SOLANE^. 435 



19. A. arborescens, Schlecht. Unarmed j leaves elliptical or elliptioal-obloug, 

 pointed at both ends, petioled, glabrate, the younger ones hoary-pubeacent ; corolla white, 

 gradually dilated frpm the base, 4-5 times as long as the calyx ; stamens exserted, at length 

 almost twice as long as the corolla.— Pfem. Ed. Bum. t. 46. /. 1. Jacq. Schcenbr. 3. flj/j 

 t. 325. Desc. Fl. 3. i. 177.— Atropa, L. Oestrum caulifloram, Jacg,, Sieb. Mart. 278. 



A. Miersi, Dkm. ; Plumieri, jjfrs. ,■ ramiflorus, Jl/ri. .' ; canliflorus, &^«.; all these, and 

 other forms, distinguished by authors, prove quite identical, the length of the stamens 

 depending upon the state of development.— 8'-10' high; leaves 8"-2", calyx 1"'-14"', 

 corolla 5'" long, its blunt recurved lobes usually pubescent along the margin ; berry yellow, 

 size of a pea. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., common in the mountains, from 2000' upwards 

 to 5000' alt. ; S. Vincent I, Chiild. ; [French islands I ; Mexico, Venezuela I, New Granada !, 

 Brazil I, Peru]. 



8. ■WITHERINGIA, rffer., Kth. {nonMart, mn Mrs.) 

 (Sicklera, Sendtn. Fregirardia, Dun. Brachistus, Mrs.) 



Calyx small, campanulatc, truncate or minutely 4'-5 -dentate. Corolla aubrotate : limb 

 4-5-partite, valvate. Stamens 4-5, inserted into the corolla-throat : anthers erect, longi- 

 tudinally dehiscent. Stigmu capitate or emarginate- capitate. Beri-y small, 2-ceUed. — Suf- 

 frutescent herbs or shrubs; leaves mual/i/ entire ; feSiceh fascicled or sinffle, usually be- 

 tween geminate leaves. 



Mr. Miers has well remarked, that this genus is nearly related to Acnislus, which is 

 chiefly distinguished by its longer corolla4ube. But according to the law of priority, the 

 names proposed by that author are olgectionable, as from L'Heritier's figm-e the identity of 

 his genus with Brachistus is evident. Sarracha, R. P. (with the exclusion of 5. punctata, 

 or Paciloehroma, Mrs.), has the excrescent calyx of Fhysalisi though in a lesser degree : 

 hence Witheringia, Mrs., is to be named Athencea, Sendtn. 



20. ^ff. macrophylla, Kth. SulfTutescent, glabrescent; leaves membranaceous, ovate- 

 oblong, pointed, entire ; pedicels numerous, cernuous, as long as the shorter, half as long as 

 the longer petiole of the unequal leaf-pair; calyx truncate; corolla-lobes 4, oblong-linear, 

 twice or thrice as long as the shortly clavate tube ; filaments bearded, much shorter than 

 the anthers, which are exceeded by the style r stigma capitate.^ — Brachistus, Mrs. — Larger 

 leaves 8"-4", smaller 3"-l^", pedicels 8"'"-4"', calyx J'"-*'", corolla-lobes 2i"-3"', anthers 

 l"'long; beny red, globose, 2"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils., in mountain-woods at 

 Manchioneal; [New Granada]. 



9> PHYSALIS, i. 



-*. 

 Calyx 5 -fid, inflated like a bladder, around the included berry. Corolla shortly campanu- 

 latc ; limb plaited in th& bud. Stamens 5, included, inserted into the inferior part of the 

 corolla : anthers erect, longitudiuaUy dehiscent. Stigma capitate. Berry 2-celled. Em- 

 bryo curved. — Herbs ; leaves petioled ; pedicels solitary in the bifurcations- of the stem, or 

 lateral : flowers pale-yellow in the West Indian species. 



21. P. peruviana, X. Perennial,, villons-pubescent ; leaves cordate or ovate, sharply 

 pointed, few-toothed or entire ; calyx-lbbes lanceolate-acuminate : keels of the bladder 

 obsolete ; corolla (6"'-8"' long,) purple-spotted Mlhin ; anthers violet. — Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1068. — P. pubescens, R. Br. {nbn L. C10'.). P. edulis, Sims. — Hab. Barbadoes (iVj.); 

 [New Granada! to Peru ! and Brazil, naturdized in many Warm countries of the globe]. 



fy^ 22. p. pubescens, L. Cliff., Ns. Annual ; stem pubescent ; leaves ovate or subcor- ^ , 

 date, pointed, toothed-sinuate or subentire ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate : bladder l^ 

 ^-angular; corolla (3"'-4"' long^ purple-spotted u>ithin; anthers violet. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. 

 t. 39. — P. barbadensisj Jacq. P. hirsuta. Bun.-, — Hab. Barbadoes (/acq.), a weed ; [French 

 islands; United States ! to- Brazil, naturalized in other tropical countries]. 



[/' 23. P. foetens, PojV. Annual, viscous-pubescent, dilfuse; leaves deltoid-ovate, coarsely ~7. 

 angular-toothed ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate : angles of the bladder narrow, at length ^^ 

 obsolete; corolla (4'" long,) pale: limb spreading; anthers violet. — Barrel. Ic.\h\. 

 Our specimens disagree with Nees's description [Linnaa, n. p. 469) in having smaller leaves. 



