64 University of Texas Bulletin 



SOLANACEAE Potato Family. Nightshade Family 



Bouchetia anomala Brit & Rusby. 



Common on roadsides and in waste places, University campus, etc. 

 Texas and tropical America. 



Capsicum baccatum L. Bird Pepper. Chiltipin. 

 Canyons of the Colorado River, Waller Creek, etc. 

 Gulf states and the tropics. 



Chamaesaracha conioides Britton. 



Occasional on dry slopes of the Edwards Plateau. 

 Southern plains states. 



Chamaesaracha Coronopus A. Gray. 



Abundant on dry hillsides and in waste ground. 

 Southern plains states. 



Datura meteloides DC. Jimson Weed. Stramonium. Thorn Apple. 

 Sandbanks along the river. 

 Texas to California and in Mexico. 



Datura Stramonium L. Jimson Weed. Stramonium. 



Sandbanks along the river. 



Naturalized from the tropics and widespread in eastern North 

 America. 



Nicotiana repanda Willd. Wild Tobacco. 



Low ground and hillsides. Very common. A tall, coarse-leaved 

 plant with white blossoms. 



Texas and Mexico. 



Nicotiana trigonophylla Dunal. Wild Tobacco. 



Low ground and hillsides. Less common than the preceding 

 species and smaller. 



Texas to California and in Mexico. 



Petunia parviflora Juss. 



On the river bank. A low, much-branched plant with small, purple 

 flowers. 



Gulf 1 states to California and in the tropics. 



Physalis angulata L. Ground Cherry. Jerusalem Cherry. 

 Rich ground in valleys. 

 Southeastern States, Central and South America. 



