240 Cii. SOLANACEJ!. (0. B. Clarke.) [^WUhania. 



lurid yellow. Filaments linear ; anthers level with tiie stigma. Berry \-^ in. diam. 

 Seeds i in. diam., smooth. 



2. W. coag^ulans, Duncd in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 685; stellately 

 puberulous, leaves oblong obtuse, calyx-teeth triangular, flowers polygamo- 

 dicBcious, fruit-calyx leathery closely surrounding the berry. Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 288. Puneeria coagulans. Stocks in Sbok. Ic. t. 801 ; Wight Ic. t. 1616. 



Punjab and Scinde; frequent. Sdtlbdge Yat.TiBY ; alt. 3300 ft., Thomson. — 

 DisTKiB. Cabul and Beloochistan. 



A somewhat rigid, grey imdershrub. Leaves 1-2 in., attenuate at the base; 

 petiole indistinct or J in. Pedicels 0-f in. Calyx in flower | in. ; in fruit f in., 

 stellately mealy. Corolla i in., lurid yellow, stellately mealy' without. Male fl. 

 filaments linear ; anthers subezsert ; ovary ellipsoid ; style 0. Hermaphrodite fl. ; 

 anthers subsessile, perfect, neaj the base of the corolla-tube ; ovary globose ; style 

 linear, stigma level with the mouth of the tube. Serry and seeds nearly as in W. 

 somnifera. — This plant has been found in the act of passing &om dimorphism to 

 dioecism.— "The Cheesemaker." 



3*. ITXCANDRA, Adam. 



An annual, glabrous herb. Leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, toothed or 

 lobed. Pedicels axillary, solitaiy. Calyx sub- 5-partite ; sepals in fruit much 

 enlarged, cordate-ovate, acute, reticulate. Corolla campanulate, blue ; limb 

 6-plaitei Stamens attached near the base of the corolla, filaments linear; 

 anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 3-5-ceUed; style linear, 

 stigma obscurely 3-6-lobed ; ovules very many. Berry globose, 3-5-ceIled. 

 Seeds very many, compressed, subdiscoid ; embryo peripheric. 



N. pliysaloides, Gaertn. Fruet. ii. 237, t. 141 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2458 ; 

 Dumal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 434. Atropa physaloides, Linn. ; Jaeq. Ohs. iv. 

 t. 98. Physalis datursefolia, Lanik. Diet. ii. 102. 



Sttbtkmperatb Ftwat.aya ; alt. 3-6000 ft., from Eashmir to Sikkim, introduced. 

 Mrs. of W. Deccan PENiNSttLA, introduced. — Distrib. Native of Peru; widely 

 cultivated. 



Leaves 4-7 in. Pedicels 1 in. Corolla 1 in. diam. Sepals in fruit 1 by ft in., 

 deeply cordate at the base, overlapping so as to simulate a 5-angular calyx. 



4. XiTCXVM, Linn. 



Spinous shrubs, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves smaU, alternate or often 

 fascicled at the nodes, entire, linear or oblong. Pedicels solitary or &scicled at 

 the nodes; flovyers small. Calyx campanulate, at first 5-merous, then irre- 

 gularly 3-5-lobed or 2-lipped ; in fruit not enlarged. CoroUa funnel-shaped ; 

 lobes 5-4, imbricate in bud. Stamens 5-4, on the corolla-tube ; anthers oblong, 

 exsert or included, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-ceUed ; style fili&rm, 

 stigma subcapitate; ovules few or many. Bei-ry smaU, globose or oblong. 

 Seeds several, few or 1, compressed; embryo peripheric. — Species 40; all 

 temperate and subtropical regions, especially S. Africa and S. America. 



1. Xi. europaeum, Linn. ; Sibth. Fl. Ch-tec. t. 236 ; leaves linea^oblong, 

 pedicels short, calyx 5-lobed irregularly, corolla-lobes not half so long as the 

 tube, filaments glabrous at their base. Mieirs Itt. S. Amer. PL iL 95, t. 64, fig. 

 B ; Brand. For. Fl. 345 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 288. L. indicum, Wigfa Ic. 

 t. 1403 ; Ma-sl. c. 97, t. 64, fig. E, not of Rets. L. mediterraneum, Duiud in 

 DO. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 623. L. ssBvum, orientale, and persicum, Miers I. c. 95. 



