382 soLANACE.E. (nightshade family.) 



♦ * Root perennial: stems mostli/ from slender creepinr/ rootstocks, nsualh/ low (6'- 

 20' liii/h) : anthers ydlow : fruiting calyx loosely injiatcd, b-anyled, much larger 

 than tlie berry. 



*- Wild species : corolla greenish-yellow and commoxly broirn or purplish in the 

 cinlre, the border !)-aiigUd or barely 5 - lO-loollud, 6" - 12" broad. 



5. P. viscbsa, L. Clammy pubescent, diHiiJiely much branclied and widely 

 spreading, or at first erect ; leaves ovate or siiyiitly heart-shaped, sometimes 

 oblong, repand or obtusely toothed, rarely entire ; corolla dark brown in the 

 centre; fruiting calyx ovate, barely concave or truncate at base, sharply 5- 

 angled ; berry orange or reddish, glutinous. (P. heterophylla, iVees. F. nyc- 

 taginea, &, P. viscido-pubescens, Dunul?) — Light or sandy soil : common. 



6. P. Pennsylvanica, L. Minutely hirsute-pubescent (not clammy), or 

 nearly glabrous ; leaves ovate, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate and tapering at the 

 base, entire or sparingly repand-toothcd ; corolla merely darker or purplish-veiny 

 in the centre; fruiting calyx conical or globular ovate, pointed, and with an im- 

 pressed base; berry red. — Var. l.wceolata ; the narrower-leaved and pubes- 

 cent form (.)'-15' high), especially the state with a hairy calyx. (P. lanceolata, 

 Michx. P. maritima, J/. ^1. Curtis.) — Dry, often sandy soil, from Pennsyl- 

 vania southward and westward, even northwestward to tiie Winipeg valley. — 

 Fruiting calyx I'-l^' long. Shape of calyx-lobes very variable. 



t- •*- Introdiwed : corolla greenish -white, unspotted, 5-lobed. 



7. P. Alkekengi, L. (Strawberry Tomato.) More or less pubcs- 

 cent ; sparingly branched ; leaves deltoid-ovate, pointed ; calyx-teeth awl-shapcd ; 

 fruiting calyx broadly ovate, turning red ; the berry bright red, pleasant. — Cult, 

 and waste grounds, eastward. (Cult. & Adv. from Eu.) 



3. NICANDRA, Adans. Apple of Peru. 



Calyx .5-partcd, 5-anglcd, the cTivisions rather arrow-shaped, enlarged and 

 bladder-like in fruit, enclosing the 3-5-celled globular dry berry. Corolla with 

 border nearly entire. Otherwise much like Physalis. — An annual smooth herb 

 (2°-3° high), with ovate sinuate-toothed or angled leaves, and solitary pale 

 blue flowers on axillary and terminal peduncles. (Named after the poet A^zcan- 

 der of Colophon.) 



1. N. PHYSALOiDES, Gojrtn. — Waste grounds. (Adv. from Peru.) 



4. LYCIUM, L. Matrimony- Vine. 



Calyx 3-.5-toothed or cleft, not enlarging, persistent at the base of the berry. 

 Corolla funnel-form or salver-shaped, 5-Iobed, the lobes imbricated and not 

 plaited in the bud. Stamens 5 : anthers opening lengthwise. Style slender : 

 stigma capitate. Berry small, 2-celli'd. Shrubby, often spiny plants, with 

 alternate and entire small leaves, and mostly axillary small flowers. (Named 

 from the country, Lyn'a.) 



1. L. vul«.\ke, Dunal. (Common M.) Shrub with long sarmentosc re- 

 curved-drooping brandies, smooth, sparingly if at all spiny ; leaves oblong- or 

 spatulate-lanceolate, often fascicled, narrowed into a short petiole ; flowers on 

 slender peduncles fascicled in the axils ; coi-olla short funnel-form, greenish- 



