54 History of Garden Vegetables. [Jan. 
“Hortus Eystettensis,’* 1613. J. Bauhin? speaks of its pres- 
ence in certain gardens in Europe. Linnzus makes a variety 
with entire leaves, and both his species and variety are figured 
by Dillenius, who obtained the variety from Holland in 1732. 
When it first appeared in our vegetable gardens I do not find 
recorded. £ 
Its synonymy seems to be as below : 
Halicacabum sive Solanum Indicum. Cam., Hort., 1588, 70 
cum tc: 
Solanum vesicarium Indicum. Bauh., Phytopin., 1596, 297; 
Pin., 1623, 166; Ray, Hist., 1686, 681. 
Halicacabum seu Solanum Indicum. Camer., Hort. Eyst., 1613, 
- Aim ie. 
Solanum sive Halicabum Indicum. J. Bauh., 1651, iii. 609, 
cum ic. 
Alkekengi Indicum majus. Tourn. Inst., 1719, 151. 
Pops. Hughes, Barb., 1750, 161. 
Physalis angulata.L. Gray, Syn. Fl., ii. pt. i. p. 234. 
2. Physalis barbadensis Jacq. 
This species is said by Vilmorin to be sometimes cultivated in 
France. According to Maycock ¢ it is the Fop vni of Hughes.5 
I have not seen it growing. 
3. Physalis lanceolata Michx. 
This species was among the “‘ Strawberry Tomatoes” grown in 
1886, and occurred in two varieties, —4, the ordinary sort, and 
6, with broader leaves and more robust growth.» Its habitat is 
given by Gray as from Lake Winnipeg to Florida and Texas, 
Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. 
4. Physalis peruviana L. 
This South American species seems to have become fairly 
well distributed through cultivation. Birdwood® records it as 
cultivated widely in India, and gives native names in the various 
; 2 Hortus iit, 1613 be 1713). ist. ord., 13, fol. 2. 
2 Bauhin, Hist., 1651, iii. 609. 
bes saaa Hock Riet 12, t. 12; p. 12, f. 11, t. 115 
. 4 Maycock, Fl. Barb., 98. ; 
_ 8 Hughes, Barb., 161. , ; 
: l Rirawood, Vig Prod. of sali 173- 
