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4. Physalis lanceolata Michx. 



Common in the western part of the state. Banner County; Crawford; 



Lincoln; Newark; Pine Ridge; Pishelville; Scotts Bluff County; 



Scotia; Sioux County; Thedford. 



5.. Physalis virginiana Mill. 



Common in low^ meadows mostly in the eastern part of the state. 



Fairbury; Kearney; Grand Island; Lincoln; Nebraska City. 



6. Physalis heterophylla Nees. 



Common over most of the state, growing in edges of woods, thickets 

 or prairies. Broken Bow; Dismal River; Franklin; Frontier; Kear- 

 ney; Lincoln; Plummer Ford; Sheridan; Thedford; Weigand. 



7. Physalis comata Rydb. 



On hillsides in the western part of the state. Burwell; Loup City; 

 Scotts Bluff County. 



8. Physalis rotundata Rydb. 

 In dry soil in the western 

 Franklin; St. Paul. 



part of the state. Burwell; Callaway 



2. Solanum. 814. 



Plants not prickly, annuals . 



Leaves sinuately dentata or entire. 



Leaves glabrous or nearly so; calyx-lobes obtuse. 1. S. nigrum. 

 Leaves decidedly strigose beneath; calyx-lobes abruptly acutish. 



2. S. interior. 

 3. S. triflorum. 



Leaves pinnatifid. 

 Plants very prickly. 



Calyx not enclosing the fruit. 

 Calyx enclosing the fruit. 



4. S. carollnense. 

 5. S. rostratum. 



1. Solanum nigrum L. Common Night-Shade. 

 A common weed all over the state. Dakota County; Fairbury; Lin- 

 coln; Mullen; Paddock; Talmage; Republican Valley. 



2. Solanum interim*- Rydb. 



On Loup River near Mullen. (Type locality.) Thedford. 



3. Solanum triflorum Nutt. 



Frequent as a weed throughout the state. Banner County; Kearney; 

 Lincoln; Thedford; West Point. 



4. Solanum carolinense L. Horse Nettle. 

 In dry soil and waste places in the eastern part of the state. Lin- 

 coln; Omaha; Weeping Water. 



5. Solanum rostratum Dunal. Buffalo Bur. 

 On prairies and in waste places throughout the state. Crete; Cams; 

 Deuel County; Fairbury; Kearney; Lincoln; Saline County; Walton. 



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3. Lycium. 815. 



1. Lycium vulgare L. 



Escapes from or rather persists after cultivation. 



Lincoln; Weeping Water. 



Matrimony Vine. 



Beatrice; Callaway; 



4. Datura. 816. 



Stems green, flowers white, prickles at base of capsule shorter than 

 those near the top. 1. D. stramonium. 



