256 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
4. PHY’SALIS, L. Grovunp-Cuerry. 
(Greek, deme bladder, or ae ; in all the inflated calyx.] 
he plicate bor- 
der somewhat 5-lobed or Rinathed; gs ali Procitenat fog A mee un- 
cles extra axillary, nodding, wered. 
perennial; divergently branching ; leaves 
iP. sa, L. Root 
i newhat Pina taveis. repandly ‘cobieat corolla brownish in the throat. 
Ciamuy Puysais. Ground-cherry. 
Stem.12 -18 inches high, branched somewhat dichotomously and with the whole p 
clammy pu ube scent. _ Leaves 2- 4 inches long, varying from lance-oyate oor cite 
. ; petioles 1-2 inches long. Corolla greenish- 
yellow, with fauars or conten brovén spots at base, about twice as long “ he calyx. 
Berry en or sometimes orange color, when mature. Peduncles oe the fr uit 
agp ootvend an a 
in light ‘sandy soils : also cultivated. FJ. July. Fr. September. 
2. P. Avxexen’ai, L. Perennial; leaves deltoid-ovate, acuminate ; 
corolla not spotted. 
Strawberry Tomato. Ground-cherry. 
Less branching than the preceding. Leaves attenuated into a long petiole ; 3- 
long including the = ole and 134-2 inches broad ‘The inflated calyx becoming reddish: at 
maturity. Berry re 
Native of oid tg "Cultivated. 
Obs. Both the species of Physalis : a fait Ware have within a few 
years come into cultivation. The ripe fruit has a very pleasant flavor, 
and is eaten raw ooked. 
5. LY’CIUM, L, Marrimony-vine. 
[Named from Zycia, in Asia Minor.] 
Calyz irregularly 2 —3 or 5-cleft, persistent. Corol/a tubular-fanne ia: ; 
bo aie aoe spreading. Stamens usually exserted ; filaments 
2- celled ; seeds reniform. Shrubby vines with entire 
leaves ; flowers solitary or in pairs on extra-axillary peduncles. 
1. L. Bar’barum, L. Somewhat spinose ; branches elongated, flaccid 
and dependent “eaves a ds often clustered ; calyx mostly 
omg rpartan Lycrem. Bastard Jasmine. Matrim -vine. Barbary 
Box-thorn. Duke of get s Tea-tree. Be 
Perenn' 0 eet long, slender, much branc hed, with — rated its 
the axi e of the | eee Leaves 1-3 inches long, tapering al t base a paias 
about ae. in ang in length. about an inch long, slender, often 2-4 together ; 
corolla gr ic ark BP sais oval, orange-red when ‘mature. 
‘atone tre dwellings. ve of Northern Asia. Jane -July. 
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