YELLOW GROUP 



slender pedicels, in loose, long panicles, showy. Leaves, opp> 

 ovate, toothed, pointed, petioled. July to September. 



Whole plant strongly lemon-scented. Perennial, i to 3 

 feet high, in rich, moist, shady woods, in all the Atlantic 

 States and westward to Wisconsin and Missouri. 



Strawberry Tomato. Ground Cherry 

 Physalis pruinbsa. — Family, Nightshade. Color, yellow. Calyx, 

 5-toothed, ribbed and angled, becoming much swollen and cov- 

 ering the fruit, which is a small, tomato-like, yellow berry, edible, 

 somewhat used for making jam. Corolla, funnel-form, the limb 

 wheel-shaped, with 5 divisions. Anthers, yellow, tinged with 

 purple. Plant, hairy and viscid. Leaves, rather large, pointed, 

 heart-shaped at base, indented, with wavy outlines between the 

 strong teeth, on long, hairy petioles. July to September. 



Springing up in cultivated soil, near the coast, from 

 Massachusetts and Long Island, south to Florida. There 

 are several species, most of which grow farther south than 

 New York and New Jersey, mostly in dry or sandy ground. 



Tomatillo 



P. ixocarpa bears purple fruit, and is often cultivated. Intro- 

 duced from the Southwest. Corolla, yellowish or greenish, darker 

 in the center. 



Clammy Ground Cherry 



P. heierophylla. — This is the most common as well as variable 

 of the genus. The plant is weak, and the branches spread, lying 

 close to the ground or standing more erect. Corolla, greenish 

 yellow, and berry yellow. Leaves, somewhat triangular in shape, 

 deeply toothed, with hairy petioles. Plant, hairy, rank-scented. 



One or two of these plants spring up in my garden on 

 Long Island every year, and, if let alone, grow to great size, 

 3 or 4 feet in diameter. Where do they come from? They 

 have never been planted, and the neighbors do not have 

 them. In cultivated soil along the coast. 



Black Henbane 

 Hyoscyamus ntger. — Family, Nightshade. Color, dull brown- 

 ish yellow, marked with purple veins. Calyx, bell-shaped, 5- 

 lobed. Corolla, with a 5-lobed, plaited border, the tube funnel- 

 form. Capsule, surrounded by the calyx, opens by means of a 

 round lid near the top. Flowers, sessile, in the axils of the leaves, 

 in 1 -sided, leafy spikes. Leaves, oblong in outline, deeply nil or 



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