PHYMATODES 



nigrfescens, Uli 

 Lts. 2-:! ft. Iciiii.'. 



•naked, (hirk ki-c.- 

 rib than the edfjf 

 I the uppe 



glailcum, Kunze (Pulyiiodi 

 12-18 in.long, e-8 in. hr.ia.l.. 



.___ 3 entire lobes 

 glaucous; veini 

 row close to tin 

 dium MdyH,H>. 

 cultural form. I 



imitifid. 



I iiigrescens, Blume). 



uad, cut nearly to the 

 1-2 in. wide; surfaces 

 I- row nearer the raid- 



\iti*'s which are promi- 



'ini.-iiiii. Kunze). Lvs. 

 .wii tn :i winged rachis 

 idf, both sides naked, 



PHtSALIS (Greek for 

 cal>x enlartjes and incloses 

 Tomato tiRoiND Cherk\ 

 perate countries the largei 

 are variable and therefore 



t... F.E.10:«00, is ahorti- 

 .■•■-•s, tig. 21. 



L, M, Underwood. 



bladder, because the thin 



the fr ) Solandeeo' Hi sh 



Herbs of warm or tern 



r number Americin The^ 



fusing to the s\steinatist 



PHYSALIS 



usually with zigzag mostly simple angled pubescent 

 stems: lvs. ovate, with broad base, angular, the peti- 

 ole widening at the top: fls. whitish, the anthers yel- 

 low: fr. red (sometimes eaten), the ripe large calyx 

 blood-red and very showy. Seems to be native from 

 southeastern Europe to Japan, but now adveiitive or 

 naturalized in mauv paifs ..f tl,,- «..,!. L (.n. II, p. ,-,77; 

 49, p. 2:W; 57, pp. -J.s, i:;_'.--ni- ^l^,n^l.rr,■^ 'rni,i,',t.. is 

 au old garden plant, !jrii» ii t'O- ii ~ In-hK .■^Imci I, I gil- 

 ders. The plant groH^ 12-ls in. tall (it .aM.-t .-ultu'e. 

 In the North, plants are usually started indoors. It is a 

 perennial, the roots withstanding much frost if pro- 

 tected, but it is usually grown as an annual. Not hardy 

 in the northern states. 



FrancWti, Mast.(^. A lkek^ngi,va.T. FrancliHi. Hort. ). 

 Chinese Lantern Plant. Differs from P. Alkekeiirii 

 chiefly in its greater size, making a plant 2 ft. tall and 

 bearing calyxes 2 in. in diam. In his original descrip- 

 tion of the species. Masters (G.C. Ill, 16, p. 4,34) makes 

 the following characters: "It differs from P. Alkekeiiyi 



eping 



in being an unbranched annual, not a peren 



fibrous root, with erect branche 



base, glabrous instead of setose. 



in the leaf-stalks being con^i.l.i' 



tion to the blade." Japan, i . ' 

 43.5: 49:10.59; 57, p, _•> , i 

 J.H. III. 29:343. R,H. !> 



22:«1; 23. p. 91. Gt. 45. p, i;:!i;; 4(1, p. VX\. A G. 

 18:81. F.R. 1:426. -One of the most profusely 

 advertised novelties of recent years. It is a 

 most striking and showy plant. It was brought 



Iv.H, 



The species number anywhere from 30 to 100 

 or more, depending on the author. The genus 

 is allied to Nicandra, and more remotely to 

 Capsicum, Lycopersicum and others. The flow 

 ers are usually not showy, and are much like 

 those of Solanura in structure; corolla rotate 

 or short bell-shaped, plicate in the bud, 5-lobed 

 or 5-angled, usually blue or yellowish, borne 

 solitary in the leaf axils; stamens not united 

 or connivent. The calyx greatly enlarges in 

 fruit, becoming a bladder inclosing the 2-loculed mostly 

 yellow or greenish berry. Lvs. alternate, mostly angled 

 and usually distinctly stalked. Most of the species are of 

 little consequence horticulturally, although/". Alkekengi 

 and P. Fruncheti are much prized for the glowing red 

 very large calyxes, and P. ptibescens and P. Peruviana 

 are "grown for their edible fruits. Several of the species 

 are known for their fruits where they grow in a wild state. 

 In most parts of the U. S. and Canada one or more spe- 

 cies grow about gardens, in fields, and in waste places. 

 These species are popularly known as Ground Cherry. 

 The fruits are usually made into preserves, although 

 they are sometimes eaten raw. The common cultivated 

 species are annuals, or are usually treated as such in 

 this country. They require no extra care, TMially the 

 seeds are sown indoors in the Nortli, in ot-.b-r t<i -r<-n re as 

 much of the crop as possible befcu-i t'n.^f. >bi^f uf the 

 cult, species are long-season plants, and tin r. r.m- ueeil 

 to be forwarded in the spring. Tlie liij^'h cub.r.sof P. 

 Alkekengi and P. Franchefi do not develop until the 

 fruit is ripe. Give a warm, sunny exposure. The plants 

 do not withstand frost. Let the plants stand 1-2 ft. 

 apart in the row. 



A. Plants iiith large red calyxes in frtiit. 



to England from Japan bv James H. Veitch, and first 

 described with a name by Masters in 1894. In 1879, how- 

 ever, it had been described by Franchet, of the Jardin 

 des Plantes, Paris, as a form of P. Alkekengi, but with- 

 out name. The fruits are very brilliant orange-red in 

 the fall. The berry is said to be edible. Some writers 

 describe the plant as perennial. 



AA. Plant with green or yellow or at most only red- 

 veined calyxes. Mostly grown for the edible berry. 



B. Stems glabrous or I'ery nearly so. 

 izoc&rpa, Brot. Fig. 1774. Erect, 3 or 4 ft. tall, bear- 

 ing smooth branches and lvs., the latter thin, ovate or 

 lance-ovate and variously toothed or notched : fls. large 

 and open {% in. or more across), the border bright yel- 

 ■ and the throat bearings black-brown spots; anthers 

 sh: husk purple-veined and entirely filled by the 

 round, purplish sticky berry, and is sometimes 

 torn open by it. Mexico, and introduced northwards to 

 the northern states. — The form in cult., described here, 

 is probably P. capsicifolia, Dun., now regarded by some 

 as a form of the cosmopolitan P. angulata. The writer 

 prefers, however, to refer the plant to P. ixocurpa as 

 outlined in Britton & Brown, although there is doubt as 

 to the identitv of the cult, plant with this species. Al- 

 though the ciilt. plant is sometimes sold as P. edulis 

 (erroneously), the fruits are usually too mawkish to be 



purplii 

 large 



