SOLANACK/K. (NK illTSIl ADK lA.MILV.) 07.') 



1. C. s6rdida, Gray. Much branched from root or bjise, somewhat cine- 

 reous witli sliort viscid pubesceuce ; leaves obovatc-spatuhite or cuncate-ol)long 

 to oblanceolate, repand to iucisely pinnatifid ; calyx wlien ycjung villous-vi.sciil ; 

 corolla pale yellow or violet-purple (G" broad) ; berry as larf^e as a i)ea. — Drv 

 or clayey soil, central and W. Kan. to Tex. and Arizona. 



3. PHYSALIS, L. CiuoiNn (hkkkv. 



Calyx 5-cleft, reticulated and enlarging after Howerin^, at lenj^th much in- 

 flated and endosijig the 2-celled i^lobnlar (edible) berry. Corolla between 

 wheel-shaped and funnel-form, the very short tube marked with .'i concave 

 sj)ots at the base ; the plaited border somewhat 5-lobed or barely 5 - 10-toothed. 

 iStamens 5, erect ; anthers .separate, opening lengthwise. — Herbs (in this coun- 

 try), with tlie leaves often uneriually in ))airs, and the 1-flowered nodding pe- 

 duncles extra-axillary; flowering tlirough the summer. (Name (pvaaMs, a 

 hi udder, from the inflated calyx.) 



* Corolla larrje, white or tinged with blue, icithout dark centre, with almost mtire 



border; pubesceiice simple. 

 1. P. grandiflbra, Hook. Clammy-pubescent, erect ; leaves lance-ovate, 

 pointed, entire or nearly so; corolla 1-2' wide when expanded, and with a 

 woolly ring in the throat; fruiting calyx globular, apparently nearly filled by 

 tlie berry. — S. shore of L. Superior to Sask. ; Trovidence Island, L. Cham- 

 plain {Perkins). 



* * Corolla lurid greenish-white or yellow, mostli/ with dark centre, 3 - 10" bruad. 



H— Aiuiaiils, f/labruus or pubescence minute; anthers violet. 



2. P. Philadelphica, Lam. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, oblique at 

 base, entire, repand, or very sparingly angulate-toothed ; corolla brownish- or 

 violet-spotted in the centre, 7-10" broad ; calyx at maturity globose and com- 

 pletely filled by the large reddish or purple berry and open at the moutli. — 

 In fertile soil, Penn. to Minn, and Tex. 



3. P. angulata, L. Much branched; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 sharply and irregularly laciniate-toothed ; peduncles filiform ; corolla unspotted, 

 very small (3 - 6" broad when expanded) ; fruiting calyx conical-ovate with a 

 truncate or sunken base, 10-augled, loosely inflated, at length well filled by the 

 greenish-yellow berry. — Open rich grounds, I'eun. to Minn., and southward. 

 •*- ■♦- Strong-scented, villous or pubescent icith viscid or glandular simple hairs ; 



fruiting calyx ovate-pyramidal, carinately 5-angled, closed, loostlu f nrplop. 

 ing the green or yellow berry ; leaves ovate or cordate. 



4. P. pubdscens, L. Annual, diffusely much branched or at length de- 

 cumbent; leaves angulate- or repand-toothed or nearly entire; corolla spotted 

 with brown purple in the centre, 5-6" broad when expanded, ob.scurelv 5- 10- 

 toothed ; anthers violet. — Low grounds, N. Y. to Minn., south to Fla. and 

 Tex., and westward. — A very doubtful form, found at Independence, Mo. 

 (B. F. Bush), has the small corolla (2" broad) yellow, without a l)rown centre, 

 the antliers vellow, tin' fruiting calyx smaller, and the berry viscid. 



,'). P. Virgini^na, Mill- /V?Tw;nVi/,diffu.sely much branched and widely 

 si)reading, or at first erect; leaves sometimes oblong, repand or obtusely toothed, 

 rarely entire; corolla 9-12" broad, 5-angled or 5- 10-toothed ; anthers yellow. 



