296 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



CUT-LEAVED GROUND CHERRY 



Physalis angulata Potato Family 



Fruit. The fruit-enveloping calyx is ovoid 

 and has a sunken base. It sometimes shows 

 purplish veinings. The greenish yellow berry 

 nearly fills it when mature. The fruit is pulpy 

 and many-seeded. The berries are solitary, 

 hanging on slender peduncles from the axils 

 of the leaves. 



Leaves. The leaves are ovate and often 

 wedge-shaped at the base. Many are cut into 

 sharp, narrow lobes. The leaves are long, thin, 

 and smooth. 



Flowers. The greenish yellow flowers are 

 small and unspotted. The anthers are some- 

 what tinged with purple. July-September. 



This smooth annual is erect, sometimes three 

 feet tall, and much-branched. Gray defines its 

 range 'from Pennsylvania to Minnesota, and 

 southward. 



