SOLANACEAE 1109 
P. barbadensis Jacq. Stem generally pubescent and viscid, stouter E 
those of P. pubescens, tall and ereet, or widely spreading: leaf- bla des 3-6 e 
long, cordate, acute or generally UE ly aeuminate, sharply repand- ds 
pubeseent with short hairs: ealyx rally pus viseid- art lobes Ecc 
late, acuminate, but not DUC (rir d a olla 5-10 m . broa d, yellow 
anthers purplish: pna calyx 2.5-3 em. long, i aln most conica 1 
reticulate, retuse at the base.—Rich soil, often in a woods, and waste- -places, 
various provinces, Fla., to Tex, Mo., and Pa. alis Mena Ce A SeA) 
. turbinata Medie. Stem glabrous, or minutely puberulent when young 
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minutely cilia te on the m ee and veins or glabrate: calyx-lobes lanceolate, 
i corolla 8-10 mm. broad, yellow with purplish spots: fruiting calyx 
3—3.5 em. lo nen long- p almost pyramidal, deeply retuse at the bas 
Rich MC and thickets, various provinees, Fla. to Tex., Mo., and Pa.—(W. I., 
Mex.) 
P. missouriensis Buch. Stem villous with short hairs, sometimes slightly 
viscid, spreading, often zigzag: leaf-blades 1-8 em. long, ovate, acute, 
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villous; ular: 
olla 3-8 mm. broad, yellow, viua with a dark center: anthers generally 
yellow: fruiting ealyx = 5-2 em. long, globose-ov fee nearly filled with the berry, 
not nen at the bas [P. Lagascae Rydb. n t R. & S.]—Rieh soil and open 
woods, Coastal Plain, Pla. and Ala.—(W. I. een | 
P. angulata L. Stem glabrous, often diffuse: leaf-blades ovate, 4—7 em. 
long, B a more or less euneate base, sharply sinuate, with acuminate teeth, 
thin: calyx glabrous; lobes t TM to lanceolate, generally shorter than the 
tube: ee olla 5- a em. br ie yellow: hne more or less purplish: fruiting 
ealyx about a . long, o oid, not pro ently 5—10 angled, sometimes purple- 
nerved and a ene th eae filled with | the yellow Pr em h soil, er and 
pastures, various provinces, rarely ai is Plain, Fla. / Min and 
W. I., Mez., C. A., S. A., O. W.)—Forms occur in S dnd with je to 
laneeolate sinuate leaf- blades. 
8. P. Carpenteri Riddell. Stem aes anes and finely Despite leaf- 
blades very thin, oval or a abrup ntracted into a mination, 
entire or sligh tly et rly gla 2 or puber A A e don. 1 em. 
broad, open-campanulate: ms x d only 1 . in diameter, nearly 
globose, scarcely angled, faintly nerved, the lobes Someries very unequal.— 
Sandy soil, Coastal Plain, N Fla. to La. and Ark. 
9. P. subglabrata Mackenzie & Bush. Stem glabrous or sparingly hairy, 
especially ppl with short appressed hairs: leaf-blades ovate ovate-lanceo- 
late, 2.5—7.5 em. long, undulate or entire, oblique and diapers d or Pu acum : 
the bas se, gla oe ous or with a few scattered hairs on the veins: calyx 6-8 m 
long, appressed-hairy o n the veins and at the base; cs triangular, ‘about the 
length of the tube: ET tron with a e 10—15 . bro 
fruiting ealyx ovoid, slightly depressed at the base, pos iue MES 
soil roadsides, fields, pu M -bottoms, bn provinees N of Coastal Plain, 
Tenn. to Ark., Nebr., Ont. 
P. lanceolata Michx. Stem sparingly hirsute with flat hairs, at first erect, 
later spreading or diffuse: leaf-blades broadly oblanceolate or spatulate, taper 
ing into the petiole, acute or obtuse, nearly always entire, rarely wavy, but n 
