296 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



CUT-LEAVED GROUND CHERRY 

 Physalis angulata Potato Family 



Fruit. — The fruit-enveloping calyx is ovoid 

 and has a sunken base. It sometimes shows 

 purplish veinings. The greenish yellow berry 

 nearly fills it when mature. The fruit is pulpy 

 and many-seeded. The berries are solitary, 

 hanging on slender peduncles from the axils 

 of the leaves. 



Leaves. — The leaves are ovate and often 

 wedge-shaped at the base. Many are cut into 

 sharp, narrgw lobes. The leaves are long, thin, 

 and smooth. 



Flowers. — The greenish yellow flowers are 

 small and unspotted. The anthers are some- 

 what tinged with purple. July-September. 



This smooth annual is erect, sometimes three 

 feet tall, and much-branched. Gray defines its 

 range from Pennsylvania to Minnesota, and 

 southward. 



