SCROPHULARIACEAB 419 



* Var. LONGUM Sendt. Sileng-mahahaba (Tag.). 



Similar to the above, but with oblong-lanceolate fruits which are more 

 or less narrowed to the acuminate apex, up to 6 cm long and 1.5 cm in 

 diameter. 



Cultivated by Chinese gardeners for the Manila market, fl. most of the 

 year. A native of tropical America, now cultivated in numerous forms 

 in all warm countries. 



8. PHYSALIS Linnaeus 



Erect or spreading branched herbs. Leaves alternate, entire, sinuate, 

 or lobed. Pedicels axillary, solitary. Calyx campanulate, cleft half-way to 

 the base into 5 teeth, in fruit greatly enlarged, inflated, enclosing but free 

 from the fruit. Corolla campanulate, yellow, sometimes purple at the 

 base inside. Stamens 5, attached near the base of the corolla. Ovary 

 2-celled. Fruit a globose berry. (Greek "bladder" from the inflated 

 calyx.) 



Species 45, mostly or all natives of America, 3 or 4 introduced in the 

 Philippines. ' 



Glabrous or nearly so; stems angled..... 1. P. angulata 



Pubescent; stems terete or nearly so 2. P. minima 



1. P. ANGULATA L. Putocan, Caputi.(Tag.). 



An erect, branched, glabrous herb 1 m )iigh or usually less, the stems 

 angled. Leaves ovate-oblong, 5 to 9 cm long, acute or acuminate, base 

 usually acute, often somewhat inequilateral, entire or somewhat repand- 

 toothed. Flowers pale-yellowish, about 6 mm long. Fruit calyx oblong- 

 ovoid, 2.5 to 3 cm long, the fruits about 1 cm in diameter. (Fl. Filip. 

 pi. 50.) 



In waste places, fl. Dec-^Apr., and probably in other months; widely 

 distributed In the Philippines. A native of tropical America, introduced 

 and naturalized here. 



2. P. MINIMA L. Unti-untihan (Tag.). 



An erect, branched, pubescent, annual herb 0.5 to 0.8 m high, the 

 branches terete, often tinged with purple, the ultimate ones slightly angular. 

 Leaves ovate, acuminate, base rounded or a little cordate, somewhat ine- 

 quilateral, the margins nearly entire or very faintly undulate-lobed, 6 to 12 

 cm long, 4.5, to 7 cm wide. Flowers solitary, axillary, about 8 mm long, 

 the limb 8 mm in diameter, the corolla pale-yellow, with 5 large, purple 

 spots at the base inside. Fruit fleshy, globose, edible, , about 1 cm in 

 diameter, the inflated, accrescent calyx ovoid, acuminate, about 3 cm long, 

 2 cm in diameter, green, with 5 prominent, and 5 alternating somewhat 

 more slender, purplish ribs. 



In waste places, occasional, fl. July-Oct.; rather widely distributed in 

 the Philippines. A native of tropical America, now found in most tropical 

 countries. 



124. SCROPHULARIACEAE 



Herbs, rarely shrubs, with simple, opposite, rarely alternate or whorled 

 leaves. Flowers irregular, perfect, solitary, or in axillary or terminal 

 spikes, racemes, or panicles. Calyx usually persistent, 4- rarely 5-cleft or 



