1887] History of Garden Vegetables. 55 
dialects, and Speede* mentions it also. In France it is classed 
among garden vegetables by Vilmorin? Descourtliz gives a 
Carib name, “ sousourou-scurou.’ Drummond, who introduced 
the plant into Australia, after ten years reports it as completely 
naturalized in his region. This species differs but slightly from 
P. pubescenss Gray, in 1878, says it was introduced into culti- 
-vation several years ago, but has now mainly disappeared. 
In English called Cape Gooseberry® or Cherry Tomato; in Carib, 
“ sousourou-scurou; in Tagalo, “potocan,” in India, Winter 
Cherry, TurParee;7 in Bengali, Tapureca, Tapeeriya, and 
Lophlee; in Mindustiii, Macao; in Telinga, Budda-busara, 
Pambudda.? i 
5. Physalis philadelphica Lam. 
Although the habitat of this species is given by Gray? as in 
fertile soil, Pennsylvania to Illinois and Texas, yet it seems to be 
the Miltomatl figured by Hernandez™ in his Mexican history, 
published in 1651. It is described by Burr™ under the name 
Purple Ground Cherry, Purple Strawberry Tomato, Purple Winter 
Cherry. The “petite tomate du Mexique, as received from Vil- 
morin, in 1883, can be assigned to this species, as can also a 
“ Strawberry Tomato” grown in 1885. A 
6. Physalis pubescens L. 
This species has a wide range, extending from New York to 
Iowa, Florida, and westward, from Texas to the borders of Cali- 
fornia, and southward to tropical America. It is described by 
Marcgrav” and Piso *3 in Brazil about the middle of the seventeenth 
century, and Feuille,“ 1725, mentions it as cultivated and wild in 
t Speede, Ind. Handb. of Gard., 1842, 233. 
2 Vilmorin, Les Pl. Pot., 1883, 4. 
3 Drummond, Hook. Jour. of Bot., 1840, ii.-347. 
4 Vilmorin, Les Pl. Pot., 4. 
s Gray, Syn. Flora of N. Am., ii. pt. 1, p. 233. 
6 Pickering, Ch. Hist. of Pl., 755. 
7 Speede, l. c. 
8 Birdwood, l. c. 
9 Gray, Syn. FL, 1. c. 
x Hernandez, Nova Hist. Mex., 1651, 295. 
™ Burr, Field and Gar. tid 1863, 593- 
12 Marcgravius in Piso, Brazil, 1648, 12. 
13 Piso, de Ind., 1658, 22 
14 Feuille, Obs., si, 4s 5, ph ¥. 
