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* * * Fruit included in the calyx: stamens and style declined: anthers tapering 



upwards, the lowest lonyer and incurved. 



8. S. rostratum, Dunal. Stellate-pubescent and prickly ; leaves 1-2- 

 pinuatitid, the lobes obtuse ; corolla yellow, its lobes short, ovate ; calyx 

 prickly. Georgia, Tennessee, and westward. Stem l-2high. Corolla 

 1' in diameter. 



2. CAPSICUM, Tourn. RED PEPPER. 



Calyx cup-shaped, 5 - 7-toothed. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5 - 7-cleft, plaited. 

 Stamens 5-7, inserted on the throat of the corolla, exserted : anthers conui- 

 vent, opening lengthwise. Stigma obtuse. Berry juiceless, partly 2 - 3-celled, 

 many-seeded. Herbs or shrubs, with acrid juice, solitary flowers, and red 

 berries. 



1. C. frutescens, L. Shrubby, smooth; stem branching; leaves ob- 

 long-ovate, obtuse, entire; calyx obscurely toothed, long-peduncled, erect; 

 berry oblong, shorter than the peduncle. South Florida. Stem l-2 high. 

 Leaves 1' long. Flowers in the forks of the branches. Berry 4" -6" long. 



3. PHYSALIS, L. GROUND CHERRY. 



Calyx 5-toothed, inflated in fruit, and enclosing the juicy berry. Corolla 

 short-bell-shaped, plaited, 5-lobed or 5-angled. Stamens 5, inserted on the 

 tube of the corolla : anthers separate, opening lengthwise. Stigma obtuse. 

 Seeds flat, kidney-shaped. Diffusely branching herbs, with alternate peti- 

 oled leaves, which are often by pairs, and solitary nodding flowers in their 

 axils, or in the forks of the branches. Corolla (in ours) yellow, with mostly 



a dark brown centre. 



* Annual. 



<- Corolla pale yellow, 4" -6" broad: anthers purple. 



1 P. angulata, L. Smooth throughout ; stem sharply 4-angled, erect 

 or at length diffusely branched ; leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, sharply 

 toothed ; calyx lobes triangular, as long as the tube ; corolla green in the 

 throat; filaments smooth; fruiting calyx globose-ovate, equally 10-angled, 

 reticulated with purple veins, depressed at the base. Fields and waste 

 ground. July -Oct. Stem l-4 long. Leaves 2' -3' long. Fruiting 

 calyx 1 ' long. 



2. P. pubescens, L. Tomentose or villous with soft often viscid hairs ; 

 stem diffusely branched, terete; lenves obtusely toothed, or entire, ovate, nnd 

 mostly slightly cordate and nnpqnnl at the base : calyx teeth subulate, twice 

 as long as the tube ; corolla brown in the throat ; filaments hairy ; fruiting 

 calyx oblong-ovate, 5-angled, hollowed at the base. Fields and waste 

 grounds, common. July -Oct. Stem l-2 long. Leaves l'-2' long. 

 Berry red. 



3. P. obscura, Michx. Smooth or nearly so ; stem sharply angled, di- 

 viding at the base into numerous long (l-3) procumbent branches; leaves 

 broadly ovate or cordate, acuminate, obtusely toothed ; calyx teeth subulate ; 

 corolla brown in the throat ; filaments smooth ; fruiting calyx large, round- 

 ovate, abruptly acuminate, 5-winged, smooth, truncate at the base ; berry 



