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* * * Fruit included in the calyx: stamens and style declined: anthers tapering 

 upwards, the lowest longer and incurved. 

 8. S. rostratum, Dunal. Stellate-pubescent aud prickly ; leaves 1-2- 

 pimiatifid, the lobes obtuse ; corolla yellow, its lobes short, ovate ; calyx 

 prickly. — Georgia, Tennessee, aud westward. — Stem l°-2^ high. Corolla 

 I' in diameter. 



2. CAPSICUM, Tourn. Red Pepper. 



Calyx cup-shaped, 5-7-toothed. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-7-cleft, plaited. 

 Stamens 5-7, inserted on the throat of the coroUa, exserted : anthers conni- 

 vent, 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 ob- 

 long-ovate, obtuse, entire ; calyx obscurely toothed, long-peduucled, erect ; 

 berry oblong, shorter than the peduncle. — South Florida. — Stem l°-2° high. 

 Leaves 1' long. Flowers in the forks of the branches. Berry 4" -6" long. 



3. PHYSALIS, L. Ground Cherry. 



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-sliaped. — Diffusely branching herbs, with alternate peti- 

 oled leaves, which are often by pairs, and solitary nodding flowers in their 

 axils, or in the forks of the branches. Corolla (in ours) yellow, with mostly 



a dark brown centre. 



* Annual. 



■^ Corolla pale yellow, 4" - 6" broad : anthers purple. 



1 ■ P. angulata, L. Smooth throughout ; stem sharply 4-angled, erect 

 or at lengtli diffusely branched; leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, sharply 

 toothed ; calyx lobes triangular, as long as the tube ; corolla green in the 

 throat; filaments smooth; fruiting calyx globose-ovate, equally 10-angled, 

 reticulated with purple veins, depressed at the base. — Fields and waste 

 ground. — July-Oct. — Stem l°-4° long. Leaves 2'-3' long. Fruiting 

 calyx 1' long. 



2. P. pubescens, L. Tomentose or villous with soft often viscid hairs ; 

 stem diffnsely branched, terete ; leaves obtusely toothed, or entire, ovate, and 

 mostly slightly coi-date and unequal at the base ; calyx teeth subulate, twice 

 as long as the tiibe ; corolla brown in the throat ; filaments hairy ; fruiting 

 calyx oblong-ovate, 5-angled, hollowed at the base. — Fields and waste 

 grounds, common. July-Oct. — Stem l°-2° long. Leaves V-2' long. 

 Berry red. 



3. P. obscura, Michx. Smooth or nearly so ; stem sharply angled, di- 

 viding at the base into numerous long (l°-3°) procumbent branches; leaves 

 broadly ovate or cordate, acnminate, obtusely toothed ; calyx teeth subulate ; 

 corolla brown in the throat ; filaments smooth ; fruiting calyx large, ronnd- 

 ovate, abruptly acuminate, 5-winged, smooth, truncate at the base; berry 



