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IX, Crassifoliae : Low branched perennials, from a stout caudex; fruiting calyx 
reticulate, open, lobes not connivent ; flowers yellow, seldom with a dark center; 
leaves more or less fleshy. 
, 36. Physalis crassifolia Benth. Bot. Sulph. 40. 1844. Walp. Rep. 
NJ 
6: 574; Dunal in DC. Prod. 13: part 1, 443; Gray, Proc. Am. 
Acad: ro: 66; Syn. Fl. 2: part 1, 235; Bot. Calif. x: $41; 
Vasey & Rose, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. r: 74 and 1: 133; 
Coville, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4: 167. : 
P. cardiophylla Newberry, Bot. Ives. Exp. 23. 1860. 
Stems spreading from a perennial caudex, much branched; 
branches often spreading, minutely puberulent ; leaves small, blade 
about 2 cm., ovate, deltoid or cordate, oblique at base, often repand, 
more or less fleshy, on petioles of the same length; peduncles 
about as long as the leaves; calyx-lobes short, triangular; corolla 
115—2 cm. in diameter; fruiting calyx 2-3 cm. long, 5—10-angled, 
reticulate and generally open at the mouth, sometimes tinged with 
purple, much resembling that of P. versicolor. 
It grows in dry regions from Texas to California and Mexico. 
Specimens examined : 
Texas: Wright, 1848. 
Arizona: E. Palmer, no. 431, 1876; E. S. Clark, 1886; Engel- 
mann, 1880; Lemmon, no. 483, 1881. 
California: Vasey, 1880; C. R. Orcutt, no. 2192, 1890; 1894; 
1889; Coville & Funston, nos. 214 and 976, 1891; S. B. & W. F. 
Parish, no. 16, 1882; S. B. Parish, 1894; no. 3144. 1894 ; Dr. A. 
Davidson, 1893; Pis & Lemmon, no. 286, 1876; C. C. Parry, 
1875; 1881; 1882 (unusually pubescent. ) 
Lower California: C. R. Orcutt, 1886; Ed. Palmer, no. 76*, 
1890; D. E. Bryant, 1888. 
Barrier Island: Newberry in Ives Exped. 
Physalis crassifolia cardiophylla (Torr.) Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: part 
1,235. 1978 
P. cardiophylla 'Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. Surv. 153. 1859. 
P. pubescens Wats. Bot. King's Exp. 5: 274. 1871. 
Leaves larger, 3-5 cm. long, thinner and more decidedly cor- 
date, plant generally more upright and sometimes more hairy, 
approching P. Fendleri cordifolia, but grades into the species. Co- 
ville & Funston's no. 976, has the leaves of this variety but the 
general habit of crassifolia. 
* With oval leaves and larger. calyx. Xe 
