750 BENGAL PLANTS. (Physalis 
1395. Puysanis minmma Linn.; F. I. i. 568; F. B. I. iv. 238; 
E. D. P. 678 
Tn all the provinces. 
A herbaceous, pubescent, annual weed of roadsides and 
waste places ind. Tuleti-pati; Beng. Ban-tipariya ; 
Santal. Funai khandi. 
1395/2. Var. tnpica F. B. I. iv. 238; EK. D. P. 678. 
In the central and eastern provinces in the same situa- 
tions as the t 
A small, "he ee glabrescent, annual weed. Beng. 
Ban-tipariya. 
1396. PuysaLis PERUVIANA Linn.; F. I. i. 562; F. B. I. iv. 238; 
E. D. P. 682. 
In all the provinces, cultivated in gardens. 
A stoutish, annu erb, ernac. Tipariya. The 
ipari; the European name is “Cape” Gooseberry, 
though the plant is of American, not African origin. 
638. Withania Paug. 
Unarmed shrubs; leaves entire. Flowers axillary, sessile or 
short-pedicelled, oe or solitary, sometimes polygamo- 
dicecious. Sepals connate in a 5-6-toothed, campanulate, sub- 
globose calyx, PTY in fruit. Petals connate in a campanulate 
corolla; lobes 3-6, short, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, adnate near 
base of corolla; anthers oblong; dehiscence longitudinal. Carpels 
connate in a 2-celled ovary ; ovules numerous ; style linear ; stigma 
shortly 2-fid. Frwit a globose berry. Seeds very many, discoid; 
—— peripheri 
397. WITHANIA SOMNIFERA ae F. B. I. iv. 289; E. D. W. 98. 
Physalis flexuosa ¥. I. i. 561. 
N. Bengal ; cultivated in small gardens for its reputed 
alexipharmie proper 
An erect shrub, ania 5 feet in height. Vernac. 
Asgand, pare ee 
639. Datura Linn. 
Coarse, rank, shrubby herbs, glabrous or minutely pubescent; 
leaves pits entire, sinuate or deeply too . Flowers large, 
purple or white, solitary, pedicelled. Sepals connate in a long, 
tubular, herbaceous calyx; mouth 5-toothed, deciduous in fruit aad 
