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Vol. III. 



5. Physalis pendula Rydbcrg. Lance-leaved 



Ground-Cherry. Fig. 3700. 



Physalis pendula Rydberg ; Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 983. 1903. 



Annual, stem erect, generally li high, branched, 

 angled, glabrous; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, thin, usually coarsely toothed; calyx cylindric- 

 campanulate, its lobes broadly triangular, shorter 

 than the tube; peduncles filiform, about i' long, erect 

 with nodding flower, in fruit lf-2' long and re- 

 flexed ; corolla 3"-4" in diameter, campanulate, yel- 

 low, without a dark spot; anthers yellow, more or 

 less tinged with purple, fruiting calyx about 10" long, 

 rounded ovoid, indistinctly 10-angled and purple 

 veined, nearly filled by the berry. 



Illinois to Kansas and Texas. July-Sept. Referred in 

 the first edition to P. lanceifolia Nees. 



6. Physalis angulata L. Cut-leaved Ground-Cherry. Fig. 3701. 



Physalis angulata L. Sp. PI. 183. 1753. 



Annual, erect, i*-3 high, glabrous; stem 

 angular, usually much branched ; leaves ovate, with 

 more or less cuneate base, somewhat sinuately 

 toothed with long-acuminate teeth ; blades 2'-2S' 

 long, on slender petioles 1/-2' long, thin, the veins 

 not prominent; peduncles slender, io"-I5" long, 

 erect, in fruit often reflexed but seldom exceed- 

 ing the fruiting calyx in length ; calyx smooth, 

 lobes triangular to lanceolate, generally shorter 

 than the tube; corolla 2 '-$" in diameter; anthers 

 more or less purplish tinged; fruiting calyx about 

 1 i' long, ovoid, 5-10-angled, sometimes purple- 

 veined, nearly filled by the yellow berry. 



In rich soil, Pennsylvania to Illinois, Minnesota, 

 Missouri, Texas, Central America, Brazil and the 

 West Indies. Also in India. July-Sept. 



7. Physalis ixocarpa Brot. Tomatillo. 



Mexican Ground-Cherry. Strawberry 



Tomato. Fig. 3702. 



Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ; Horneman, 



Suppl. 26. 1S19. 

 P. aequata Jaeq. f . ; Nees, Linnaea 6: 



Hort. Hafn. 

 1831. 



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Annual, stem at first erect, later widely spread- 

 ing, much branched, angled, glabrous, or the 

 younger parts sparingly hairy; leaves from cor- 

 date to ovate, with a cuneate base which is some- 

 what oblique, sinuately dentate or entire, l'-2*' 

 long; peduncles short. i"-2'"long; calyx sparingly 

 hairy, its lobes short, broadly triangular, shorter 

 than the tube; corolla bright yellow with purple 

 throat, s"~7" (sometimes nearly 10") in diameter; 

 fruiting calyx round-ovoid, obscurely 10-angled, 

 often purple-veined, filled by the purple berry, 

 which sometimes bursts it. 



Native of Mexico. It is often cultivated for its 

 fruit and frequently escapes from cultivation, New 

 York to Texas and California. 



