710 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Physalis angulata L. Sp. Tl. 1 : 183. 1753. 



I'hi/Htilix /i»iA i(/;ia Necs, Liiiiiiieu, 6:471. 1831. 



r.'aiKinlala var. Unkiaiid (Jray, Syii. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:231. 1878. 



Ell. Sk. 1:278. Gray, Mau. ed. i), 375. Chap. Fl. 351. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 300. 



West Indies, Mkxico to Bra/.u., 1'kku. 



Carolinian ami Lciuisiaiiiaii areas. Soutliorn Illinois to Missonri and Arkansas; 

 North Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



Ai.akama: Over the State. Borders of pastures, fields. Clay Connty, l)enii)sey, 

 1,000 iV-et altitndi'. Eei^ County, Anhurn {Ikirh). Franklin County, Knssellvillo. 

 Calhoun and Mol)il(^ counties. Flowers dingy yellow; August to October, lierry 

 greenish yellow. Common ; an abundant weed in the Lower I'iue region. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hub. in India ntracxue." 



Herb. Gaol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Physalis virgiuiana Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 1, t. LIS. 1768. 



VlK(iINIA GUOUNI) ClIKUKY. 



riiysalis lanccolata Roem. &, Schult. Syst. Veg. 4 : 673. 1824. 



P. 2>i'nn8ylranica Gray, Man. ed. 5, 382. 1867. Not L. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 375, mainly. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:301, under /'. htu- 

 ceolaia, 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Manitoba; New York west to Michi- 

 gan, Kansas, and Colorado, south to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



Alaijama: Over the State. In rich soil, exposed places, open copses, borders of 

 fields and woods. \\'iust()n Connty, Colliers Creek, 1,500 feet altitude — the specimens 

 roughish-jinbescent by short, flat, somewhat I'ecnrved hairs, ]iarticiilarly along the 

 angles of the stems and branches, and on the margins of the leaves. Tuscaloosa 

 County (7>'. A. Smith), specimens responding to the ty])ical form; of yellowish hue, 

 villous-pubescent, the broader leaves obtusely sinuate-dentate. I^ee County, Auburn 

 {Karh), a form very similar to the plant from Winston County. Autauga County, 

 Prattville, very low-branched from the decumbent base, else like the typical Ibrm. 

 Clarke County, Thomasville. MobileCounty, narrow-leaved forms of a darker green, 

 the leaves from 1 to l]- inches long, f to scarcely over -| inch wide, more or less jtube- 

 scent, but less so than the tyj)e, corolla lemon-yellow, fuscous in the center, anthers 

 yellow. Frequent, widely diffused, and variable; the typical form in richer soil. 



Tyi)o locality : " The seeds * * * were sent me from Philadelphia by Dr. Ben- 

 sil, who found the jjlants growing there naturally.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Physalis virginiana intermedia Rydberg, Mem. Torr. Club, 4 : 345. 1896. 



I'erennial from a stout rootstock; stem slightly angled, slender, 8 to 10 inches 

 high, sparsely hairy; leaves membranaceous, dark green, almost glabrous, ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse, taiiering into a winged petiole, entire or slightly 

 sinuate. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Indiana and Mississipjii to Texas. 



Alabama. Upper division Coast Pine belt. Shaded copses. Clarke County, 

 Thomasville. Hale County, Gallion. Flowers pale yellow, purplish in the center; 

 Ai)ril, .June. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Typo locality: "Southern States: S.B.Buckley (type)." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Physalis ciliosa Rydberg, Mem. Torr. Club, 4:. 346. 1896. 



Ciliate Ground Cherry. 



Perennial from a slender creeping rootstock, erect, branched, 8 to 10 inches high, 

 stem terete, like the pedicels and calyx lobes ciliate with long Jointed hairs, leaves 

 1^ to 2 inches long, ovate, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, subentire, 

 sparsely hairy on the veins, thin ; peduncles very slender, fruiting calyx ovoid- 

 pyramidal, sunken at the base. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. 



Alabama : Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Borders of woods. Clarke County, 

 Thomasville. Flowers yellow, faintly darker in the throat; April. Rare; only 

 locality known in the State. 



Type locality : "Florida: Chapman." 



Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 



Physalis arenicola T. II. Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:485. 1894. 



Perennial, branched from the rootstock ; branches erect, slender, pubescent with 

 simple hairs; leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, irregularly angulate, or angulate-den- 

 tate, obtuse, une«iual at the base, ajipressed ciliate; flowers on slender pubescent 

 pedicels as long as or longer than the petioles; calyx pubescent; corolla light yellow 



