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teeth, thin, 4-7 cm. long ; nerves not prominent ; petioles slender, 2-4 cm. long: peduncles 
slender, 2-3 cm. long, erect, often reflexed at maturity, but seldom exceeding the fruiting 
calyx in length : calyx glabrous ; lobes triangular to lanceolate, generally shorter than the 
tube: corolla 5-10 cm. in diameter: anthers more or less purplish tinged : fruiting calyx 
about 3 cm. long, ovoid, not prominently 5-10-angled, sometimes purple-nerved and at 
length nearly filled with the yellow berry. 
In rich soil, North Carolina to Texas, Central America, Brazil and the West Indies. Also in India. 
10. Physalis ixocarpa Brot. Annual, glabrous or nearly so. Stems at first erect, 
later widely spreading, much branched, angled, the younger parts often sparingly hairy : 
leaf-blades cordate to ovate and cuneate at the base, which is somewhat oblique, sinuately 
dentate or entire, 3-6 cm. long: peduncles 2-5 mm. long: calyx sparingly hairy ; lobes 
broadly triangular, shorter than the tube : corolla bright yellow with purple throat, 1-1.5 cm. 
(sometimes nearly 2 cm.) in diameter: fruiting calyx rounded ovoid, obscurely 10-angled, 
often purple-veined, at maturity often filled with the purple berry, which sometimes 
bursts it. 
In loose soil, Texas to California and Mexico. Also introduced in Massachusetts, Virginia and 
Washington. 
11. Physalis Philadélphica Lam. Annual, glabrous or nearly so. Stems 0.5-1.5 
m. tall, angled, dichotomously branched, glabrous or sometimes slightly pubescent with 
sparse and short hairs on the upper parts: leaf-blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate, often very 
oblique at the base and more or less acuminate, entire or repand-denticulate, 6-10 cm. 
long ; petioles 4-6 cm. long : peduncles slender, often in pairs, 1-2 cm. long, generally longer 
than the flower : calyx glabrous, or minutely ciliolate ; lobes ovate-lanceolate or triangular, 
sometimes broadly ovate and unequal, generally equalling the tube: corolla yellow or 
greenish yellow with purplish throat, 1.5-2.5 cm. in diameter: anthers tinged with pur- 
ple: fruiting calyx at first somewhat 10-angled and sunken at the base, at maturity often 
filled with or even burst by the large red or purple berry. 
In rich soil, Rhode Island to Kentucky, Georgia and Texas. 
. 12. Physalis subglabrata Mackenzie & Bush. Perennial from a thick rootstock, 
glabrous or sparingly hairy with short appressed hairs. Stems stout, 3-9 dm. tall, 
branched, glabrous or the upper part with short hairs on the angles: leaf-blades ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-7.5 em. long, 1.25-5 em. wide, undulate or entire, oblique and 
rounded or subcordate at the base, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs on the veins: 
calyx 6-8 mm. long, appressed-hairy on the veins and at the base ; lobes triangular, about 
the length of the tube: corolla yellow with a darker center, 10-15 mm. broad: fruiting 
calyx ovoid, slightly depressed at the base, slightly angled: berry globular, stiped. 
Spem In loose soil, along railroads, in fields and river bottoms, Ontario to Nebraska, Arkansas and Ten- 
ee. 
13. Physalis longifdlia Nutt. Perennial from thick rootstocks, almost glabrous. 
Stems in the common form stout and tall, 0.5-1 m. high, slightly angled, branched above ; 
branches strict, glabrous: leaf-blades lanceolate, oblanceolate or linear, tapering into a 
stout short petiole 1-2 cm. long, nearly entire or repand : peduncles 1-2 em. long, 1n fruit 
often recurved : calyx generally glabrous ; lobes triangular-lanceolate, about the length of 
the tube: corolla 1-2 cm. in diameter, yellow with a dark commonly brownish center : 
anthers yellow, tinged with purple: fruiting calyx ovoid, about 3 cm. long, not sunken at 
the base: berry yellow, the lower portion and the stipe glutinous. 
In rich soil, on prairies and plains, Iowa to Montana, Texas and Mexico. 
14. Physalis Texàna Rydb. Perennial from deep rootstocks, glabrous. nip 
angular and striate, somewhat fleshy, diffuse: leaf-blades broadly ovate, generally very 
oblique at the base and decurrent on the long-margined petiole, somewhat fleshy, entire or 
slightly wavy and with the veins prominent on the lower surface : peduncles about 1 cm. 
long, scarcely longer than the corolla, at maturity 2-3 em. long : calyx-lobes broadly Pey 
triangular, about the length of the short tube : corolla lemon-yellow with dark spots, 2-2. 
cm. in diameter, very villous in the throat: anthers yellow: fruiting calyx about 3 cm. 
long, ovoid, indistinctly 10-angled, not sunken at the base : berry purplish. 
In rich soil, southern Texas. 
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15. Physalis macrophysa Rydb. Perennial, almost glabrous, the rootstock rat 
thick and fleshy. Stems 0.51 m. "tall, comparatively slender, angled, perfectly n 
or the upper parts sparingly pubescent with very short hairs: leaf-blades thin, odes 
long, 2-5 em. wide, the lower obtuse, the upper acute or acuminate, on diss oe xe. : 
2-4 em. long: peduncles 1-1.5 em. long, erect, reflexed at maturity : calyx gia ^x be 
lobes ovate-triangular or broadly lanceolate, generally a little shorter than the tube: 
