346 COXXECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



gatuck (A. E. Blewitt), Seymour (Harger), Milford and 

 Bridgeport (Eames), Norwalk (G. P. Ells), Salisbury (Mrs. 

 C. S. Phelps), New Milford (E. H. Austin), Greenwich (J. 

 W. Robbins). July — Sept.; fruit Aug. — Oct. Naturalized 

 from the South. 



A pernicious weed in the South, destructive to cattle. The 

 root and leaves are employed medicinally. 



Solanum rostratum Dunal (beaked). 

 Sand Bur. Buffalo Bur. 



Rare. Waste or cultivated ground: New London (Miss 

 E. Shelly), Hartford and East Haddam (Dr. E. J- Thomp- 

 son), Southington (Miss L. Upson, Andrews), Naugatuck 

 (B. B. Bristol), Milford (Harger), Wilton (Miss A. E. Car- 

 penter), Kent and New Milford (E. H. Austin), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). July — Sept. Adventive from the 

 West. 



A pernicious weed which should be eradicated on its first 

 appearance. 



PHYSALIS L. Ground Cherry. 



Physalis angulata L. (angular). 



Rare. Hartford, in waste ground (H. S. Clark & Bissell). 

 July — Sept. Fugitive from the South. 



Physalis pruinosa L. (frosted). 

 Strawberry Tomato. 



Cultivated or waste ground. Rare in most districts : Nor- 

 wich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Groton (Mrs. C. B. Graves), 

 Southington (Andrews & Bissell). Occasional in the south- 

 western part of the state (Eames). July — Oct. 



Physalis Alkekengi L. 

 Winter Cherry. 



Rare. New Milford, spreading from cultivation (E. H. 

 Austin). Fruit Aug. — Oct. Introduced from eastern Asia. 



Physalis heterophylla Nees (various-leaved). 



Physalis virginiana Gray's Manual ed. 6, not Mill. 



Occasional. Dry fields and waste places. June — Sept. ; 

 fruit Aug. — Oct. 



The var. ambigua (Gray) Rydb. (doubtful) sometimes 

 occurs with the typical form. 



