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Stem stout and strict, obtusely angled; pubescence very fine, 
dense and short, scarsely viscid; leaves 3-5 cm. long, thicker than 
in the preceding, broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse, scarcely 
cordate at the base, scarcely at all oblique, sinuately crenate; pe- 
duncles very short, even in fruit scarcely more than 2 cm. long; calyx 
finely pubescent, calyx-lobes lanceolate but not subulate-acumi- 
nate; fruiting calyx of a firmer texture than the three preceding, 
more sharply angled and deeper sunken at the base than in FP. 
pruinosa. 
This species is very near related to P. pruinosa, and has been 
labeled by me P. pruinosa neomexicana in the herbaria, but as its 
range is widely separated from that of P. pruinosa, it is perhaps 
best to regard it as distinct. It differs in the strict habit, the finer 
pubescence, the shorter, more round and obtuse leaves and the 
sharper angled fruiting calyx, which resembles that of P. subulata, 
but does not have the subulate tips characteristic of that species, 
The following specimens have been examined: 
New Mexico: Fendler no. 679 and 678 in part, 1847; E. L. 
Greene, no. 213, 1880; Vasey, 1889; Chestnut & Drew.* 
Colorado: Brandegee (Porter & Coult. Syn. Fl. Colo. 110), 
Miss Mulford, 1892.* 
Lower California: C.R. Orcutt, 1883. 
^5. Physalis Barbadensis Jacq. Misc. 2: 359. 1781; Ic. Rar. 1: 
1.39; Willd. En. Hort. Ber. 1: 232; Sp. PL r: 1023; Roem: 
& Sch. Syst. Veg. 4: 676; Spreng. Syst. 1: 697 (in part); Mart. 
& Gal. Bull. Brux. 12: 
?P. patula Miller, Gard. Dict. Ed. 8: no. 12, acc. to Dunal; 
Don, Gard. Dict. 4: 451; Walp. Rep. 3: 27. 
P. obscura viscido-pubescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 149. 1803. 
P. obscura pubescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 157. 1814. 
P. pubescens American authors (in part). 
P. pubescens 3 Nees, Linnaea, 6: 467 (in part) 1831; Sendtn. 
in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2: 132. 
P. pubescens 8. pruinosa Don, cant Dict. 4: 449. 1838 (in 
part). 
P. hirsuta Barbadensis Dunal, in DC. Prod. 13: part 1, 446. 
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e specimens are doubtfully referred here. The material is too poor for a 
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