178 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
papalagi” (i. e. Solanum ewoticum). “ Bird’s-eye pepper” of the European colonists. Naturalized 
in most parts of the Viti group (Seemann! n, 346). 
The bird’s-eye pepper is one of the most common plants in those parts of the group longest frequented 
by Europeans, who use the fruit on account of its pungent properties, The natives do not seem to take to it, 
ILI. Physalis, Linn. Gen. 250; Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. i, p. 434, Calyx 5- 
fidus seu 5-dentatus, post anthesin increscens, vesiculoso-inflatus. Corolla rotato-campanulata, pli- 
cata, limbo 5-sinuato, angulis totidem acutis. Stamina 5, inclusa; filamenta libera, filiformia; 
anthers erect, filamentis dimidio breviores v. ea subzequantes, conniventes, longitudinaliter dehis- 
centes.  Ovarium 2-loculare; placentis subglobosis, dissepimento adnatis, oo-ovulatis. Stylus 
simplex; stigma capitatum. Bacca calyce inflato connivente recondita, globosa, 2-locularis, placen- 
tis crassis. Semina oo, reniformia, compressa. Embryo intra albumen carnosum, subperiphe- 
ricus, spiralis. —Herbee annuz y. perennes; foliis alternis v. geminatis, integris v. lobatis; floribus 
solitariis, extra-alaribus.—Herschelia, Bowdich, Madeira, 252. <Alkekengi, spec. Tourn. Inst. 150. 
t. 64. Pentaphiltrum, Rehb. Nom. n. 4571. 
1. P. Peruviana, Linn. Spec. vol. ii. 1670; DC, Prodr. 1. c.; herbacea, perennis, pilis simpli- 
cibus dense pubescenti-villosis; caule erecto subramoso; foliis cordatis acuminatis integris v. den- 
tato-sinuatis subtomentosis; corolla maculata; antheris violaceis; calycibus fructus oyatis pallidis.— 
P. esculenta, Willd. in Act. Nat. Cur. Berol. vol. iv. p. 197. P. tomentosa, Medic. Act, Pal. vol. iv. 
p. 184, t.4e. P. edulis, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1068. ‘Cape Gooseberry,” of the white settlers.—On 
yoadsides, common throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 338), Also collected in the Sandwich Islands 
(Barclay! Seemann!), Abounding in most parts of the tropics, and New Holland. 
The fruit of the Cape Gooseberry is eaten by the colonists, 
9, P.angulata, Linn. Hort. Cliffort. p. 62; DC. l.c.; herbacea, ramosissima, glabra; foltis 
ovatis oblongisve acutis inzequaliter dentato-serratis; corollis immaculatis; antheris pallide czru- 
lescentibus; calycibus fructus 4-angulatis basi truncatis laciniis sub anthesi 3-angularibus subulatis 
tubum suum equantibus.—P. flaccida, Soland, in Forst. Prodr. n. 506, et Prim, Fl. Ins. Pacif, 
(ined.) p. 233. Rumph. Amb. vol. yi. p, 60. Rheede, Mal. vol. x. p, 189. t. 70.—In waste places, 
common in Viti (Seemann! n, 339), Also collected in Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Barclay !). 
Diffused over the East and West Indies, Mauritius, and Brazil. 
IV. Datura, Linn. Gen. 246; Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol, xiii. sect. i. p. 538. Calyx tubu- 
losus, swpe angulatus, apice 5-fidus v. hinc longitudinaliter fissus, supra basim pellatam persistentem 
circumscissus, parte cireumsciss’ decidud. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo amplo patente plicato, 
5.dentato, estivatione contortuplicata. Stamina 5, corolle tubo inserta, inclusa v. subexserta; an- 
therze longitudinaliter dehiscentes, Ovarium incomplete 4-loculare, dissepimento altero supra me- 
dium deliquescente, altero completo medio utrinque placentifero, placentis porrectis oo-ovulatis. 
Stylus simplex; stigma 2-lamellatum, Capsula ovata vy. subglobosa, muricata v. aculeata, rarius 
brevis, semi-4-locularis, incomplete ad septa 4-valvis, Semina oo, reniformia, in nonnullis subtr- 
gona; testa modo crustacea dura, modo suberosa, erassissima. Embryo intra albumen carnosum 
subperiphericus, arcuatus.— Herbie virose, feetide, annue v, perennes, nunc suffrutescentes v. arbo- 
rescentes ; foliis petiolatis oblongis v. ovatis, sepius angulato-dentatis; floribus alaribus, solitariis, 
seepius magnis, albis violaceis v. coccineis,—Brugmansia, Pers. Ench, vol, i. p. 216. Stramonium, 
Tournef, Inst. p, 118. t. 33 et 34, 
ent Stramonium, Linn. Spee, vol. 1. p.179; DC. 1.¢.; caule levi crasso erecto tereti basi 
simplici apice dichotomo; foliis petiolatis ovato-acuminatis inzequaliter sinuato-dentatis acutis; 
