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2. Physalis Floridaiia Rydb. Annual, pubescent and viscid throughout. Stems dif- 

 fusely branched, angled, densely villous with long white viscid hairs : leaf-blades rounded, 

 cordate, oblique at the base, 2-5 cm. long, coarsely sinuately toothed, obtuse, sparingly 

 viscid-pubescent on both sides : peduncles short, in fruit about 1 cm. long : calyx densely 

 viscid pubescent ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate : corolla 6-8 mm. in diameter, yellow with 

 purple spots : anthers purplish : fruiting calyx 2-2.5 cm. long, 5-angled, deeply retuse at 

 the base. 



In rich soil in pine woods, Walton County and Punta Rassa, Florida. 



3. Physalis pruioosa L. Annual, more hairy and viscid than the two preceding 

 and the next following species. Stems stout, generally erect or often ascending and 

 obtusely angled, finely villous or viscid : leaf-blades firm," 3-10 cm. long, finely pubescent, 

 ovate-cordate, generally very oblique at the base, and deeply sinuately toothed with broad 

 and often obtuse teeth : peduncles 2-4 mm., at maturity about 1 cm. long : calyx villous or 

 viscid ; lobes as long as the tube, narrow, but without subulate tips : corolla 3-8 mm. in 

 diameter : anthers yellow or tinged with purple : fruiting calyx of a little firmer texture 

 and more pubescent than that of the preceding two species, reticulate, 2-3 cm. long, ovoid- 

 cordate : berry yellow or green. 



In rich soil, Massachusetts to Iowa and Florida. 



4. Physalis Barbadnsis Jacq. Annual, generally pubescent and viscid. Stems 

 stouter than those of P. pubescens, tall and erect, or widely spreading, acutely 3-4-angled : 

 leaf-blades 3-6 cm. long, heart-shaped, acute or generally abruptly acuminate, sharply 

 repand-dentate, pubescent with short hairs : peduncles 3-4 mm. long, at maturity some- 

 times 2 cm. long : calyx generally densely viscid-hirsute ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, but 

 not subulate-tipped : corolla 5-10 mm. in diameter : anthers generally purplish : fruiting 

 calyx 2.5-3 cm. long, attenuate, almost conical and reticulate, retuse at the base. 



In rich shaded soil, Pennsylvania to the Indian Territory, Florida and Mexico. Also found in the 

 West Indies and in Venezuela. 



5. Physalis Lagascae R. & S. Annual, finely pubescent aud sometimes slightly 

 viscid. Stems spreading, often zigzag, branched, striate or slightly angled, villous with 

 short hairs : leaf-blades 1-8 cm. long, ovate, oblique and cuneate, obtuse or cordate at the 

 base, acute but not acuminate, repand or sinuately dentate, hairy at least on the nerves : 

 peduncles 3-5 mm. becoming 5-10 mm. long at maturity, reflexed, shorter than the 

 fruiting calyx : calyx villous ; lobes shorter than the tube, triangular : corolla 3-8 Vnm. in 

 diameter, yellow, generally with a dark center : anthers generally yellow : fruiting calyx 

 1.5-2 cm. long, round-ovoid, nearly filled with the berry, not sunken at the base. 



In rich soil, Florida to Alabama and Mexico. Also in the West and East Indies. 



6. Physalis Carpenter! Riddell. Annual, characterized by its generally fascicled 

 flowers, the foliage finely pubescent. Stems branching above, somewhat angled and striate, 

 closely and finely puberulent : leaf-blades very thin, oval or ovate, abruptly contracted into 

 a long acumination, entire or slightly wavy, nearly glabrous or puberulent, somewhat cor- 

 date and oblique at the base : peduncles about 1 cm. long, very slender, often in fascicles 

 of 2-4 : corolla about 1 cm. wide, open-campanulate : fruiting calyx small, only 1 cm. in 

 diameter, nearly globose, scarcely angled, faintly nerved, the lobes sometimes very unequal. 



In sandy soil, Florida to Alabama and Louisiana ; rare. 



7. Physalis obscura Michx. Annual, glabrous, or minutely puberulent when young. 

 Stems rather stout, acutely angled and divaricately branched : leaf-blades broadly ovate, 

 obtuse or cordate and slightly oblique at the base, thin and dark green, repand-dentate, 

 short acuminate : calyx minutely cilate on the margins and veins or glabrate : peduncles 

 short, in fruit about 1.5 cm. long ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate : corolla 8-10 mm. wide, 

 yellow with purplish spots : fruiting calyx 3-3.5 cm. long, long-attenuate, almost pyram- 

 idal, deeply retuse at the base. 



In rich soil, Pennsylvania to the Indian Territory, Florida and Mexico. Also in the West Indies. 



8. Physalis pendula Rydb. Annual, glabrous. Stems angled, generally 5 dm. 

 tall, branched : leaf -blades lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, sinuate-dentate with sharp teeth 

 or sometimes nearly entire : calyx cylindric-campanulate ; lobes broadly triangular, shorter 

 than the tube : peduncles filiform, 1 -2 cm. long, erect with nodding flower, 4-5 cm. long 

 and reflexed and drooping at maturity : corolla 5-8 mm. in diameter, campanulate, yel- 

 low, without a dark spot : anthers yellow, more or less tinged with purple : fruiting calyx 

 about 2 cm. long, rounded ovoid, indistinctly 10-angled and purple-nerved, nearly filled 

 with the berry. [P. lanceifolia Rydb. in part, not Nees.] 



In rich soil, Illinois to Kansas and Texas. 



9. Physalis angulata L. Annual, glabrous. Stems angular, 0. 5-1 m. tall, glabrous : 

 leaf-blades ovate, with a more or less cuneate base, sharply sinuate, with long-acuminate 



