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leaves becoming in some cases smooth, except along the veins. Calyx 
lobes narrow; corolla yellow spotted with purple in the center. Anthers 
violet. Pennsylvania and southward, July-Sept. 
3. BP, philadelphica, Lam. (Fig. 2, pl. 138.) PHimapELpHt1a GRouND 
CueERRY. Leaves lance-shaped or egg-shaped, tapering at each end, on 
rather long leaf-stalks. Plant sometimes 4 or 5 ft. high, smooth or with 
few hairs. Calyx closely investing the large red or purple fruit. Corolla 
yellow, with purple in throat. In cultivated soils, Rhode Island, and 
southward. July-Sept. 
4. P, virginiana, Mill. (Fig. 3, pl. 138.)  Vircinta Grounp CHERRY. 
Stem 1 to 3 ft. high, diffusely branched; erect or decumbent. Leaves ob- 
long or egg-shaped, tapering at each end, wavy or sharp toothed at mar- 
gins; the whole plant hairy. Corolla about an in. broad, yellow. Culti- 
vated grounds, New York, westward and southward. July-Sept. 
5. P. heterophylla, Nees, (Fig. 4, pl. 138) CLAMMmy GrouNpD CHERRY. 
Perennial, decidedly downy or hairy with jointed hairs; stem at first 
erect, later decumbent, spreading, 1 to 3 ft. long. Leaves egg-shaped to 
oval, blades generally 2 in. or more in length, somewhat heart-shaped at 
base or bluntly tapering, borders with coarse teeth. Corolla greenish- 
yellow with a dark eye at center. Fruit a large yellow berry. Rich soil, 
somewhat common. 
2. LEUCOPHYSALIS, Rydberg. 
Tall, viscid hairy annual. Leaves not toothed, egg-shaped or lance- 
shaped, tapering at each end. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, fitting closely 
around the large berry. Corolla open-bell-shaped, yellow. 
L. grandiflora, (Hook) Rydberg. (Fig. 6, pl. 138.) Larck WHITE 
FLOWERED GRoUND CHERRY. (Physalis grandiflora, Hook.) Plant erect, 
1 to 3 ft. high. Flower about 13 in. broad, white, resembling the Morning- 
glory flower, but with short tube. In valley of Lake Champlain. May- 
July. 
3. SOLANUM, Tourn. 
Herbs and vines, with alternate leaves, the larger of which are often 
accompanied by smaller lateral ones. Flowers in clusters, white, blue, 
dark purple or yellow. Calyx 5-cleft, wheel-shaped; corolla wheel-shaped, 
the 5 lobes often extending nearly to the base. Stamens inserted in 
throat of corolla, the anthers converging around the style. Berry 2-celled, 
globose. 
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1. §. nigrum, L. (Fig. 3, pl. 139.) ComMMon or BLAcK NIGHTSHADE. 
Low, much branching, generally without hairs, 1 to 24 ft. high. Leaves 
egg-shaped, tapering at each end, on leaf-stalks, a small leaf often spring- 
ing from the side of the leaf-stalk. Flowers in small umbel-like clusters, 
directed laterally from the stem; corolla star-shaped, the converging an- 
thers form a sharp cone in the center. Berries globular, black. In rich 
shaded grounds. July-Oct. 
