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tufts of leaves on pedicels i n - long- Calyx campanulate, under i 
in. long; lobes 5 minute, deltoid. Corolla purplish, l in. long; 
teeth broad, obtuse, the length of the tube. 
Mauritius, Sieber. Rodriguez, usually on the coral near the sea, but found also 
in the valley of the Riviere de Test, Balfour ! Also Cape. L. capense, Miller (L. 
tetrandrum, Thunb. in Linn. Trans, ix. 154 t. 15 ; L. afrum, Bojer, Hort. Maur. 241, 
non Linn), which differs mainly from L. tenue by its obovate leaves, is naturalised by 
the sea in Mauritius at the Riviere Noire, and on the He aux Tonneliers. 
* Physalis ‘peruviana, Linn. ; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. 440; (P. 
edulis, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1068), spread round in the world in the warmer 
zones, is well-established in Mauritius, Rodriguez and the Seychelles, 
and was gathered by Dr. Ayres on Flat Island. It is a robust diffuse 
herb, clothed all over with fine grey pubescence, distinctly-petioled 
ovate acute entire or sinuated geminate membranous leaves, flowers 
solitary from the axils of the leaves on short pedicels, calyx remarkably 
accrescent at first i inch finally lf-2 inches long with an inflated 
globose tube and 5 lanceolate teeth, corolla i in. broad and long 
funnel-shaped obscurely lobed yellowish with 5 large purple blotches 
at the throat, and globose yellow eatable fruit enclosed in the angled 
inflated calyx. Pockepocke. Cape Gooseberry. 
* P. angulata , Linn.; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. 449, a common tropical 
weed, also occurs sometimes both in Mauritius and the Seychelles. It 
is a robust nearly glabrous annual, 2-8 feet high, with petioled ovate 
membranous acute irregularly toothed leaves, flowers solitary on 
short pedicels in the axils of the leaves, corolla campanulate yellowish 
\ inch long unspotted, fruit-calyx an inch broad and long pentago- 
nal truncate at the base, filled with the large yellowish berry. 
3. WITHANIA, Pauquy. 
Calyx campanulate, with 5 linear teeth, persistent and accrescent. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, with 5 small lanceolate teeth. Stamens included; 
anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled; style subulate ; 
stigma capitate. Fruit a small berry, enclosed in the large inflated calyx 
tube. — Hoary perennials with entire leaves, the flowers in clusters in the 
axils of the leaves. Distrib. Warmer regions of the Old World. 
Species 4. 
1. W. somnifera, Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. 454. A shrubby per- 
ennial, 2-3 feet high, with stems clothed with persistent white tomen- 
tum. Leaves alternate, distinctly-petioled, ovate, acute, membranous, 
2-3 in. long, cuneate at the base. Flowers 4-9, subsessile in the axils 
of the leaves. Flower-calyx i in. long, densely tomentose; teeth 
minute. Corolla greenish-yellow, with 10 oblong green spots at the 
throat. Calyx-tube finally in. long and broad. Berry the size of 
a pea, red, "glabrous, shining. Physalis somnifera, Linn . ; TTt. Ic. 
t. 853. 
