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5-lobed; fruiting calyx oblong-ovate, fving-angled, depressed at the base. — 
_Low sandy places along the coast, West Florida. July- Sept. — Stem 6/-12! 
high. Leaves 2/—5/ long, equal at the base, somewhat fleshy. Corolla some- 
times 1’ in diameter. Fruiting calyx 97-19" long. Anthers yellow. 
* * Annual: peduncles shorter than the petiole: corolla 4!'— 6! in diameter, yellow, 
' spotted in the throat with green or brown. 
4. P. angulata, L. Smooth throughout; stem sharply 4-angled, erect or 
at length diffusely procumbent ; leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, sharply toothed, 
long-petioled, slightly unequal at the base, the lower ones often somewhat cor- 
. date; calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate, as long as the tube ; corolla pale-yellow, 
5-toothed, spotted with green in the throat; filaments smooth; anthers purple; 
fruiting calyx globose-ovate, equally 10-angled, reticulated with purple veins, 
depressed at the base.— Fields and waste ground, Florida, and northward. — 
. July- Oct. — Stem 19-49 long. Leaves 2/-3! long. Fruiting calyx 1' long. 
5. P. pubescens, L. Tomentose or villous with soft often viscid hairs, 
rarely smoothish; stem diffusely branched, 4-angled, with one side rounded; 
leaves long-petioled, mostly acute, obtusely toothed, wavy-margined, or entire, 
ovate, and mostly slightly cordate and unequal at the base ; calyx-teeth subulate, 
twice as long as the tube; corolla bright yellow, 5- or somewhat 10-toothed, 
brown in the throat; filaments hairy; anthers purplish; fruiting calyx oblong- 
ovate, sharply 5-angled, truncate at the base. (P. hirsuta, Dunal. P. pruinosa, 
Ell. P obscura, Michx.) — Fields and waste grounds, common. July - Oct.— 
Stems 1°-3° long. Leaves 1/ - 2/ long. 53 A en 
4. NICANDRA, Adans. 
Calyx 5-parted, inflated, 10-toothed at the base. Corolla bell-shaped, plaited, 
obscurely 5-lobed. Stamens 5: anthers separate, opening lengthwise. Berry 
juiceless. — A smooth erect branching annual, with ovate-oblong toothed or 
. lobed petioled leaves, and solitary axillary nodding purple flowers. 
1. N. physaloides, Gert. — (Atropa physaloides, L.) — Waste and cul- 
tivated ground. Introduced. July -Sept.— Stem 19 —39 high, with angled 
branches. Leaves 2/— 5' long, decurrent on the petiole. Corolla white in the 
_ throat. Fruiting calyx 5-angled, enclosing the globose berry. 
5. LYCIUM, L. 
Calyx 4-5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-10-cleft or toothed. Stamens 
| £-5: anthers opening lengthwise, separate. Stigma capitate. Berry not en- 
- Closed in the calyx. — Erect or twining often spiny shrubs, with entire alternate 
. ©r clustered leaves, and axillary or terminal flowers. 
1. L. Carolinianum, Michx. Stem erect, spiny, much branched ; leaves 
. Small, clustered, club-shaped, fleshy ; flowers solitary, axillary, purple ; calyx and 
. Corolla 4-cleft; stamens 4, exserted. — Salt marshes, Florida to South Carolina. 
July -Sept.— Shrub 39-59 high. Leaves 1}! 
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