208 BOTANY. 



ami rather weak prickles; entire plant whitish, with a dense stellate 

 pubescence; leaves lanceolate, entire, or wavy-margined (sometimes 

 slightly lobed) ; flown- blue, 9" in diameter, the linear anthers opening 

 .only at the tip; ovary tomentose; mature berry black, 6" in diameter. — 

 \V\\ Mexico and Arizona (83, 342). 



Cham^esaracha* sordida, Gray (Withania? sordlda, Dunal, in DC. 

 Prod, xiii, p. 456 ; also in Bot. Mex. Bound, p. 155). — Branching, somewhat 

 glandular-pubescent ; leaves oblanceolate, entire, attenuate into a petiole ; 

 calyx glandular-hairy, with forked hairs ; corolla sulphur-yellow, G" in 

 diameter; stamens sub-exserted ; style clavate; stigma sub-capitate. — 

 Cam}) Bowie, Arizona, at 5,300 feet (471). 



Cham^esaracha Coronopus, Gray (Withania f Coronopits, Torr. Bot. 

 Mex. Bound, p. 155). — Smoothish or slightly glandular-hairy, branching: 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuate into a petiole, irregularly deeply sinuate- 

 toothed, thickish; calyx with forked hairs. Corolla light yellow; stamens 

 sub-included; style clavate; stigma sub-capitate. — McArthy's Ranch, New 

 Mexico (HI)- Notwithstanding the difference in leaves usually manifested 

 by these two species, there is a decided tendency for them to vary toward 

 each other; this along with the similar pubescence, the close resem- 

 blance of the flowers, and the same prominently ridged and roughened 

 campylotropous seeds, make me feel almost sure they will have to come 

 together. 



Physalis lobata, Torr. — Low, spreading; root perennial ; leaves oval 

 or spatulate, tapering into a margined petiole. Corolla violet-purple ; fruit- 

 ing calyx G" in diameter, winged, inflated ; entire plant glabrous, except the 

 young calyx and pedicels, which are "mealy"; seeds thickish, somewhat 

 tuberculate roughened. — Deer Spring, Arizona, 6,000 feet altitude (189). 



Physalis viscosa, L. — Utah. 



"Physalis ? — Near P. pubescens, but leaves small and mostly 



•"Cham.j-jsak.vi ha, Gray.— Calyx 5-lobed, enlarging after dowering, bnt remaining rather her- 

 baceous, nol retienlated, incompletely investing the rather dry-globose berry. Corolla rotate, 5 annu- 

 late. Anthers short, on Blender i not at all oonnivent) filaments, the eelli opening lengthwise through- 

 out. — Low-Texano-Calirbrnian herbs; with the corolla of Saracha and a calyx between that of Solomon 

 and riti/xali*, with rather narrow leaves tapering into margined petioles, and in their axils filiform soli- 

 tary or sometimes geminate pedicels, which are mostly refracted, or recurved in fruit. Corolla white, 

 yellowish, or tinged with violet"— Grat, Fl. Cal. 1, p. 540. 



