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growing spontaneously here and there, a good yield might be 

 anticipated under cultivation. 



Nicotiana Glaucia. Graham, (blue tobaaco). Yellow 

 tubular flower and blue-green leaves. Common on waste stony 

 ground and old walls. Formerly a garden plant. 



Physalis Edulis. Sims; or P. peruviana, lyinn. (cape goose, 

 berry ) A plant clothed with velvety soft hairs, weak branches, 

 spreading. Ivcaves heart-shaped, long, pointed, irregularly 

 toothed. Flowers, solitary in angle of leaf and stem, yellow 

 with purple spots at base, three quarters of an inch in diameter, 

 fruiting abundantly with a cherry-sized berry enclosed in a 

 scaly envelope or calyx. Summer months. Perennial 

 Evidentl}^ escaped from gardens. 



Physalis lyinkiana, or lanceolata. Mich, (cow cherry.) 

 Similar to above but much less hairy; stem, purple-spotted, 

 two to three inches long. I^eaves sharply toothed Flowers 

 drooping, yellow with purple spots, and berry similar to that 

 in above. Fields and waste places. Annual. September. 



Physalis Angulata. Linn, (balloon berry.) Very similar 

 to above but rarer. Its yellow flowers are not spotted. Found 

 near Causeway. 



1 hysalis Pubescens. Linn., or hirsuta (horse cherry) is 



omitted by Reade but is mentioned by Lefroy who says it is 



distinguishable from the former by the more oval form and 

 bluish tint of the fruit, with its flowers in clusters. 



Capsicum An nuum. Linn. ( Chili pepper. ) A shrub from 

 tliree to six feet high, woody, frequent stems or branches. 

 Leaves ovate, pointed, one inch long. Flower stalks half to 

 one inch long. Flowers white, drooping, single, quarter of an 

 inch or more long, bright, shining green, turning red when 

 ripe. These are used in either the green or the ripe state for 

 culinary purposes, and for making the hot Chili vinegar which 

 is extensively used. This plant may now and then be found 

 outside of plantations. It is almost universally grown. 

 Flowers with five white petals. May to August. 



