NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 709 



PHYSALIS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 182. 1753.' 



About 50 species, perennial herbs aud auuuals. Warmer regions of the globe, 

 chiefly American. North America, 37. 



Physalispubesceus L. Sp. PI. 1:183. 1753. Soft-haihy Ground Cherry. 



Physalis hirsuta Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 1 : 445. 1852. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6. 375. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 323. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 234. C(ml- 

 ter, Contr. Nart. Herb. 2 : 300. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 541. 



West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. 



Carolinian aud Louisianian areas. Maryland to Florida, Pennsylvania, southwest 

 to Missouri, Arkausas, Texas, Arizona, and Calilornia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Borders of fields, pastures. Cullman County, 800 feet 

 altitude. August. Not t'reqneut. Annual. * 



Type locality : " Hab. in India utraij^ue." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Physalis pruinosa L. Sp. PL 1 : 184. 1753. Primrose Ground Cherry. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 280. (?) 



Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. New England west to Michigan and Iowa, 

 south to Georgia and Florida. 



Alabama : Mountain region. Waste places. Winston Countj^, near Colliers 

 Creek, ], 500 feet altitude. May; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Physalis barbadeiisis Jacq. Misc. 2 : 359. 1781. (Icon. t. 39. ) 



Barbadoes Ground Cherry. 



Physalis obsciira viscido-puhescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 149. 1803. 



P. obscura piihescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 157. 1814. 



P.priihiosa Ell. Sk. 1 : 279. 1817. 



Annual, stem erect or spreading acutely 3 or 4 angled, pubescent, viscid, or nearly 

 glabrous, lea\es lieart-shajjed, acute or abruptly acuminate, sharply repand-dentate, 

 pubescent with short hairs ; jieduncles short ; calyx generally denselj^ viscid-hirsute, 

 lobes lanceolate-acuminate, corolla f inch wide, anthers purplish, fruiting calyx 

 about 1 inch long, acuminate, reticulate, retuse at the base. 



Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. Pennsylvania to Missouri and Indian Territory, 

 south to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Waste ground. Mobile County. September. Frequent. 

 Annual. 



Type locality not given except as implied in the name. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Physalis barbadeiisis obscura (Michx.) Rydberg, Mem. Torr. Club, 4:327. 1896. 



Physalis anriulata Walt. Fl. Car. 99. 1788. Not L. 



P. obscura Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 149. 1803. 



P. brasiliensis Sendtner in Mart. Fl. Bras. 10 : 131. 1854. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 234. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 323. 



West Indies, Mexic ) to Brazil. 



Louisianian area. Georgia aud Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Cultivated ground, waste ])laces about dwellings. Flow- 

 ers small, corolla gieenish yellow, brown in the throat; July to September. Fruit 

 rij»e September, October. Berry yellowish green. Common garden weed. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Physalis carpenter! Riddell ; Chap. Bot. Gaz. 3 : 11. 1878. As synonym. 

 Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 325. 

 Louisianian area. Louisiana and Florida. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region. Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley), 1840; not col- 

 lected since. 

 Type locality: "East Feliciana, La. (Prof. Carpenter)." 



* P. A. Rydberg, The North American Species of Physalis and Related Genera, 

 Mem. Torr. Club, vol. 4, pp. 297 to 364. 1896. 



