470 xcix. solanace^e. [Solatium. 
elliptic lobed, nearly glabrous above, sparsely hairy beneath, 2 to 
4 in. long, *75 to 2 in. wide. Flowers 1 or 2 on a peduncle about 
1 in. long. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, lobes prickly much enlarged 
in fruit. Corolla 7 in. across, blue. Fruit glabrous, orange, 
•5 in. through; sepals caudate acuminate thorny, 75 in. long and 
•35 in. wide. Hab. Chinese gardens and an escape in villages. 
Singapore, Garden weed. Malacca (Griffith). Pahang, Pekan; 
Pulau Tiuman, Joara Bay (Burkill). Distrib. Malay islands. 
Native name : Trong Tikus. 
Kurz’s S. Maingayi is based upon a bad specimen of what appears to 
be S. sarmentosum. 
2 . CAPSICUM, Linn. 
Herbs, slightly shrubby at base. Leaves alternate. Flowers 
axillary solitary or several together. Calyx campanulate, minutely 
5-toothed, not enlarging in fruit. Corolla short, rotate, 5-lobed, 
yellowish white. Stamens dehiscing longwise. Ovary 2-celled. 
Fruit elongate red or yellow, pungent (rarely globose, black or 
red). Seeds discoid. Species doubtful, 2 or several, American. 
(1) C. minimum Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 574. 
Shrubby, about 2 ft. tall, spreading. Leaves thin lanceolate. 
Flowers 2 to 3, together. Calyx cup-shaped, teeth 5, very small. 
Corolla *25 in. across, white; anthers purplish blue. Fruit ovoid, 
oblong cylindric orange scarlet, -5 to -75 in. long, erect. Hab. 
Limestone rocks, thoroughly established at Selangor, Batu Caves, 
cultivated everywhere. Native names: Chabai; Lada Merah, 
Bird’s-eye pepper or bird-pepper. Practically only two forms of 
capsicum are cultivated here. C. annuum, with fruit cylindric 
acuminate, *4 to 5 in. long, -25 in. through, chiefly cultivated 
by the Chinese. It is the source of cayenne pepper. The other 
garden forms described by Prain, l.c. 337, are very occasion¬ 
ally cultivated in European gardens. Capsicums were cultivated 
in the East Indies as early as 1540. 
3 . PHYSALIS, Linn. 
Herbs. Leaves alternate entire or shortly lobed. Pedicels 
solitary axillary. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, in fruit enlarged 
and inflated. Corolla campanulate, yellow. Stamens attached to 
base, anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Fruit a berry. Species 35, 
chiefly American. 
(x) P. minima Linn. Sp. PI. 183; Prain, l.c. 338. 
A weed about 6 to 15 in. tall, spreading. Leaves ovate sinuate, 
2 in. long, 75 in. vide. Calyx in flower, lobes lanceolate *2 in. 
long, in fruit green bladder-like, 75 to 1 in. long, 6- to 10-ribbed. 
Corolla light yellow with purple at base. Fruit yellow globose, 
•5 in. through, enclosed in the enlarged calyx. Hab. Waste ground 
and sea-shores. 
