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plish spots, 1.8-2.5 cm. in diameter; anthers yellow; berry reddish. Rich soil, 

 especially in open places, N. Y. to Manitoba, Fla. and La. July-Sept. 



Phytalis Virginians intermedia Rydberg. Leaves thin and subentire, gradually 

 tapering into winged petioles; pubescence in the young plant somewhat viscid. Inc£ 

 to Ala. and Tex. 



14. Physalis heterophylla Nees. Clammy Ground-cherry. (I. F. f. I 



3203.) Perennial by a creeping rootstock, 4.-9 dm. tall, viscid and glandular, and I 



villous with long spreading jointed flat hairs; leaf blades often acute but very I 



rarely with an acumination, thick, sinuately toothed, or sometimes subentire; I 



calyx long- villous, its lobes triangular, generally shorter than the tube; corolla I 



1.0 1 cm. in diameter, greenish yellow with a brownish or purplish center; anthers I 

 mostly yellow; berry yellow. In rich soil, N. B. to Saskatch., Fla., Colo, and 

 Tex. 



Physalis heterophylla ambigua (A. Gray) Rydberg. Tall and generally upright, very 

 long-villous, scarcely at all viscid; flowers commonly larger; anthers mostly purplish. Vt. 

 to Iowa and Teiin. 



Physalis heterophylla nyctagfnea (Dunal) Rydberg. Leaves usually dark green 

 and of a firm texture, more or less acuminate at the apex, often subentire, and pubes- 

 cent mainly on the veins of the lower surface. R. I. to Iowa and La. 



Physalis Peruviana L. STRAWBERRY TOMATO. A native of South America ; it is 

 cultivated for its fruit in all warm and temperate regions, and often escapes. It resem- 

 bles P. heterophylla, but differs in the leaves, which have a long distinct acuminatum, 

 and in the pubescence, which is shorter, denser, and not at all viscid. 



15. Physalis comata Rydberg. Hillside Ground-cherry. (I. F. f. 3204.) 

 Erect, 4-5 dm. high; pubescence fine and short, that on the calyx, peduncles and 

 upper branches mixed with long white flat jointed hairs. Leaf-blades not over 

 5 cm. long, round-ovate, scarcely at all cordate, thin, somewhat repand-dentate, or 

 nearly entire; peduncles as long as the fruiting calyx, or longer; corolla greenish 

 yellow, with brown center, 1.2-2 cm. in diameter. Fruiting calyx thin, round- 

 ovoid, somewhat 10-angled, scarcely sunken at the base. Hillsides, Neb., KansJ 

 Colo, and Tex. 



16. Physalis rotundata Rydberg. Round- leaved Ground-cherry. (I. F. £, 

 3205.) Zigzag, generally dichotomously branched, from a perennial rootstock, 

 densely and finely viscid pubescent, usually more glandular than the preceding. 

 Leaves nearly orbicular, cordate, 2.5-4.5 cm. in diameter, with small teeth; 

 petioles short, more or less winged; peduncles short; corolla 1.6 cm. in diameter, 

 greenish yellow with a brownish center; fruiting calyx ovoid, slightly angled, 

 scarcely sunken at the base. Dry plains, S. Dak. to Tex. and N. Mex. July- 

 Sept. 



17. Physalis visedsa L. Stellate Ground-cherry. (I. F. f. 3206.) Per- 

 ennial by a creeping rootstock; stems creeping, with a dense ashy stellate pubes- 

 cence, or in ageglabrate. Leaves elliptic, oval or ovate, obtuse, thinnish, entire or fee 

 undulate, in the typical South American form often cordate at the base, but rarely 

 so in our plant; peduncles 1-2.5 c,n - long; calyx-lobes triangular, generally shorter 

 than the tube; corolla greenish yellow with a darker center, 1.5-2 cm. in diameter; 

 fruiting calyx 2-3 cm. long, round-ovoid, scarcely sunken at the base; berry 

 orange or yellow. On sea beaches, or in sand near the coast, Va. and N. Car. to 

 the Argentine Republic. 



Physalis Alkekdngi L. STRAWBERRY TOMATO. WINTER CHERRY. A native ol ^e cal 

 Europe and Asia, often cultivated for its fruit and sometimes escapes from cultivation. 

 The flowers are whitish : corolla-limb more distinctly 5-lobed; leaves broadly deltoid, 

 acute at both ends, repand or angulately toothed. 



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