346 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



gatuck (A. E. Blewitt), Seymour (Harger), Milford and 

 Bridgeport (Eames), Norwalk (G. P. Ells), Salisbury (Mrs. 

 C. S. Phelps), New Milford (E. H. Austin), Greenwich (J. 

 W. Robbins). July — Sept.; fruit Aug. — Oct. Naturalized 

 from the South. 



A pernicious weed in the South, destructive to cattle. The 

 root and leaves are employed medicinally. 



Solarium rostratum Dunal (beaked). 

 Sand Bur. Buffalo Bur. 



Rare. Waste or cultivated ground: New London (Miss 

 E. Shelly), Hartford and East Haddam (Dr. E. J. Thomp- 

 son), Southington (Miss L. Upson, Andrews), Naugatuck 

 (B. B. Bristol), Milford (Harger), Wilton (Miss A. E. Car- 

 penter), Kent and New Milford (E. H. Austin), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). July^ — Sept. Adventive from the 

 West. 



A pernicious weed which should be eradicated on its first 

 appearance. 



PHYSALIS L. Ground Cherry. 

 Physalis angulata L. (angular). 



Rare. Hartford, in waste ground (H. S. Clark & Bissell). 

 July — Sept. Fugitive from the South. 



Physalis pruinosa L. (frosted). 

 Strawberry Tomato. 



Cultivated or waste ground. Rare in most districts : Nor- 

 wich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Groton (Mrs. C. B. Graves), 

 Southington (Andrews & Bissell). Occasional in the south- 

 western part of the state (Eames). July — Oct. 



Physalis Alkekengi L. 



Winter Cherry. 



Rare. New Milford, spreading from cultivation (E. H. 

 Austin) . Fruit Aug. — Oct. Introduced from eastern Asia. 



Physalis heterophylla Nees (various-leaved). 



Physalis virginiana Gray's Manual ed. 6, not Mill. 



Occasional. Dry fields and waste places. June — Sept. ; 

 fruit Aug. — Oct. 



The var. ambigua (Gray) Rydb. (doubtful) sometimes 

 occurs with the typical form. 



