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been confused with it. Since it is a western species, it is best to wait 

 until we secure authentic specimens before it is admitted to our flora. 

 S. C. to 111., S. Dak., southw. to Kans. and N. Mex. 



554. Physalis peruviana L. Peruvian Groundcherry. I found this 

 species in Crawford County near a barn and was told by the owner that 

 they had cultivated it for its fruit. It could easily escape but it should 

 not be considered a part of our flora until it has established itself. 



Nat. of S. A. 



Several other species of Physalis have been reported from Indiana but 

 they may all be referred to the synonomy of some one of the species 

 treated in the text. 



555. Solanum heterodoxum Dunal. Reported from Monroe County 

 for Hessler in Coulter's Catalogue. This species is not a native of the 

 United States and if the plant was not wrongly identified, it must have 

 been a migrant. 



556. Solanum Torreyi Gray. Reported from Hancock County by 

 Douglass. It is a western species and since it closely resembles Solanum 

 carolinense, I omit it from our flora until a check upon the identification 

 can be made. 



Ark. to Kans., southw. to Tex. 



557. Solanum virginiAnum L. Riddell reported this species for Clapp 

 in 1836 in his "Supplement to Ohio Plants" on page 27. I have the book in 

 which Dr. Clapp kept his records and he records this species for 1834, but 

 later he scratched it out. This is a dubious species and authors agree that 

 Linnaeus described a plant foreign to Virginia, and its identity has not 

 been satisfactorily established. 



558. Datura Metel L. I reported this species from the Lower Wabash 

 Valley for Schneck who says : "Occasionally spontaneous." This is a native 

 of the tropics and there is no evidence that it is a part of our flora. 



559. Petunia axillaris (Lam.) BSP. Petunia. This species was 

 reported by Schneck as an escape from gardens but he does not say 

 whether it maintained itself. It is an annual and only a chance escape. 



Nat. of Brazil. 



560. Petunia violacea L. Petunia. Reported both by Peattie and 

 by Pepoon on the authority of Hill as persisting on the site of an old camp 

 in the dunes. I noted it once persisting about an abandoned dwelling in the 

 dunes in Porter County, but in this instance it had no competition in its 

 sandy habitat and I doubt that it would persist long. This is an annual 

 and without doubt would fail to maintain itself; hence it is excluded. 



561. Antirrhinum ma jus L. Snapdragon. This species has been re- 

 ported as a garden escape, but there are no data concerning its persistence. 



Nat. of Eu. 



