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64. SOLANACILE. 
Tribe II. Physalidece. 
+f5. Physalis L. 
§ 1. Eurystorrhiza Don ; herbaceous, root strong per., st. 
sometimes suffrutescent or persistent at the base. Cal. 
even in bud large conspicuous. 
* Pubescence simple not stellate, 
tfl* P» peruviana L. Cape Gooseberry. Tomate Inglez. 
Per. ; pale greyish gr. or hoary softly villoso-pubeseent or 
velvety-pilose erectly fork-branched, branches stiff angular- 
sulcate ; 1. stalked acuminato-cordate entire or here and there 
repandly sinuato-dentate, softly velvety and flaccid ; fl. erect 
shortly pedicelled ; cor. ochraceous-y. with 5 black central 
spots ; anth.-v. ; cal. in fr. obsoletely 5-angular obturbinatelv 
globose pale ochraceous or straw-coloured; berry y. — Linn. Sp. 
(App.) ii. 1670; Lam. Diet. ii. 101; Pers. i. 22; Ait. H. K. i. 
691 ; Dun. in DC. xiii. 1. 440 ; Miers Illustr. ii. t. 39, C ; Griseb. 
W. I. Fl. 435 ; Willk. et Lange ii. 529. P. edulis Sims in BM. 
t. 1068. Herschelia edulis Bowd. Exc. Mad. 34, 35. P. pu- 
bevens Buch ! 193. no. 188; Spr. i. 698; Holl’s List in Hook. 
J. of Bot. i. 20; Seub. Fl. Az. 38; Wats, in Godm. Az. 198 
(no: Linn.). Solatium vesicarium radice crassa Mexicanum See. 
Moris. Hist. iii. 526, § 13. t. 3. f. 17. — Herb. per. Mad. reg. 1-3, 
formerly (1826-1850) ccc; now (1850-1871) c; not seen in 
PS. or the Desertas, nor received from the Salvages. Growing 
out of walls and rocks in dry sunny places, beds of ravines, 
rocky banks See. about Funchal &c. everywhere formerly, but 
now (1871) become almost rare ! All the year round, but in 
fr. chiefly July-Sept. — Boot or root-stock strong per. pale or 
whitish ; st. ann. PI. 1-2 ft. high leafy more or less silvery- 
greyish gr., sometimes slightly viscid but hairs or pubescence 
simple furry ; suffrutescent downwards. Petioles slender £-1 in. 
long; 1. 1^-3 in. long, l-2f in. wide, the edges wavy and 
mostly repandly 1 or 2-toothed on each side. Fl. mostly soli- 
tary and axillary rarely binate ; pedic. erect in fl. ; drooping or 
reflexed in fr. 3 or 4 lines long slender. Sep. in all .stages very 
acute. Cor. 6- 9 lines in diam. shallowly but acutely 5-angu- 
larlv plicate shortly ciliatc-pubescent at the edges and all over 
pubescent outside, ochre-y. with 5 large square coal-black spots 
or dashes in the middle which are ciliate as it were, or fringed 
at their edges. Anth. large erect shortly oblong, 2 lines long, 
1 line broad, at first connivent, then altogether free and sepa- 
rate, exserted just out of the throat which is closed with a ring 
of dense indexed yellowish silky hairs ; before bursting square 
