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become a veiny 5-angled inflated ovoid sac, about an inch in diameter ana* urn 

 inch ani a half long ; the segments ovate-lanceolate, at first spreading, finally con- 

 airenl. Corolla greenish yellow, with fuscous or purplish brown spots at base., 

 campanjlato, about twice as long as the calyx ; limb plicate, repand, obscurely 5- 

 lobed. Stamens shorter than the corolla ; filament* dilated above, or oblancco- 

 late ; others erect. Style a little longer than the stamens; stigma capitate. 

 Kerry globose, viscid, enclosed in the inflated calyx, greenish yellow, or some- 

 timctortnge, when mature; peduncles of the fruit about an inch long. 



Hab. Htadsides ; fields, fence-rows, &c. frequent. Fl. July. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. This plant is so variable in its minor features, and yet all the varieties ■• 

 P9sentialiy similar, that I am strongly inclined to agree with Dr. Aikin (in Bat* 

 Afon* J>* 262,) in the opinion, that one species may properly comprise all those 

 which have heretofore been enumerated as P. riscosa, P. pennsylranica y P. phiia- 

 ielphica^'P. pubesce?is, T.prui/iosa, and P. obscura. Any one of them, certainly. 

 might ,h: 'ailed by the last mentioned name ! But they all probably require a more 

 rare ful i' -animation, and comparison, than they have yet received. The ripa 

 berries ot one of the more hairy varieties (P. pennsylranira? of authors), are 

 •range-coiored, more succulent than some others, and not unpalatable. 



2. P. i^nceolata, JMi\ Stem herbaceous, dichotomously brandling, 

 densely pubescent ; leaves mostly in pairs, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire, unequal at base ; flowers solitary, nodding ; calyx villose. JBtch. 

 Jiot.p. %8. 



Lanckotate Physalis. 



Root p»-r>nnial. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, angular, mostly very pubescent, heaven 

 generally in pairs, 3 to 6 inches long, and 1 and a half to 3 inches wide, often re- 

 markably Unequal at base, on petioles about one third their length. Flowers gen- 

 erally In tlie upper axils, nodding, on villose peduncles which are finally about 

 an inch long. Calyx cleft halfway down ; segments lanceolate, acuminate* Co- 

 tolla pale greenish yellow, with fuscous spots at base. 



Hab. Goslen township ; rare. Fl. July. F r . 



Obs. A specimen of this, which is readily distinguishable from the preceding, 

 \?as brough to me by Mr. Geo. W. Hall. The leaves arc decidedly more lan- 

 ceolate on oar plant, than on one received, by that name, from Mr. Elliott: but I 

 have a Kentucky specimen, from Prof. Short, which is identical with ours,— ex- 

 cept that it is much less pubescent. Four or five other species are enumerated ii 

 the U. Slate?, by American Botanists ; but I apprehend several of them require t# 

 be authenticated. 



108. CAPSICUM. L. Gen. PL 338. 

 [Greek, capto, to bite; from its hot, or biting quality.] 



Calyx 5-cleft, erect, persistent. Corolla sub-rotate, 6-clcft. Anthers 

 connivent. Berry without pulp, inflated. 



Herbaceous, or sujf ruticose ; leaves often in pairs; peduncles mostly solitary. 

 axillary ; see^s acrid and heating. NaL Ord. 213, Lindl. Solans*. 



L. C. anxitum, L. Stem herbaceous ; peduncles axillary. Willi. 

 Sp. 1. p. 1050. 



Annual Capsicum, Vulgo — Red Pepper. Cayenne Pepper. 



lidlL-Poivre d'Inde. Germ.-Spani6cher Pfeffer. H\sj>.-El Pimenter: 





