. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SOLANACEAE. Vol. 111. 17. Physalis viscdsa L. Stellate Ground- Cherry. Yellow-henbane. Fig. 371-'. Physalis viscosa L. Sp. PI. 183. 175.!. Physalis fainsylvanictt L. Sp. PI. Ed. J, 1670. 1763. Perennial from a slender creeping rootstock; stems slender, creeping, with a dense ashy stellate pubes- cence, or in age rarely glabrate. Leaves elliptic, oval or ovate,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SOLANACEAE. Vol. 111. 17. Physalis viscdsa L. Stellate Ground- Cherry. Yellow-henbane. Fig. 371-'. Physalis viscosa L. Sp. PI. 183. 175.!. Physalis fainsylvanictt L. Sp. PI. Ed. J, 1670. 1763. Perennial from a slender creeping rootstock; stems slender, creeping, with a dense ashy stellate pubes- cence, or in age rarely glabrate. Leaves elliptic, oval or ovate, obtuse, thinish, entire or undulate, in the typical South American race often cordate at the base, but rarely so in our plant; peduncles J'-i' long; calyx stellate-pubescent, its lobes triangular, generally shorter than the tube; corolla greenish yellow with a darker center, 8"-io" in diameter; fruiting calyx io"-is" long, round-ovoid, scarcely sunken at the base; berry orange or yellow. On sea beaches, or in sand near the coast, Virginia and North Carolina to Florida. Eastern South America. Physalis Alkekengi L., Strawberry tomato or Winter cherry, is a native of Europe and Asia, often cultivated for its fruit and sometimes escapes from cultivation. The flowers are whitish, the limb distinctly 5-lobed; leaves broadly deltoid, acute at both ends, repand or angulately toothed. 3. QUINCULA Raf. Atl. Journ. 145. 1832. A low and diffuse somewhat scurfy herb, with a stout perennial root. Leaves from sinuate to pinnatifid, somewhat fleshy. Peduncles most commonly in pairs from the axils of the leaves, sometimes solitary, or in fascicles of 3-5- Calyx campanulate, S-toothed, in fruit inflated, sharply 5-angular and reticulate, enclosing the fruit, the lobes connivent. Corolla flat-rotate, pentagonal in outline, veiny, violet or purplish. Anthers opening by a longi- tudinal slit. Seeds comparatively few, kidney-shaped, somewhat flattened, with thick margins, rugose-
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