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Anthers erect, large, connivent, opening at tlie top by two pores. 

 Berry 2 — 6 -celled. Seeds numerous. 



1. S. Dulcamara Linn. : stem shrubby, flexuous, climbing, without 

 thorns, smooth or pubescent ; leaves ovate-cordate, smooth ; upper ones 

 hastate ; flowers in lateral clusters. 



Low grounds. N. S. July, Aug. Yi- — Stem 6 — 8 feet long, somewhat pu- 

 bescent. Flowers purple, with 2 green tubercles at the base of each segment. 

 Berry bright red, oval. Introduced from Europe. 



Woody Night-shade. Bitter-sweet. 



2. S. nigrum Linn. : stem herbaceous, without thorns, angular, rough 

 on the angles ; leaves ovate, obtusely tooihed and waved ; flowers subum- 

 belled. S. nigrum var. Virginianum Linn. 



Old fields. Can. to Car. July, Aug. (1). — Stem 1 — 2 feet high, much 

 branched, angular or slightly winged. Flowers nodding, white, 3 — 6 in an um- 

 bel. Berry spherical, black, 2-celled. Introduced from Europe. 



Common Night-shade. 



3. /S*. Cai'olinense Linn. : herbaceous, prickly ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acute, sinuate-angular, often subhastate, stellate-pubescent ; raceme simple, 



Road sides, &c. N. Y. to Car. W. to Miss. June, July. %..—Stem erect, 

 branched, a foot high, armed with short prickles. Leaves aculeate on the mid- 

 rib and larger nerves on both sides. Flowers white, in lateral racemes. Berry 

 globose, orange-yellow. Horse Nettle. 



2. PHYSALIS. Linn.— Ground Cherry. 

 (From the Greek fvaa, a bladder or bag ; in allusion to the inflated calyx.) 



Calyx 5 -cleft, persistent, finally becoming ventricose. Corolla 

 campanulate-rotate ; limb plaited, somewhat 5-lobed; tube very 

 short. Stamens 5,* connivent. Anthers opening longitudinally. 

 Berry 2-celled. Seeds numerous. 



1. P. viscosa Linn.: herbaceous, pubescent and more or less viscid; 

 stem dichotomously branched, with the branches at length spreading; 

 leaves solitary or in pairs, varying from roundish-ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 

 subcordate at base, mostly acute, more or less repand-toothed ; flowers 

 solitary, axillary, pendulous. P. obscura Mich, and P. Pennsylvanica 

 Linn. 



Road sides, fields, &c. N. Y. to Car. W. to Miss. July, Aug. %.~Stem 

 low, spreading divaricately. Leaves varying in form, on petioles, 1 — 2 inches 

 long. Flowers on short pedicels, greenish-yellow with brownish spots at base. 

 Berry globose, viscid, yellowish, enclosed by the inflated calyx. 



Clammy Ground Cherry. 



2. P. lanceolata Mich. : stem herbaceous, dichotomously branched, 

 densely pubescent ; .eaves mostly in pairs, ovate-lanceolate, entire, acumi- 

 nate, narrowed at the base into a petiole ; flower solitary, nodding ; calyx 

 villous, 



Penn. Muhl. 6f Darlingt. ; rare. S to Car. July. %. — Stem 1 — 2 feet high, 

 angular. Leaves often very unequal at base. Flowers usually in the upper axils, 

 palte greenish-yellow, with fuscous spots at base. 



Spear-leaved Chound Cherry. 



