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

 Berry 2 6 -celled. Seeds numerous. 



1. & 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.' 17. 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. . nigrum Linn. : stem herbaceous, without thorns, angular, rough 

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

 belled. S. nigrum var. Virginianum Linn. 



Old fields. Can. to Car. July, Aug. .Stem 12 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. Carolinense Linn. : herbaceous, prickly ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

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

 loose. 



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 Qwa, 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. l.Slem 

 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. lanceola'a Mich. : stem herbaceous, dichotomously branched, 

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

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

 villous. 



Penn. Muhl. $ Darlingt. ; rare. S to Car. July. f l\-. Stem 12 feet high, 

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

 pal* greenish-yellow, with fuscous spots at base. 



Spear-leaved Ground Cherry. 



