54 PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



six to eight inches long, four to six inches wide, ovate, few-toothed 

 or entire, acute, unequal at base, velvety ; flowers very large, soli- 

 tary in the forks ; calyx bladdery, three inches long, with five short 

 teeth ; corolla-tube slender, limb spreading, with ten short, awl- 

 shaped teeth ; stamens five, distinct, length of corolla-tube ; cap- 

 sule pendulous, covered with spiny prickles, and seated in the 

 leathery and reflexed belt of calyx. Distribution, West Indies ; 

 habitat, waste places, not common. Flowers white, six inches 

 long ; August and September. 



III. XICAXDllA. 



Calt/x with Jive prominent^ amtv angles^ jive-deft^ inflated ; corolla 

 hell-shaped, flve-hbcd ; stamens distinct : fruit a drih three to fl vc celled 

 berry, enclosed in persistent calyx. 



1. N.physaloidcs. An annual, erect plant, one to three feet high ; 

 stems much branched, angular, smooth ; leaves three to four inches 

 long, half as wide, ovate, oblong, sinuate toothed, wedge-shaped at 

 base ; petiole slightly winged ; flowers solitary, axillary ; calyx - 

 lobes arrowhead- shaped, acute ; corolla slightly five-lobed ; berry 

 dr}--, many-seeded, size of cherry. Distribution, Peru, United 

 States, Ascension, &c. ; habitat, a frequent weed in cultivated 

 gi'ound. Flowers showy, one inch in diameter, blue with white 

 tube ; June to September. 



IV. VIIYSALIS. 



Calyx fivc'chift, inflated after flowering ; corolla -tube short, limb rotate, 

 flce-lohed ; stamens converging ; fruit a fleshy, two-celled berry, enclosed 

 in the persistent, bladder-like calyx. 



1. P. Fernviana. L. (Cape Gooseberry). A perennial plant, all 

 parts velvety with long, soft hairs ; branches rather weak, spread- 

 ing ; leaves ovate or heart-shaped, long-pointed, irregularly toothed 

 or entire; petioles short; flowers solitary, axillary; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, long-pointed ; berry size of small cherry, enclosed in 

 the globose, ten-ribbed calyx. Distribution, West Indies ; habitat, 

 cultivated in gardens for its edible fruit, and occasionally met with 

 as an escape. Flowers three-quarters of an inch in diameter, yellow 

 with large purple spots at base ; summer months. 



2. I*. Linkiana. Ness. (Cow Cherry). An annual, sub-erect plant, 

 two feet high ; stems Avidely branched, angular, purple spotted ; 

 leaves two to four inches long in unequal' pairs, broadly ovate, 

 sharply tootlied, long-pointed, unequal at base ; petioles one to two 

 inches. Flowers droo^nug, solitary in axils ; calyx-lobes slender- 

 pointed ; berry half-inch diameter, enclosed in the angular calyx. 

 Distribution, South Carolina and West Indies ; habitat, fields and 

 waste places, frequent. Flowers half-inch diameter, yellow wnth 

 purple spots at base and purple antho-s : September. 



3. P. (ingulaia. L., a very similar species, is more rarely met with 

 [e.g., no.'ir Cnuseway) : fhe l<^aves are nearly entire "or sinuate 



