114 Order POLEMONIALES 
Leaves longer than wide, with some long, white, jointed, flat 
hairs. 
Leaves over 5 em. long, usually cordate. 6. P. heterophylla. 
Leaves less than 5 cm. long, scarcely cordate. 7. P. comata. 
Leaves, some of them, as broad as long; petioles and peduncles 
short. 8. P. rotundata. 
1. Physalis subglabrata Mackenzie and Bush. 
In the southeastern part of the state. Nemaha; St. Paul. 
2. Physalis longifolia Nutt. 
Common in low meadows throughout the state. Beatrice; Banner 
county; Deuel county; Kearney; Newcastle; Republican valley; 
Springview. 
3. Physalis macrophysa Rydb. 
Along railroad near Lincoln. 
4. Physalis lanceolata Michx. 
Throughout the state but most common in the western part. Ban- 
ner county; Crawford; Lincoln; Newark; Pine Ridge; Pishelville; 
Scotts Bluff county; Scotia; Sioux county; Thedford. 
5. Physalis virginiana Mill. 
Common in low meadows, mostly in the eastern part of the state. 
Hae Grand Island; Kearney; Lincoln; Nebraska City; Weeping 
ater. 
6. Physalis heterophylla Nees. 
Common over most of the state, growing in edges of woods, thickets 
or prairies. Broken Bow; Dismal river; Franklin; Frontier county; 
Kearney; Lincoln; Plummer Ford; Sheridan county; Thedford; 
Weigand. 
7. Physalis comata Rydb. 
On hillsides in the western part of the state. Burwell; Loup City; 
Scotts Bluff county. 
8. Physalis rotundata Rydb. 
In dry soil in the western part of the state. Burwell; Callaway; 
Franklin; St. Paul. 
2. Solanum. 814. 
Plants not prickly; annuals, S. nigrum sometimes perennial. 
Leaves sinuately dentate or entire. 
Leaves glabrous or nearly so; calyx-lobes obtuse. 1. S. nigrum. 
Leaves decidedly strigose beneath; calyx-lobes abruptly acutish. 
2. S. interior. 
Leaves pinnatifid. 3. S. triflorum. 
Plants very prickly. 
Calyx not enclosing the fruit; flowers white or bluish. 
4. S. carolinense. 
Calyx enclosing the fruit; flowers yellow, one stamen longer than 
the rest. 5. S. rostratum. 
1. Solanum nigrum L. Common Night-shade. 
A common weed all over the state. Rev. J. M. Bates found a speci- 
men at Red Cloud which appeared to belong here, but was perennial. 
Dakota county; Fairbury; Lincoln; Mullen; Paddock; Talmage; Re- 
publican valley. 
2. Solanum interior Rydb. 
On Loup river near Mullen. Thedford. 
