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SOLANACEAE. 



[Vol.. III. 



12. Physalis pumila Nutt. 



Low Ground- Cherry. (Fig. 3201.) 

 Physalis pumila Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5: 



193- 1834. 

 Physalis lanceolata var. hirta A. Gray, Proc. Am. 



Acad. 10: 68. 1874. 



Perennial from a slender rootstock, i^-3 high; 

 stem obscurely angled. Leaves thick, broadly ovate 

 to oblong, acute at both ends and somewhat rhom- 

 boid, the lower often obtuse and obovate, gener- 

 ally much larger than in the preceding; blades 

 2 / -4 / long, entire or seldom sinuate, on petioles 

 io // -I5 // long, strigose with many-branched hairs 

 especially on the lower surface; peduncles 5 // -io // 



long, in fruit refiexed and 1 



V,r 



-2' 



long; 



calyx 



densely hirsute, not stellate-pubescent, its lobes tri- 

 angular, generally a little shorter than the tube; 

 corolla yellow with brown center, S // -io // in diam- 

 eter; fruiting calyx usually more elongated than 

 in the preceding, i^ / -2 / long, oblong-ovoid, a 

 little sunken at the base, indistinctly 10-angled. 

 Plains, Missouri to Colorado ana Texas. July-Sept. 



13. Physalis Virginiana Mill. Virginia Ground-Cherry 



Physalis Virginiana Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 4. 1768. 

 Physalis lanceolata Roem. & Sch. Syst. Veg. 4: 673, and 



American authors mainly. Not Michx. 1803. 

 Physalis Pennsylvanica A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 382. 1867. 



Not L. 1753. 



Perennial; rootstock thick and somewhat fleshy; 

 stem i^-3 high, erect, dichotomously branched, 

 somewhat angular, more or less strigose-hairy with 

 fiat hairs, sometimes a little glandular, or in some 

 forms nearly glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ta- 

 pering to both ends, i>^ / -2 / ^ / long, generally more 

 or less sinuately dentate, often yellowish green; pe- 

 duncles 5 // -ro // long, generally erect, in fruit curved 

 but scarcely refiexed; calyx strigose, hirsute, or at 

 least puberulent, its lobes triangular or broadly lan- 

 ceolate, nearly equalling the tube; corolla sulphur- 

 yellow with purplish spots, %'-i f in diameter; anthers 

 yellow; fruiting calyx pyramidal -ovoid, 5 -angled, 

 sunken at the base; berry reddish. 



Rich soil, especially in open places, New York to Mani- 

 toba, Florida and Louisiana. July-Sept. Very variable. 



Physalis Virginiana intermedia Rydberg, Mem. Torr. Club, 4: 345. 1896. 

 Leaves very thin and subentire, gradually tapering into winged petioles; pubescence 

 young plant somewhat viscid. Perhaps a distinct species. Indiana to Alabama and Texas. 



Nees. Clammy Ground-Cherry. (Fig. 3203.) 

 Physalis viscosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 157. 1814. Not 



L 1753- 

 Physalis heteropliylla Nees, Linnaea, 6: 463. 1831. 

 Physalis Virginiana A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: Part 1, 235. 



1878. Not Mill. 1768. 



Perennial from a slender creeping rootstock, 

 i}4-2> tall, at first erect, later generally decumbent 

 and spreading, viscid and glandular, and villous 

 with long spreading jointed flat hairs; leaves large, 

 blade generally over 2' long, usually broadly cordate, 

 often acute but very rarely with an acumination, 

 thick, more or less sinuately toothed, or sometimes 

 subentire; calyx long- villous, lobes triangular, gen- 

 erally shorter than the tube; corolla 8 // -io // in diam- 

 eter, greenish yellow with a brownish or purplish 

 center; anthers mostly yellow; berry yellow. 



In rich soil, especially where the surface has been 

 disturbed, New Brunswick to Saskatchewan, Florida, 

 Colorado and Texas. The most common of our species, 

 and extremely variable, perhaps includes several dis- 

 tinct species. 



in the 



14. Physalis heterophylla 



