NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 709 
PHYSALIS L. Sp. Pl. 1:182. 1753.) 
About 50 species, perennial herbs and annuals. Warmer regions of the globe, 
chiefly American. North America, 37. 
Physalis pubescens L. Sp. Pl. 1:183. 1753. SorT-HAIRY GROUND CHERRY. 
Physalis hirsuta Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13, pt.1:445. 1852. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,375. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 323. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 2, pt.1:234. Coul- 
ter, Contr. Nat, Herb. 2:300. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1: 541. - 
WEsT Invirs, Muxico, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Maryland to Florida, Pennsylvania, southwest 
to Missouri, Arkansas, ‘Texas, Arizona, and Calitornia. 
ALABAMA: Mountainregion. Borders of fields, pastures. Cullman County, 800 feet 
altitude. August. Not frequent. Annual, : 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in India utraque.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Physalis pruinosa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 184. 1753. PRIMROSE GROUND CHERRY. 
Ell. Sk. 1: 280. (?) 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England west to Michigan and Iowa, 
south to Georgia and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Waste places. Winston County, near Colliers 
Creek, 1,500 feet altitude. May; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Physalis barbadensis Jacq. Misc. 2:359. 1781. (Icon. ¢. 39.) 
BARBADOES GROUND CHERRY, 
Physalis obscura viscido-pubescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:149, 1803. 
P. obscura pubescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 157. 1814. 
P. pruinosa WU. Sk. 1:279. 1817. 
Annual, stem erect or spreading acutely 3 or 4 angled, pubescent, viscid, or nearly 
glabrous, leaves heart-shaped, acute or abruptly acuminate, sharply repand-dentate, 
pubescent with short hairs; peduncles short; calyx generally densely viscid-hirsute, 
lobes lanceolate-acuminate, corolla 3} inch wide, anthers purplish, fruiting calyx 
about 1 inch long, acuminate, reticulate, retuse at the base. 
Cusa, MExiIco, VENEZUELA. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area, Pennsylvania to Missouri and Indian Territory, 
.south to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste ground. Mobile County. September. Frequent. 
Annual. 
Type locality not given except as implied in the name. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Physalis barbadensis obscura (Michx.) Rydberg, Mem. Torr, Club, 4: 327. 1896. 
Physalis angulata Walt. Fl. Car. 99. 1788. Not L. 
P. obscura Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:149. 1803. 
P. brasiliensis Sendtner in Mart. Fl. Bras. 10:131. 1854. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:234. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 323. 
West InpiEs, MExic»? To BRAZIL. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Cultivated ground, waste places about dwellings. Flow- 
ers small, corolla greenish yellow, brown in the throat; July to September. Fruit 
ripe September, October. Berry yellowish green. Common garden weed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Physalis carpenteri Riddell; Chap. Bot. Gaz.3:11. 1878. As synonym. 
Chap. FI. ed. 3, 325. 
Louisianian area. Louisiana and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley), 1840; not col- 
lected since. 
Type locality: ‘East Feliciana, La. (Prof. Carpenter).” 
1p, A. Rydberg, The North American Species of Physalis and Related Genera, 
Mem. Torr. Club, vol. 4, pp. 297 to 364. 1896. ~ a 
