NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 709 



PHYSALIS L. Sp. PL 1 : 182. 1753. 1 



About 50 species, perennial herbs and annuals. Warmer regions of the globe, 

 chiefly American. North America, 37. 



Fhysalis pubescens L. Sp. PI. 1 : 183. 1753. SOFT-HAIRY GROUND CHERRY. 



Physalis hirsuta Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 1 : 445. 1852. 



Gray. Man. ed. 6, 375. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 323. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 234. Coul- 

 ter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 300. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 541. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Maryland to Florida, Pennsylvania, southwest 

 to Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, and California. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Borders of fields, pastures. Cullman County, 800 feet 

 altitude. August. Not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in India utraque." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fhysalis pruinosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 184. 1753. PRIMROSE GROUND CHERRY. 



Ell. Sk. 1:280. (?) 



Allegheniau and Carolinian areas. New England west to Michigan and Iowa, 

 south to Georgia and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Waste places. Winston County, near Colliers 

 Creek, 1,500 feet altitude. May ; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fhysalis barbadensis Jacq. Misc. 2 : 359. 1781. (Icon. L 39.) 



BARBADOES GROUND CHERRY. 



Phy sails obscura viscido-pubescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 149. 1803. 



P. obscura pubescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 157. 1814. 



P. pruinosa Ell. Sk. 1 : 279. 1817. 



Annual, stem erect or spreading acutely 3 or 4 angled, pubescent, viscid, or nearly 

 glabrous, leaves heart-shaped, acute or abruptly acuminate, sharply repand-dentate, 

 pubescent with short hairs ; peduncles short ; calyx generally densely viscid-hirsute, 

 lobes lanceolate-acuminate, corolla f inch wide, anthers purplish, fruiting calyx 

 about 1 inch long, acuminate, reticulate, retuse at the base. 



CUBA, MEXICO, VENEZUELA. 



Carolinian to Louisiauian area. Pennsylvania to Missouri and Indian Territory, 

 south to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. - 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Waste ground. Mobile County. September. Frequent. 

 Annual. 



Type locality not given except as implied in the name. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fhysalis barbadensis obscura (Michx.) Rydberg, Mem. Torr. Club, 4 : 327. 1896. 



Physalis angulata Walt. Fl. Car. 99. 1788. Not L. 



P. obscura Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 149. 1803. 



P. brasiliensis Sendtner in Mart. Fl. Bras. 10 : 131. 1854. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 234. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 323. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Cultivated ground, waste places about dwellings. Flow- 

 ers small, corolla greenish yellow, brown in the throat; July to September. Fruit 

 ripe September, October. Berry yellowish green. Common garden weed. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fhysalis carpenteri Riddell; Chap. Bot. Gaz. 3 : 11. 1878. As synonym. 

 Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 325. 

 Louisiauian area. Louisiana and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley), 1840; not col- 

 lected since. 

 Type locality: "East Feliciana, La. (Prof. Carpenter)." 



1 P. A. Rydberg, The North American Species of Physalis and Related Genera, 

 Mem. Torr. Club, vol. 4, pp. 297 to 364. 1896. 



