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not drooping ; the berries globular, filling the calyx. 
Native of America, efpeciaily Virginia. Alfo of Cochin- 
china, according to Loureiro. 
13. Phyfalis proftrata, or trailing blue-flowered winter 
cherry: very much branched; ftem procumbent, round, 
hirfute; leaves fomewhat fle(hy. Stem herbaceous, 
branched from the bottom, brittle, a foot high. Flowers 
axillary, folitary or in pairs, peduncled, fragrant, fuga¬ 
cious, an inch in width; corollas violet, with a whitifh 
eye, and radiating lines of a darker violet. Native of 
Peru ; found in the fands near Lima by Dombey, who fent 
the feeds to the Paris garden in 1780. It was introduced 
here, in 1782, by Monf. Thouin. L’Heritier remarks, 
that on account of its funnel-form corolla and diftant 
ftamens it might be referred to Atropa; but the bladdery 
calyx involving the berry determines it to this genus. 
14. Phyfalis Barbadenfis, or Barbadoes winter cherry: 
very much branched ; leaves ovate-cordate, pubefcent; 
flowers pendulous; fruiting calyxes ovate-acuminate, 
angular. Stem (lightly pubefcent, pellucid, pale green 
tinged here and there with red. Corolla yellow, with 
purple fpots and antherae. Its purple antherae, unclammy 
leaves, want of hoarinefs, flowering peduncles, nodding, 
and not very long, diftinguifh this from Ph. pruiiiofa. 
Retzius refers the Alkekengi Barbadenfe nanum of Dil¬ 
ls n i 11 s to this fpecies. See Ph. pruinofa. Native of Bar¬ 
badoes. 
15. Phyfalis chenopodifolia, or goofe-foot-leaved win¬ 
ter cherry: very much branched; leaves fmooth, ovate, 
acuminate, angular-toothed; calyxes even, the fizeof the 
fruit, globular. This is futficiently diftinCt from the 
other fpecies by the berries being of the fame fize with 
the calyx. The native place is not known. 
x6. Phyfalis minima, orfmall wintercherry : very much 
branched ; fruiting peduncles longer than the villofe leaf. 
This is a Imall fpreading plant, with oblong hairs at the 
axils of the branches. Stems feldom above a foot high. 
Leaves ovate, of a deep green, on longfootllalks. Flowers 
Imall, white, on fliort peduncles. Berries (mail, green 
when ripe. Native of the Eaft Indies. Cultivated by 
Mr. Miller in 1759. I 1 flowers in July and Auguft. 
17- Phyfalis pruinofa, or hairy annual wintercherry: 
very much branched: leaves villofe; peduncles drift. 
This has the appearance of the fpecies N° 9, 10, 11, but 
the antherae are yellow, not blue ; the branches round, flat 
above, and villofe. Native of America. Mr. Miller 
cultivated it in 1726. It flowers in July and Augufi. 
18. Phyfalis flaccida, mentioned by Foriter, a native 
of the Society Iflands, but he does not give any defcrip- 
tion or fpecific character of it. 
19. Phyfalis parviflora, or fmall-flowered winter cherry : 
ftem angular, diffufe; branches wavy; leaves ovate, 
downy, nearly entire; calyx-teeth acute; feeds dotted. 
Found by Mr. Brown in the tropical part of New Holland. 
Root annual. Antherae yellow. 
III. Species from Miller, not noticed hy Linnmis. 
20. Phyfalis Virginiana, or Virginian winter cherry : 
ftem herbaceous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acutely toothed. 
Root perennial, compofed of ltrong fibres, from which 
arife two or three hairy ftalks, nine or ten inches high, 
dividing into feveral branches. Leaves pale green and 
hairy, two inches and a half long, and an inch and a half 
broad, placed alternately on (hort footftalks. The flowers 
come out from the fide of the branches, at the bafe of the 
petioles, which are long and (lender. The corolla has a 
very (hort tube, but is larger than in mod of the fpe¬ 
cies, fulphur-coloured with a dark purple bottom. The 
flowers appear in July, and in warm feafons are fucceeded 
by oval yellowjfti berries, which ripen in the autumn. 
The feeds were fent from Philadelphia by Dr. Benlil, who 
found the plant growing there naturally. 
21. Phy(alis patula, or fpreading winter cherry : very 
much branched, patulous,; branches angular, fmooth; 
leaves lanceolate, pinnate-toothed. This is a lpw annual 
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plant. Leaves downy, with deep indentures on their 
edges, which areoppofite, and regular like a pinnate leaf. 
Flowers fmall and white. Fruit fmall, yellowifli when 
ripe. 
22. Phyfalis villofa, or hairy winter cherry: very much 
branched; branches villofe; leaves ovate, acuminate, 
ferrate-toothed. This is an annual plant, with a very 
branching hairy (talk. Flowers fmall, of a pale yellow 
colour. Fruit round, as large as a cherry, and of a yel- 
lowifh green when ripe. 
23. Phyfalis cordata, or cordated winter cherry : ftem 
ereCI, branched; leaves ovate, ferrate, toothed; petioles 
and peduncles very long. This is an annual plant, near 
two feet high. The leaves change to a purplifh colour 
in the autumn. Flowers fmall and white. Berries almoft 
as large as heart-cherries, and of that fhape ; yellowifli 
green with fome purple ftripes. 
24. Phyfalis maxima, or large wintercherry: ftem ereft, 
branched; leaves ovate-lanceolate, vifeid; fruit very 
large, heart-fhaped. This alfo is an annual plant, with a 
fmooth footftalk near three feet high. Leaves on long foot¬ 
ftalks. Flowers fmall, pale yellow. Fruit pale yellow 
when ripe. All thefe were found at Vera Cruz by Dr. 
Houftoun. 
Propagation and Culture. All thefe plants are capable 
of being increafed by feeds; the fecond, third, fourth, 
and fifth, forts, alfo by parting the roots; the fixth, fe- 
venth, eighth, and ninth, likewife by cuttings. In the 
firlt fort, the feed (hould be fown in the early fpring, as 
April, in pots of light earth, plunging them into a mode¬ 
rate hot-bed. When the plants have acquired a few 
inches in growth, they (hould be removed into feparate 
pots, gradually inuring them to the open air, in order that 
they may be removed with balls into the clumps or bor¬ 
ders. But it is probably a better method to fow them in 
the latter end of May in the places where they are to re¬ 
main, as they do not bear tranfplanting well. They mull 
be railed annually. 
In the herbaceous kinds, the feeds (hould be fown in 
the autumn as foon as they are ripe, or early in the fpring, 
in the beds, borders, or clumps, where they are to remain ; 
or they may be tranfplanted into other beds to remain 
till the following autumn, when they may be removed to 
the fituations where they are to remain. The roots may 
be parted either in the early autumn or fpring feafon, 
when the weather is mild. The divided parts (hould have 
root-fibres left at the bottoms, and a bud in each at the 
tops, in order to their fucceeding properly. 
In the fixth and feventh (orts, the feed (hould be fown 
in pots of light mould in the early fpring, and plunged in¬ 
to a mild hot-bed. When the plants have had a little 
growth, they (hould be pricked out into feparate fmall 
pots, proper (hade and water being given; being after¬ 
wards managed as the fhrubby exotics of lefs tender plants. 
They may likewife be raifed from cuttings made in the 
latter fpring or fummer months, which (hould be placed 
in pots of light mould and plunged in the hot-bed, due 
(hade and water being given till they have ftricken root. 
The firft and the other herbaceous forts are curious or¬ 
namental plants in the borders, clumps, and other parts 
of pleafure-grounds, and the four belt fhrubby forts in 
the greenhouf'e and Hove collections. 
The annual forts are propagated by feeds fown on a mo¬ 
derate hot-bed 5 and, when the plants come up and are a 
little advanced, they (hould be planted on a frefh hot¬ 
bed to bring them forward, and treated in the fame way 
as thecapficum. When they are grown ltrong, and are 
hardened to bear the open air, they may be tranfplanted 
with balls of earth to their roots into a warm border, ob- 
ferving to water and (hade them till they have taken root, 
after which, they will require no other care but to keep 
them clean from weeds. If the feeds of the 12th fort are 
permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up in the fpring, 
and require no other care but to thin them, and keep 
them clean from weeds 5 or, if the feeds be fown in the 
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