XCIX. SOLANACE2E. 
Physalis.] 
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var. typica. Calyx not angled; whole plant pubescent, Perak 
(Scortechini). 
var, indica Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv, 238, Calyx 5-angled, 
glabrous. Common, Singapore, Serangoon Road; Pulau Ubin 
shore; Holland Road. Johor, Batu Pahat; Pulau Dayong 
(Feilding). Pahang, Pekan. Malacca (Griffith). Mt. Ophir. 
Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis); 
Batu Caves; Rantau Panjang. Perak, Kota Bharu (Kunstler); 
Ipoh (Curtis). Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan). Distrib. Tropical 
Asia. Native name: Chipluan. 
4 . DATURA., Linn. 
Herbs (or shrubs) minutely pubescent viscid. Leaves sinuate, 
toothed or entire. Flowers solitary, very large, purple or white. 
Calyx long, tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, 
limb plaited. Stamens from near base of tube; filaments filiform; 
anthers dehiscing longitudinally; style filiform; stigma bilobed. 
Capsule ellipsoid, 4-valved spiny. Seeds numerous. Species 10, 
whole world. 
(1) D. fastuosa Linn. Syst. ed. 2, p. 256; Prain, l.c. 339. 
Herb 3 to 6 ft. tall, sub-glabrous. Leaves ovate toothed deeply, 
6 to 8 in. long, 3 to 4 in. across. Petioles 1 in. long. Flower- 
pedicels *2 to -5 in. long. Calyx 3 in. long; lobes lanceolate. 
Corolla 7 in. long, limb 3 in. across, shortly 5- to 6-toothed. Capsule 
oblong, 3 in. long, i'5 in. through. 
var. (a) typica. Whole plant purplish. Flower purple. The 
commonest form and the most poisonous. 
var. (6) alba. Plant green; flower white. Hab. In gardens 
and waste ground, not native. Distrib. Africa, Asia. Native 
name: Kechubong. Use: Application of leaves to sprains or 
bruises as an anodyne. A very dangerous drug commonly used 
in criminal poisoning (Gimlette, “ Malay Poisons,” ed. i. p. 77). 
Order C. SCROPHULARIACE7E. 
Herb (very rarely epiphytic shrubs, Wightia). Leaves usually 
opposite. Flowers irregular (rarely sub-regular) bi-sexual. Calyx 
inferior, 5-lobed, rarely 4-lobed. Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip entire 
or bilobed, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4 (very rarely 5) didynamous, 
or 2 sterile staminodes; anthers 2-rarely one-celled often connivent. 
Disc annular or glandular. Ovary superior, 2-celled; ovules 
numerous; style simple; stigma capitate simple or bilobed. 
Fruit a capsule (rarely a berry). Seeds small numerous. Species 
2000, all regions. (Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxiv. (2) 341.) 
Epiphytic shrub; flowers large pubescent . . 1. Wightia 
Herbs; flowers small, distinctly 2-lipped/ 
Stamens 4 fertile. 
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