110 PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



Horse-nettle, 



About eighteen inches or two feet high. Flowers large, 

 light blue. Fruit yellow. At the south bottom of the rocky 

 bluff at Gray's ferry, tolerabl) abundant In neglected fields 

 nea Gray's ferry and the Woodlands. Rare. Perennial. 

 May, July. 



103. PHYSALIS. Gen. pi. 336. (Sulanex.) 



Berry 2-celled, covered by the inflated calix. 

 Corolla campanulate-rotate ; tube marked 

 with five diaphanous concave impressions. 

 Stamina connivent. — NutU 



obscura. 1, p. leaves somewhat cordate, orbiculate, acumi- 

 nate, unequally dentate ; stem herbaceous, diva- 

 ricate, very much branched; branches angled. — 

 Mich. 

 P. pubescens. 



In sandy fields near Woodbury, Jersey. Rare. Corolla yel- 

 low, with purplish-livid spots. Perennial. July, August. 



pennsyivani- 2. P. leaves ovate, somewhat repand, obtuse, naked ; 

 stem herbaceous, branching; peduncles solitary, 

 a little longer than the: petioles. — Wdld* and Pursh. 

 P. tomentosa, Walt. ? 



Pennsylranian Winter-cherry* 



A very ordinary-looking plant, growing among rubbish, on 

 neglected way sides, and sometimes on the borders of culti- 

 vated fields. Common. Annual, July. 



104. NICANDRA. Adanson- Juss. Gen. pi 140. (Solanex.J 



Calix 5 -parted, with 5 angles, angles com- 

 pressed, segments sagittate. Corolla cam- 

 pauulate. Stamina incurved. Berry 3 to 

 5- celled, covered by the calix. — NutU 



