Vol. III.] 



POTATO FAMILY. 



3. Physalis Barbadensis Jacq. Barbadoes Ground-Cherry 



Pliysalis Barbadc'iisis ]acq. Misc. 2: 359. 17S1. 



Stem stouter than in P. pubescens, tall and erect or 

 widely spreading, acutely 3-4angled, pubescent, 

 viscid, or sometimes nearly glabrous; leaves 1%'- 

 2yi' long, ovate or heart-shaped, acute, or abruptly 

 acuminate, sharply repand-dentate, pubescent with 

 short hairs; peduncles short, i ><"-2" long, but in 

 fruit sometimes 10"; calyx generally densely viscid- 

 hirsute, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, but not subu- 

 late-tipped; corolla iyi"-^" in diameter; anthers 

 generally purplish; fruiting calyx longer than in 

 the two preceding species, I'-i '4 ' long, acuminate 

 and reticulate, retuse at the base. 



Sandy soil. North Carolina, southern Illinois and 

 Mexico, the West Indies and South America. July-Sept. 



Physalis Barbadensis obsciira ( Miclix. ) Rydberg, Mem. 

 Torr. Club. 4: 327. 1896. 

 Physalis obiCtii a Michx. Kl. Bor. Am. i: 149. 1S03. 



Greener; perfectly glabrous, or sometimes minutely 

 pubescent, when it grades into P. Bat'badensis proper. 

 The distribution is about the same as that of the species. 



5. Physalis lanceifolia Nees. 

 leaved Ground-Cherry. (Fig. 3194.) 



Physalis lanceifolia Nees, Linnaea, 6: 473. 1831. 



P. angulata Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 43. 1799. Not 



L- 1753- 



Erect, generally i^° high, branched; stem angled, 

 glabrous; leaves in the typical form lanceolate, sub- 

 entire or slightly toothed; calyx cylindrical-cam- 

 panulate, its lobes broadly triangular, shorter than 

 the tube; peduncles filiform, about i' long, erect 

 with nodding flower, in fruit l}i'-i' long and re- 

 flexed; corolla 3"-4''' in diameter, campanulate, 

 yellow, without a dark spot; anthers yellow, more 

 or less tinged with purple; fruiting calyx about 10" 

 long, rounded ovoid, indistinctly lo-angled and 

 purple veined, nearly filled by the berry. 



Illinois to Texas, California and southward. Also in 

 Mexico and Peru. In the eastern plant the leaves are 

 broader than in the typical form, and sometimes with 

 sharper teeth. July-Sept. 



4. Physalis Lagascae R. & S. Small- 

 flowered Ground-Cherry. (Fig. 3193.) 



Physalis Lai;ascae R. & S. Syst. Veg. 4: 679. 1819. 

 /". /HiK/wa koxb. Fl. Ind. I: 563. 1820. Not L. 1753. 

 Stem spreading, often zigzag, branched, stri- 

 ate, or slightly angled, villous with short hairs. 

 Leaves yi'-zji' long, ovate, oblique and cuneate, 

 obtuse, or cordate at the base, acute but not 

 acuminate, repand or sinuately dentate, hairy, at 

 least on the veins; peduncles >2"-2/<" long, 

 erect, in fruit zy^''-^" reflexed, shorter than the 

 fruiting calyx; calyx villous, lobes shorter than 

 the tube, triangular; corolla l|^"-4" in dia- 

 meter, yellow, generally with a dark centre, an- 

 thers generally yellow; fruiting calyx 7''-io" 

 long, round-ovoid, nearly filled by the berry, 

 scarcely sunken or commonly rounded at the 

 base. 



Native of Mexico, the West and East Indies; per- 

 haps only introduced in the United States. Mis- 

 souri and Kansas to Arkansas and Indian Territory. 

 July-Sept. 



Lance- 



