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It is nearly related to the two preceding. Perhaps allthree are 
but varieties of the same species. It differs from P. Philadephica 
in the subentire more obtuse leaves, which are generally long- 
petioled, from P. longifolia in the much broader and shorter leaves, 
and from both in its low, diffuse and more fleshy habit, its shorter 
peduncles and the very dense and woolly pubescence of the throat 
of the corolla. 
The following specimens have been examined: 
Texas: A.A, Heller, no. 1507, 1894 (type); F. Lindheimer, 
1828; E. Hall, no. 499, 1872, in part (Herb. College of Pharmacy, 
New York City). 
17. Physalis macrophysa Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 22: 
308. 1895. 
Perennial; root somewhat thick and fleshy; stem erect, O.5-1 
meter high, comparatively slender, angled, perfectly glabrous, or the 
upper parts sparingly pubescent with very short hairs; leaves 
large, thin, 4-8 centimeters long, 2-5 centimeters wide, the lower 
obtuse, the upper acute or acuminate, on slender petioles 2—4 cen- 
timeters long; peduncles 1—1.5 centimeters long, erect, in fruit re- 
flexed; calyx smooth, lobes ovate-triangular or broadly lanceo- 
late, generally a little shorter than the tube; corolla yellow with a 
d center, about 2 centimeters in diameter ; anthers generally 
m 
ovoid-conic, indistincdy 10- EEN ef sunken at the base; 
berry small, in the center of the 
This is nearly related to P. nié and P. Philadelphica, but 
differs from both by its very large and inflated fruiting calyx and 
its broader leaves. The following specimens have been examined: 
Arkansas: | A. E. Heacox, 1889. 
Kansas: E. A. Popenoe, no. 68, 1875. 
Texas:  Lindheimer, 1828; A. A. Heller, no. 1756. 1894. 
North Carolina (?): Small and Heller, no. 389. 1891.* 
Ohio (?): T.H. Horsford,* 1879; C. W. Short,* garden. 
V. Lanceolatae : Perennials from a rootstock, which, in most of the species, is slen- 
r and creeping, but in Z. Virginiana thick and somewhat fleshy ; pubescence 
sparse, consisting of flat, sometimes jointed, simple or in Z. pumila branched 
hairs (but on the calyx never stellate), in the last three sometimes a little viscid ; 
leaves from lanceolate to ovate-cordate. 
| * These specimens lack fruit, and: may belong to A. Philadelphica, but the leaves 
most resemble those of P, macrophysa. 
