SOLANACEAE 983 
2. Physalis Floridàna Rydb. Annual, pubescent and viscid throughout. Stems dif- 
fusely branched, angled,densely villous with long white viscid hairs : leaf-blades rounded, 
cordate, oblique at the base, 2-5 cm. long, coarsely sinuately toothed, obtuse, sparingly 
viscid-pubescent on both sides: peduncles short, in fruit about 1 cm. long: calyx densel 
viscid pubescent ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate: corolla 6-8 mm. in diameter, yellow wit 
pune spots : anthers purplish : fruiting calyx 2-2.5 em. long, 5-angled, deeply retuse at 
the base. 
In rich soil in pine woods, Walton County and Punta Rassa, Florida. 
3. Physalis pruinósa L. Annual, more hairy and viscid than the two precedin 
and the next following species. Stems stout, generally erect or often ascending zi 
obtusely angled, finely villous or viscid: leaf-blades firm, 3-10 cm. long, finely pubescent, 
ovate-cordate, generally very oblique at the base, and deeply sinuately toothed with broad 
and often obtuse teeth : peduncles 2-4 mm., at maturity about 1 cm. long: calyx villous or 
viscid ; lobes as long as the tube, narrow, but without subulate npe: corolla 3-8 mm. in 
diameter : anthers yellow or tinged with purple : fruiting calyx of a little firmer texture 
and more pubescent than that of the preceding two species, reticulate, 2-3 cm. long, ovoid- 
cordate : peny yellow or green. 
In rich soil, Massachusetts to Iowa and Florida. 
4. Physalis Barbadénsis Jacq. Annual, generally pubescent and viscid. Stems 
stouter than those of P. pubescens, tall and erect, or widely spreading, acutely 3-4-angled : 
leaf-blades 3-6 cm. long, heart-shaped, acute or generally abruptly acuminate, sharply 
repand-dentate, pubescent with short hairs: peduncles 3-4 mm. long, at maturity some- 
times 2 em. long : calyx generally densely viscid-hirsute ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, but 
not subulate-tipped : corolla 5-10 mm. in diameter: anthers generally purplish : fruiting 
calyx 2.5-3 cm. long, attenuate, almost conical and reticulate, retuse at the base. 
In rich shaded soil, Pennsylvania to the Indian Territory, Florida and Mexico. Also found in the 
West Indies and in Venezuela. 
5. Physalis Lagáscae R. & S.' Annual, finely pubescent aud sometimes slightly 
viscid. Stems spreading, often zigzag, branched, striate or slightly angled, villous with 
short hairs : leaf-blades 1-8 cm. long, ovate, oblique and cuneate, obtuse or cordate at the 
base, acute but not acuminate, repand or sinuately dentate, hairy at least on the nerves : 
peduncles 3-5 mm. becoming 5-10 mm. long at maturity, reflexed, shorter than the 
fruiting calyx : calyx villous ; lobes shorter than the tube, triangular: corolla 3-8 mm. in 
diameter, yellow, generally with a dark center: anthers generally yellow : fruiting calyx 
1.5-2 cm. long, round-ovoid, nearly filled with the berry, not sunken at the base. 
In rich soil, Florida to Alabama and Mexico. Also in the West and East Indies. 
6. Physalis Carpénteri Riddell. Annual, characterized by its generally fascicled 
flowers, the foliage finely pubescent. Stems branching above, somewhat angled and striate, 
closely and finely puberulent : leaf-blades very thin, oval or ovate, abruptly contracted into 
a long acumination, entire or slightly wavy, nearly glabrous or puberulent, somewhat cor- 
date and oblique at the base : peduncles about 1 cm. long, very slender, often in fascicles 
of 2-4: corolla about 1 em. wide, open-campanulate : fruiting calyx small, only 1 cm. in 
diameter, nearly globose, scarcely angled, faintly nerved, the lobes sometimes very unequal. 
Insandy soil, Florida to Alabama and Louisiana ; rare. 
7. Physalis obscüra Michx. Annual, glabrous, or minutely puberulent when young. 
Stems rather stout, acutely angled and divaricately branched : leaf-blades broadly ovate, 
obtuse or cordate and slightly oblique at the base, thin and dark green, repand-dentate, 
short acuminate: calyx minutely cilate on the margins and veins or glabrate : peduncles 
short, in fruit about 1.5 cm. long ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate : corolla 8-10 mm. wide, 
yellow with purplish spots: fruiting calyx 3-3.5 cm. long, long-attenuate, almost pyram- 
idal, deeply retuse at the base. 
In rich soil, Pennsylvania to the Indian Territory, Florida and Mexico. Also in the West Indies. 
8. Physalis péndula Rydb. Annual, glabrous. Stems angled, generally 5 dm. 
tall, branched : leaf-blades lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, sinuate-dentate with sharp teeth 
or sometimes nearly entire : calyx cylindric-campanulate ; lobes broadly triangular, shorter 
than the tube: peduncles filiform, 1-2 cm. long, erect with nodding flower, 4-5 cm. long 
and reflexed and drooping at maturity : corolla 5-8 mm. in diameter, campanulate, yel- 
low, without a dark spot: anthers yellow, more or less tinged with purple: fruiting calyx 
about 2 cm. long, rounded ovoid, indistinctly 10-angled and purple-nerved, nearly filled 
with the berry. [P. lanceifolia Rydb. in part, not Nees. ] 
In rich soil, Illinois to Kansas and Texas, 
9. Physalis angulàta L. Annual, glabrous. Stems angular, 0. 5-1 m. tall, glabrous : 
leaf-blades ovate, with a more or less cuneate base, sharply sinuate, with long-acuminate 
