488 , 
a tonic, — and purgative in India (Dict. Econ. Prod. 
India 
A small TAE annual 1-2 ft. high; growing cu Rd 
stones and under cultivation at Baro (Parsons, Herb. Kew); “in 
plantations x cotton and sugar, Golungo Alto (Hiern, Cat. "Welw 
ATE PI mn. ). 
 Physalis peruviana, Linn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. ve 
Ill.—Medic. Act. Acad. Theod. Palat. iv. Phys 4 
E tomentosa) ; Bot. Mag. t. a (P. edulis) ; Pentel Madeira 
l. Fr. and Ferns, t. 11 (P. ed ulis); Miers, Illustr. S. Amer. PI. 
ii. t. 39; Trelease, 8th Report, Missouri Bot. Gdn. 1897, t. 44. 
Cape ‘Gooseberry: 
Widely distributed in ‘Tropical Africa and the Tropics 
generally. ueste ie in S. Africa; native.of Peru 
Hx 
Lou 
eoo 
much in favour With gla ‘Madeira (Gone Rep. TAR 
ry 
A so new hat shrubby x 2-3 ft. high, stems herbaceous, 
Rakik perennial, commonly cultivated as an annual for its 
fruit and for ornamental purposes. There appears to be no record 
of this species in Nigeria but it is the best of the Physalis, and is 
easily grown from seed, thriving in any moderately rich soil and 
planted out in rows about 4 ft. apart, and 2 ft. in the rows 
they come to maturity in from 5-7 months. It is found cultivated 
and wild in S. Africa (l.c.), on the Congo-Stanley Pool at an 
altitude of 900-1000 ft. (Hens, Herb. Kew), E Kikuyu, 
Uganda from 4000-6000 ft. (Whyte, Herb. Kew). e 
CYPHOMANDRA, Mart. 
Cyphomandra betacea, Sendt. in Flora, xxviii (1845) p. 172. 
or small tree inaly ft. high. Leaves up to 1 ft. in 
ub- 
cyme; flowers "Seed pale flesh colour. Fruit ovoid 
sa m about 2 = through, green or purplish chattes to 
e. 
Ill.—Cav. Ic. t. 524 xe spore Andrews, Bot. Rep. 
t. 511; Rev. Hort. 1880, p. 150; 1881, 470: Gard. Chron., 
March. 19th, 1887, p. 383; Kew Bull. [ha 8, Er us na 
Le Tomato, Plum Tomato, Tomato de la Paz, Vegetable 
ury. 
Native of Peru. Cultivated in East Africa, West Indies, 
8. Europe, etc. 
Fruit edible, may be eaten raw or pi vis like ordinary tomato, 
or makes a good preserve and jelly. à conserve stewed with 
sugar it much resembles apple or rer (Morris, Herb. Kew). 
