbadensis, 

 Lam.; not Jacq.— P. edulis, Sims. ;—B. M. 27, t. 1068.) C^'HWl 

 Tepuriya. % Peru. Antilles. Much cultivated in India. N. Hol- 

 land, &c., on account of its largish, yellowish, palatable berries, 

 here generally called Gooseberries. Fl. small, yellowish, C. S. ; fr. 

 H. S. 

 d. pubescens, L. {Hort. cliff. ; — Lam. ; Pursh. ; — G. Don. I. c. — P. prui- 

 nosa, L. ; Willd. — P. barbadensis, Jacq. ; — Willd. ; — Roin. and Sch. ; 

 — Hornem. ; not Lam.) © America. India, where it is perhaps only 

 cultivated. Fl. and fr. as in No. 2. 



4. Alkekengi, L. (G. Don. o. c. p. 448 ; — Sibth. and Sm. fl. gr. t. 234 ; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 562; ed. Carey, 2, p. 241. — P. Halicacabura. 

 Scop. — Alkekengi officinarum, Tourn.) '^. S. Europe. Persia. Fl, 

 small, dirty white. Does not thrive in Bengal. 



5. minima, L. {Hort. cliff. ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 450 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 

 563; ed. Carey, 2, p. 242 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 140.— P. villo- 

 sa. Roth. — P. Rothiana, Rom. and Sch. — P. parviflora, Laff. ; — 

 Willd. ; — R. Br. — Riim. and Sch. — P. Lagascse, Rom. and Sch. — P. 

 indica, Lam. — P. pseudo-angulata, Bl. — P. Alkekengi, Lour.; not L. — 

 Nicandra indica, Rom. and Sch. ; — Rheed. 10, t. 70 ; — Rumph. 6, t. 26, 

 /.I.) '^ C5<*ff^^ Bun-tepuriya. O Tropical N. Holland. Moluccas. 



Cochin-China. Java. Ceylon. Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) 



Hindoosthan. Nepal. Fl. small, uniformly pale yellow, R. and C. S. ; 



fr. C. S. 

 G.angulata, L. {G. Don. o. c. p. 450; — Nees ; — Willd.; — Rom. and Sch. 



excl. ft Roxb. H. B. p. 1 6. — P. obscura, Pursh. a.) © E. and W. 



Indies. Introduced from Malacca into H. C. G., fi. R. and C. S. ; fr. 



C. S. 

 Nicandra, Adans, (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 457.) 



l.physaloides, Giirtn. {fr. 2, p. 237, t. 131,/. 2;— G. Don. I. c. ;—J. 



Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 140.— B. M. 5\, t. 2458 ■,—Pers. ;— Pursh. ; — 



Null. ; — Willd. ; — Rom. and Sch. — Atropa physaloides, L. ; — Jacq. 



obs. 4. t. 08; — lioxO. //. B. p. 16. — Pliysahs daturscfolia. Lam. — 



