86 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



Physalis subglabrata n. sp. 



An erect branching perennial, 3-9 dm. tall, from a stout 

 rootstock; stem glabrous or very nearly so below, more or 

 less pubescent with few and scattered appressed hairs above ; 

 leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-7.5 cm. long, 1.25-5 cm. 

 wide, entire or slightly undulate, obtuse or somewhat acute at 

 apex, rounded or subcordate at base, and often slightly 

 oblique, glabrous throughout, or occasionally with a few scat- 

 tered appressed hairs; petioles shorter than the leaves, 6-36 

 dm. long, glabrous, or with a few scattered appressed hairs ; 

 pedicels strongly appressed hairy, 6-10 mm. long in flower, 

 often twice as long in fruit; calyx 6-8 mm. long, appressed 

 hairy, the lobes triangular and about the length of the tube ; 

 corolla yellow with a dark center, 10-14 mm. broad, and 

 about as long; fruiting calyx angled and reticulated, de- 

 pressed at base, 24-30 mm. long, 15-22 mm. wide, ovoid or 

 oblong-ovoid, much inflated, the berry in the center ; berry 

 globular, 8-10 mm. broad, distinctly stiped. 



Type locality: Shefiield, Jackson County, Missouri; col- 

 lected by K. K. Mackenzie, June 14, 1896; type in Herb. 

 K. K. Mackenzie. 



This is the most common species of Physalis around 

 Kansas City, occurring in great abundance along railroads, 

 in fields, sandy woods, and river bottoms. It has been re- 

 ferred to P. Philadelphica Lam., but that species is annual, 

 while the above proposed species is invariably perennial. 

 It in fact appears to us much nearer P. macrophysa Rydb., 

 and it differs from the published description of that species 

 only in the more slender fruit, the nonglabrate flowering 

 calyx, the noticeably appressed-pubescent pedicels, and the 

 narrower entire leaves. It probably includes the greater part 

 of the perennial P. Philadelphica of the Eastern United 

 States. 



Specimens examined. — Missouri: Type specimens as cited under 

 type locality; Brush Creek, Jackson County, Mackenzie, June 14, 

 1895; Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Mackenzie, July 6, 1900; 

 Eagle Rock, Barry County, Bush, 165, June 27, 1897; Jackson County, 

 Bush, 263, July 31, 1893; Swan, Taney County, Bush, 448, Sept. 24, 

 1899; Courtney, Jackson County, Bush, 286, July 8, 1896; Independence, C. 

 W. Tindall, June 19, 1895; Clarksville, Trelease, 504, Oct. 10, 1897; Sac 



