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7 S. Carollnense L. Horse Nettle. Prickles large, yellow, scattered on the stem, 

 petioles, and veins ; leaves angular-lobed, acute ; flowers white, 10 15", racemed ; 

 berries yellow. Roadsides, N. Y., S. and W. 1 2f. June. 



g S. Virginiiiniim L. Hairy and prickly ; leaves deeply pinnatifid with angular- 

 sinuate lobes ; flowers pale-violet, 15", in leafy racemes. Va., and S. July. 



9 S. M in mm 6 sum L. Apple-of-Sodom. Villous and with scattered spines ; leaves 



roundish-ovate, subcordate, lobed ; berries inversely pear-shaped. Waste grounds, 

 Ga., Fla., and W. Flowers violet, 15". Fruit yellow. 



10 S. ROSTRATUM. Hoary-tomentous and very prickly; leaves doubly sinuate-lobed 

 flowers yellow, 12 15" ; fruit closed in the burr-like calyx. (T) Kansas. 



1 1 S. HETERODOXUM. Very hairy and prickly ; leaves doubly pinnatifid, lobes runci- 

 nate ; flowers violet-blue. (T) From Texas. Fruit black. 



12 S. MELONGENA (or esculenta). Egg Plant. Prickly; Ivg. ovate, wavy or sinuate; 

 flowers violet ; fruit very large, glossy-purple, prized as a great delicacy. E. India.- 

 A variety has white fruit exactly imitating a goose-egg. 



1 3 S. TEXANUM. With scarlet fruit depressed-globous and lobed. From Tex. Hex. 



4. CAPSICUM, Tourn. PEPPER. Calyx erect, 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 

 tube very short, limb plaited, 5-lobed. Anth. connivent. Fr. capsular, diy, 

 inflated, 2-3-celled. Seeds flat, very acrid. Herbs or shrubs, with hot and 

 acrid taste. Leaves often in pairs. Fed. axillary, solitary. 



C. ANNUUM. Red or Cayenne P. Herb with angular, branching stem, smooth ovate 

 entire leaves and large roundish or lance-form red fruit. Many varieties. 



5. NICANDRA, Adans. APPLE OF PERU. Cal. 5-cleft, 5-angled, the 

 angles compressed, sepals sagittate. Cor. campanulate. Sta. 5, incurved. 

 Berry enveloped in the persistent calyx. (T) Peruvian. Summer. 



N. physaloid.es Adans. Herb smooth, with ample ovate-oblong, sinuate-angled Ivs. ; 

 flowers solitary, axillary, white, with blue spots. Gardens and fields. 2 5f. 



6. PHYSALIS. L. GROUND CHERRY. Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, at 

 length inflated. Cor. bell-rotate, tube very short, limb obscurely 5-lobed. 

 Sta. 5, connivent. Berry globous, enclosed within the 5-angled calyx. 

 Herbs (rarely shrubs) with angular branches. Leaves alternate or un- 

 equally twin. Flowers solitary, nodding, extra-axillary, all Summer. 



Anthers yellow. Ped. elongated. Fruit edible, not filling the calyx. . . (a) 



a Corolla yellow with brown-purple in the centre Nos. 1 3 



a Corolla yellow in centre as well as border Nos. 4, 5 



Anthers bine or violet. Ped. shorter than the petioles. . .() 



b Peduncles near 1' long. Berry not filling the closed calyx Nos. 6 8 



b Peduncles 2 3" long. Berry filling the open calyx No. 9 



1 P. viscosa L. Viscid-pubescent, diffuse ; leaves ovate to oblong, mostly abrupt at 



hase and bluntly toothed ; corolla 8 -10" ; fruiting-calyx 1J'. it Dry soils. If. 



2 P. Pennsylvania L. Puberulent, decumbent ; leaves ovate to lanceolate, re- 



pand-toothed or entire, base obtuse or acute ; corolla slightly spotted, 6 S" ; fruit- 

 calyx rounded, 1'. U Dry soils, Penn., S. and W. 615'. 

 ft. lanceolate. Pubescent ; leaves tapering and acute both ways. S. 



3 P. angustifolia N. Glabrous ; leaves lance-linear, entire, thickish ; fruit-calyx 



wing-angled, 1' ; corolla 10 12". y. Wet sands, Fla, 6-12'. 



4 P. nyctaginea Dun. Pubescent; leaves small, elliptic-ovate, biunt-toothed; 



calyx hairy ; corolla small (56"), wholly yellow. South. 6 12'. 



5 P. Alkekengi L. Strawberry Tomato. Pubescent, erect; leaves deltoid-ovate, 



acuminate, repand ; calyx reddening in fruit, y. Gardens and fields. 1 2f. 



