990 SOLANACEH, (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY.) 
2. CAPSICUM) Tourn. Rep-Perrrr. 
Calyx cup-shaped, 5-7-toothed. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5- 7-cleft, plaited. : 
Stamens 5-7, inserted on the throat of the corolla, exserted : anthers connivent, - 
opening lengthwise. Stigma obtuse. Berry juiceless, partly 2-3-celled, many — 
seeded. — Herbs or shrubs, with acrid juice, solitary flowers, and red berries. _ 
1. C. frutescens, L. Shrubby, smooth; stem branching ; leaves oblong- 
ovate, obtuse, entire, acute or rounded at the base, petioled, often by pairs; 
calyx obscurely toothed, long-peduncled, erect; berry oblong, shorter than the 
peduncle. — South Florida. — Stem 19-29 high. . Leaves l'long. Flowers in 
the forks of the branches. Berry 4" — 6” long. 
3. PHYSALIS, L. Grounp-Cuerry. id 
Calyx 5-toothed, inflated in fruit, and enclosing the juicy berry. Corolla - 
short-bell-shaped, plaited, 5-lobed or 5-angled. Stamens 5, inserted on the tube 
of the corolla: anthers separate; opening lengthwise. Stigma obtuse: Seeds 
flat, kidney-shaped. — Diffusely branching herbs, with alternate petioled leaves, 
which are often by pairs, and solitary nodding flowers in their axils, or in the 
forks of the branches. 
* Perennial: peduncles commonly longer than the petiole: corolla 8"! — 10" in diam- 
eter, spotted in the throat with brown or purple. E 
1. P. viscosa, L. Pubescent or hairy; root slender, elongated; stems — 
erect, at length diffusely branched, angled ; leaves ovate, entire or angu?" 
toothed, acute or obtuse, rounded or cordate at the base; calyx hairy, W! 
triangular-ovate lobes; corolla pubescent, yellow, with 5 large brown spots ? 
the throat; style and filaments purple; anthers yellow; fruiting calyx oblong- 
ovate, sharply 5-angled, concave or truncate at the base; berry globose, VIS: 
(P. heterophylla, Nees. P. Pennsylvanica, Z.) — Dry light or sandy soil, ne 
ida to Mississippi, and northward. July - Oct. — Stems jo- 29 high, sometime 
purple; the pubescence often viscid, jointed, or rough. Leaves 1'- 9! long, - 
uppermost rarely acute and unequal at the base. Corolla obscurely 
Fruiting calyx 1/- 1j/ long. 
2. P. lanceolata, Michx. Pubescent; leaves ovate-lanceolate or o o 
Obtuse, but often attenuate at the apex, entire, wavy, or coarsely and TUS 
toothed on the margins, acute and commonly very unequal at the base; vE 
pubescent, the lobes long-acuminate from an ovate base ; corolla 5-lobed, or aoi 
_ what 10-lobed or toothed, yellow in the throat ; fruiting calyx ovate or sandy 
. Ovate, 5-angled. (P. Elliottii, Kunze. P. maritima, M. A. Curtis?) eter 
Florida to North Carolina. July - Oct. — Stem 1° high, erect OF 
_ Leavesl'-3'long. Fruiting calyx 1/-1}' long, smooth or hairy. 
3. P. angustifolia, Nutt. Smooth; stem low, erect or at length dif 
. 9-4angled; leaves linear or lanceolate, obtuse, entire, narrowed gradu? wien 
