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SOLANACEAE. 



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12. Physalis pumila Nutt. Low Ground-Cherry 



(Fig. 3201.) 



Physalis pumila Null. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II. ) 5: 



Physalis lanceolata var. htila A. Gray, Proc. Am. 



Acad. 10: 68. 1874. 



Perennial from a slender rootstock, i >^°-3° liigh; 

 stem obscurely angled. Leaves thick, broadly ovate 

 to oblong, acute at both ends and somewhat rhom- 

 boid, the lower often obtuse and obovate, gener- 

 ally much larger than in the preceding; blades 

 2'-4' long, entire or seldom sinuate, on petioles 

 lo"-i5" long, strigose with many-branched hairs 

 especially on the lower surface; peduncles s'^-io" 

 long, in fruit reflexed and i>2'-2' long; calyx 

 densely hirsute, not stellate-pubescent, its lobes tri- 

 angular, generally a little shorter than the tube; 

 corolla yellow with brown center, S"-io" in diam- 

 eter; fruiting calyx usually more elongated than 

 in the preceding, lY^'-i' long, oblong-ovoid, a 

 little sunken at the base, indistinctly lo-angled. 



Plains, Missouri to Colorado ann Texas. July- Sept. 



(Fig. 3202.) 



13. Physalis Virginiana Mill. Virginia Ground-Cherry. 



Physalis \'irginiana Mill. Card. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 4. 1768. 

 Physalis laticeolala Rocm. iS: Sch. Syst. VeR. 4: 673, and 



American authors mainly. Not IMiclix. 1803. 

 Physalis Pennsylvanica A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 382. 1867. 



Not L. 1753. 



Perennial; rootstock thick and somewhat fleshy; 

 stem i'i°-3° high, erect, dichotomously branched, 

 somewhat angular, more or less strigose-hairy with 

 flat hairs, sometimes a little glandular, or in some 

 forms nearly glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ta- 

 pering to both ends, i|^'-2^' long, generally more 

 or less sinuately dentate, often yellowish green; pe- 

 duncles 5"-ro" long, generally erect, in fruit curved 

 but scarcely reflexed; calyx strigose, hirsute, or at 

 least puberulent, its lobes triangular or broadly lan- 

 ceolate, nearly eijualling the tube; corolla sulphur- 

 yellow with purplish spots, -j'-i' in diameter; anthers 

 yellow; fruiting caly.x pyramidal-ovoid, 5-angled, 

 sunken at the base; berry reddish. 



Rich soil, especially in open phices. New York to Mani- 

 toba, Florida and Louisiana, July-Sept. Verj' variable. 



Physalis Virginiana intermedia Rydbergr. Mf m. Torr. Club, 4: 345. 1896. 

 Leaves very thin and subentire, gradually tapering into winged petioles; pubescence in the 

 yoimg plant somewhat viscid. Perhaps a distinct species. Indiana to Alabama and Texas. 



14. Phy 



salis heteroph^Ua Nees. Clammy Ground-Cherry. (Fig. 3203.) 



/Vn'M/zV Z'jVcoja Pursh, Fl. .\m. Sept 157. 1814. Not 



L. 1753- 

 Pliysalis helerophylla Nees, Linnaea, 6: 463. 1831. 

 Physajis Virginiana .\. Grav, Svu. Fl. 2.^ Part i, 235. 



1878. Not Mill. 1768. 



Perennial from a slender creeping rootstock, 

 i|2°-3° tall, at first erect, later generally decumbent 

 and spreading, viscid and glandular, and villous 

 with long spreading jointed flat hairs; leaves large, 

 blade generally over 2' long, usually broadly cordate, 

 often acute but very rarely with an acununation, 

 thick, more or less sinuately toothed, or sometimes 

 subentire; caly.x long-villous, lobes triangular, gen- 

 erally shorter than the tube; corolla S"-io" in diam- 

 eter, greenish yellow with a brownish or purplish 

 center; anthers mostly yellow; berry yellow. 



In rich soil, especially where the surface has been 

 disturbed, New Brunswick to Saskatchewan, Florida, 

 Colorado and Texas. The most common of our species, 

 and extremely variable, perhaps includes several dis- 

 tinct species. 



