SOLANACEA& 8ll 



filled by the yellow berry. In rich soil, Va. and N. Car. to 111., the Ind. Terr., 

 Tex., Cent. Am., Brazil and the W. Ind. Also in India. July-Sept. 



7. Physalis ixocarpa Krot. TOMATILLO. MEXICAN GROUND-CHERRY. 

 STRAWBERRY TOMATO. (I. F. f. 3196.) At first erect, later widely spreading; 

 stem angled, glabrous, or the younger parts sparingly hairy, leaves from cordate 

 to ovate, with a cuneate base, sinuately dentate or entire, 2.5-6.5 cm. long; pedun-. 

 cles 2-5 mm. long; calyx sparingly hairy; its lobes shorter than the tube; corolla 

 bright yellow with purple throat, 1-2 cm. in diameter; fruiting calyx round-ovoid, 

 obscurely lo-angled, often purple-veined, at last filled by the purple berry. 

 Native of Mex. Cultivated for its fruit and frequently escapes from cultiva- 

 tion. 



8. Physalis Philadelphia Lam. PHILADELPHIA GROUND-CHERRY. (I. F. f. 

 3197.) Erect 715 dm. high; stem angled, dichotomously branched; blades ovate 

 to ovate-lanceolate, often very oblique at the base and acuminate, entire or 

 repand-denticulate, 6-10 cm. long, often in pairs; peduncles slender, 1-2 crn. 

 long; calyx glabrous, or minutely ciliolate, lobes ovate- lanceolate or triangular, 

 sometimes broadly ovate and unequal, generally equalling the tube; corolla yellow 

 or greenish yellow with purplish throat, 1.5-2.5 cm. in diameter; anthers tinged 

 with purple; fruiting calyx at first somewhat 10 angled and sunken at the base, at 

 last often filled with the large red or purple berry. R. I. to Ga., Ky. and Tex. 

 July-Sept. 



9. Physalis longifolia Nutt. LONG LEAVED GROUND CHERRY. (I. F. f. 3198.) 

 Perennial by a thick rootstock; stem in the common form, stout, 4-9 dm. high, 

 slightly angled. Leaves tapering into a petiole I -2 cm. long, subentire or repand; 

 peduncles 1-2 cm. long, in fruit often recurved; calyx generally glabrous, its lobes 

 triangular- lanceolate, about the length of the tube; corolla 1-2 cm. in diameter, 

 yellow with a dark center; anthers tinged with purple; fruiting calyx about 

 3 cm. long; berry yellow, the lower portion and the stipe glutinous. In rich soil, 

 Iowa to Ark., Utah and Mex. July-Sept. 



10. Physalis macrophysa Rydb. LARGE-BLADDER GROUND CHERRY. 

 (I. F. f. 3199.) Perennial; root so.newhat fleshy; stem erect, 4-9 dm. high, 

 comparatively slender, angled. Leaves thin, 3-9 cm. long, the lower obtuse, the 

 upper acute or acuminate; petioles 2-4 cm. long; peduncles in fruit reflexed; 

 calyx smooth, its lobes ovate-triangular or broadly lanceolate, generally a little 

 shorter than the tube; corolla yellow with a dark center, about 2 cm. in diameter; 

 anthers generally yellow, sometimes tinged with purple; fruiting calyx 3-4 cm. 

 long, indistinctly lo-angled; berry small, in the center of the calyx. In rich soil, 

 Tex. to Kans. and Ark. May-July. Rare. 



11. Physalis lanceolata Michx. PRAIRIE GROUND-CHERRY. (I. F. f. 3200.) 

 Rootstock apparently as a rule slender and creeping; stem 4-5 dm. high, first erect, 

 later spreading or diffuse, slightly angled, sparingly hirsute with flat hairs. 

 Leaves nearly always entire, rarely wavy, thickish, sparingly hairy with short 

 hairs; peduncles 1-2 cm. long, in fruit reflexed; calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate; 

 corolla dullish yellow with a brownish center, about 1.6 cm. in diameter; fruiting 

 calyx round-ovoid, not sunken at the base, indistinctly lo-angled; berry yellow or 

 greenish yellow. On dry prairies, common west of the Missouri River, extending 

 eastward to III. and the Carolinas. July-Sept. 



12. Physalis pumila Nutt. Low GROUND- CHERRY. (I. F. f. 3201.) Peren- 

 nial by a slender rootstock, 4-9 dm. high; stem obscurely angled. Leaves broadly 

 ovate to oblong, acute at both ends, somewhat rhomboid, the lower often obtuse 

 and obovate; blades 5 10 cm. long, entire or seldom sinuate; peduncles in fruit 

 reflexed and 3-5 cm. long; calyx densely hirsute, its lobes triangular, generally a 

 little shorter than the tube; corolla yellow with brown center, 1.5-2 cm. in diam- 

 eter; fruiting calyx 3-5 cm. long, indistinctly I O- angled. Plains, Mo. to Colo, 

 and Tex. July Sept. 



13 Physalis Virginiana Mill. VIRGINIA GROUND-CHERRY. (I. F. f. 3202. 

 Perennial; rootstock thick; stem 49 dm. high, erect, dichotomously branched, 

 somewhat angular, strigose hairy with flat hairs, in some forms nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, tapering to both ends, 3-6 cm. long, generally sinuately 

 dentate; peduncles in fruit curved but scarcely reflexed; calyx-lobes triangular or 

 broadly lanceolate, nearly equalling the tube; corolla sulphur-yellow with pur- 



