670 SOLANACEAE 



to truncate and often asymmetrical at the base, obtuse at the apex, shallowly sinuate-crenate 

 or nearly entire ; pedicels slender, densely pubescent, equaling or slightly exceeding the petioles ; 

 calyx tubular-campanulate, 4-5 mm. long at anthesis, the lobes about equaling the tube at an- 

 thesis ; corolla rotate or campanulate, 6-10 mm. wide, light yellow with darker center, some- 

 times tinged with green externally; anthers 1-1.5 mm. long, purplish; fruiting calyx mem- 

 branaceous, scarcely angled, ovoid-pyramidal, somewhat shrunken at the base, the lobes acu- 

 minate. 



An escape in sandy soil along washes and in cultivated fields; southern California to Pennsylvania and 

 Florida, southward into Mexico. Type locality: India. June-Sept. 



3. Physalis neomexicana Rydb. New Mexican Ground-cherry. Fig. 4478. 



Physalis neomexicana Rydb. Mem. Torrey Club 4:325. 1896. 



Stout, erect annual with an obtusely angled stem and minutely but densely short-puberulent, 

 slightly glandular foliage. Leaves 3-5 cm. long, broadly ovate to suborbicular, obtuse, rounded 

 or obtuse at the base, sinuately crenate ; petioles about equaling the blades ; pedicels short and 

 stout, rarely over 2 cm. long in fruit ; calyx tubular-campanulate, Z-6 mm. long, the lobes lance- 

 deltoid, acute, equaling or slightly exceeding the tube at anthesis ; corolla subrotate-campanu- 

 late, 5-6 mm. in diameter, yellow with a darker center; anthers 1.5 mm. long, purplish or 

 greenish; fruiting calyx ovoid, 2.5-3.5 cm. long, moderately sunken at the base, strongly 10- 

 angled, shining, reticulate-veined, the lobes lanceolate-deltoid, acuminate, nearly twice as long 

 as broad. 



Sandy areas, mainly Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition Zones; eastern Arizona, southern Colorado and 

 New Mexico. Introduced near Elsinore, California. Type locality: New Mexico. June-Sept. 



4. Physalis pruinosa L. Tall Hairy Ground-cherry. Fig. 4479. 



Physalis pruinosa L. Sp. PI. 184. 1753. 



Physalis pubescens Bunal e3i A. DC. Trod. IZ^i 446. 1852. iiot P. pubescens L.. 1753. 



Stout, erect annual 1-5 dm. high with obtusely angled, villous stems and villous herbage. 

 Leaves ovate, mostly asymmetrical and cordate at the base, 2-10 cm. long, entire or more often 

 sinuate-dentate to sharply dentate, on petioles 1.5-7 cm. long; pedicels 0.4-4 cm. long, recurved 

 in fruit ; calyx villous-viscid, 4-7 mm. long, the lobes narrowly triangular-ovate, about equal- 

 ing the tube at anthesis ; corolla campanulate, 4-8 mm. in diameter and slightly longer, yellow 

 with purplish center ; anthers yellow tinged with green or purple, rarely clear yellow ; fruiting 

 calyx firm, reticulate-veined, villous-pubesccnt, 2.5-3.5 cm. long, the tips of the lobes acute; 

 berry 1-2 cm. in diameter, yellow or greenish with a reddish tinge. 



Introduced sparingly in cultivated fields in Washington, commoner in the central United States. Type 

 locality: "America." July-Sept. 



5. Physalis Wrightii A. Gray. Wright's Ground-cherry. Fig. 4480. 



Physalis Wrightii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 63. 1874. 

 Chamaesaracha physaloides Greene, Bull. Torrey Club 9: 122. 1882. 



Erect or ascending annual 1-10 dm. high, with strongly angled, much-branched stems and 

 sparingly pubescent to subglabrous foliage. Leaves lanceolate, 6-35 mm. wide, 2.5-8 cm. long, 

 deeply sinuate-toothed, cuneate at the base, acute, somewhat attenuate at the apex, the margins 

 finely ciliate; petioles slender, 1.5-5 cm. long, pedicels slender, 5-20 mm. long, finely but closely 

 puberulent ; calyx campanulate, scarcely angular, 3-5 mm. long with narrowly deltoid lobes 

 about equaling the tube at anthesis ; corolla rotate, 12-20 mm. in diameter, whitish or light 

 yellow with deeper yellow center; anthers greenish, linear, 3-4.5 mm. long, on slender fila- 

 ments about as long; fruiting calyx globose-ovoid, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, obscurely 10-angled, the 

 lobes acuminate. 



Roadsides, fields and ditches, mostly Lower Sonoran Zone; Colorado Desert to western Texas and south- 

 ward through Sonora into Sinaloa. Type locality: "Prairies along the San Pedro River, Southwestern Texas." 

 April-June. 



6. Physalis lanceifolia Nees. Lance-leaved Ground-cherry. Fig. 4481. 



Physalis lanceifolia Nees, Linnaea 6: 473. 1831. 



Erect, robust annual 5-8 dm. high with ascending, angled, glabrous branches and subglabrous 

 foliage. Petioles 1-3 cm. long; leaves lanceolate, 6-20 mm. wide, 3.5-7 cm. long, attenuate at 

 both ends, entire to shallowly sinuate-toothed, dark green, subglabrous or with a few stiflF, short 

 hairs on the veins; pedicels filiform, 1.5-3 cm. long at anthesis; calyx puberulent, tubular- 

 campanulate, about 2 mm. in diameter, 3-4 mm. high, the lobes deltoid, half as long as the 

 tube ; corolla yellow, narrowly campanulate, 5-6 mm. long, about as wide at anthesis ; anthers 

 ovoid, 1.5-2 mm. long, greenish or purplish; fruiting calyx broadly ovoid, 2-2.5 cm. long, on 

 pedicels equaling or exceeding the calyx, the lobes broadly deltoid, not acuminate. 



In_ sandy areas along roads and about fields. Lower Sonoran Zone; Imperial Valley, along the lower Colo- 

 rado River, and eastward to Texas, southward into Central Mexico. Type locality: Mexico. March-June. 



7. Physalis Greenei Vasey & Rose. Greene's Ground-cherry. Fig. 4482. 



Physalis pedunculata Greene, Pittonia 1: 268. 1889. Not P. pedunculata Mart. & Gal. 1845. 

 Physalis Greenei Vasey & Rose, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 1: 18. 1890. 



Erect, spreading annual 1-4 dm. tall with slender, angular somewhat flexuous, puberulent 



