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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 or even burst by the large red or purple berry. 
Broad-leaved forms somewhat resemble P. macrophysa, with 
which they may be confused if the fruit is not examined. Narrow- 
leaved specimens seem to connect it with P. longifolia. P. Philadel- 
placa is generally described as an annual. In the western part of 
its range, it is, as a rule, perennial from a deep rootstock resemb- 
ling that of P. longifolia, P. macrophysa and P. Virginiana ; but per- 
ennial specimens have been collected as far east as New Jersey 
(F. L. Stevens). In the East, as a rule, itis an annual with branch- 
ing roots, and somewhat resembles P. irocarpa. The perennial 
Specimens generally have broader leaves, of a somewhat firmer tex- 
ture, and are less oblique at the base, but these characters are not 
constant, and I have failed to find any character which would 
warrant the division of the species into two, one annual and one 
perennial. The general habit, the form and size of the flower, the 
peduncles and the fruiting calyx are always the same. If it can 
be divided into two, the name P. Phnladelphica should be retained 
for the annual form. 
P. Philadelphica ranges from Rhode Island and Georgia to 
Texas and Nebraska. The following specimens have been ex- 
amined : 
New York: G. W. Clinton. 
Rhode Island: I. T. Collins, no. 7, 1892. 
New Jersey: Rusby, 1879; F. L. Stevens (perennial). 
Pennsylvania: J.B. Brinton, 1891; R.G. Bechdoldt, 1889; T. 
. Porter, 1858, 1889; J. K. Small, 1889. 
North Carolina: C. F. Millspaugh, no. 627, 139o. 
Georgia: Chapman. 
Kentucky: H. H. Eaton, 1831; O. Mueller. 
Tennessee:  Gattinger, 1880; C. W. Short; Wm. M. Canby, 
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Louisiana: Chapman; Dr. J. Hale, 1884. 
Texas: Mrs. M. L. Nash,* 1888; E. Palmer, no. 947,t 1880, 
1879; E. Hall, 499+ (in part); Reverchon, 1874. Vis 
2 SNartow-leaved with DEER EN 
. +Thick-leaved forms, doubtfully referred here. They may perbaps belong to 
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