330 
California: O. D. Allen, no. 11, 1884 (Harvard University 
herbarium); M. E. Jones, no. 88, 1882.* 
8. Physalis leptophylla Robinson & Greenman, Proc. Am. Acad. 
29: 389. 1894. 
Stem sometimes slightly woody below, striate, finely pubescent ; 
leaves ovate, entire, abruptly long-acuminate, obtuse or cordate 
at base, green, of a delicate texture, often nearly glabrous except 
the ciliate margins; peduncles solitary, shorter than the fruiting 
calyx, calyx-teeth short, ovate; corolla apparently whitish with a 
dark spot at the base, 4-6 mm. long ; fruiting calyx 2-3 cm. long. 
I have seen no roots of this species and cannot tell if it is an 
annual or not, but otherwise it comes nearest to the two preced- 
ing. It is a native of northern Mexico. Specimens examined: 
Mexico, Sonora: Edw. Palmer, 709, 1890; W. G. Wright, 
no. 1252, 1889; C. G. Pringle, no. 5455, 1893. 
9. Physalis Carpenteri Riddell,+ Chapman in Coulter's Bot. Gaz. 
3: II,assynonym. 1878. 
Withania Morisoni Chapman Z. c., not Dunal. 
Athenaea sp. Gray. Syn. Fl. 2: part 1, 233. 1878. 
Stem tall, erect, branching above, somewhat angled and striate, 
closely and finely puberulent; leaves very thin, oval or ovate, ab- 
ruptly contracted into a long acumination, entire or slightly wavy, 
nearly smooth or puberulent, much resembling those of P. lepto- 
phylla, somewhat cordate and oblique at the base; peduncles about 
I cm. long, very slender; flowers often in fascicles of 2-4; corolla 
about I cm. wide, open- campanulate ; fruiting calyx small, only I 
cm. in diameter, nearly globose, scarcely angled and faintly nerved ; 
the lobes sometimes very unequal. 
P. Carpentert is very variable. Among the few specimens 
found in our herbaria, viz.: those of Columbia University, Har- 
vard University and the Missouri Botanical Garden, there are sev- 
eral forms. In some the leaves are very broad, in others nar- 
rower; in some the flowers are solitary, in others in fascicles; in 
some the calyx-lobes are short and equal, in others much elongated 
and unequal; but without doubt they all belong to one species. 
ROMANIAN du 
* Doubtfully referred here. The leaves are unusually large for this species. 
there is no: ibn the determination is uncertain. Mr. Jones’ specimens are labeled 
Chamaesaracha 
iddells Cat. Fl. Ludov. in N. O. Med. and Surg. Jour. 8: 758. 1852, 
P niet is a nomen nudun 
