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DATURA ceratocaula. 
Horn-stemmed Stramonium. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Solanex. , . • 
DATURA L.—Calyx magnus, tubulosus, ventricosus, 5-angularis, apice 
5-fidus caducus, basi orbiculata peltata persistente. Corolla maxima, mfun- 
dibuliformis tubo longo, limbo 5-angulari, 5-plicato, 5-acummato. Stigma 
2-sulcum. ’Capsula echinata, aut glabra, ovata, 2-loculans, loculis dissopi- 
mento prominente bi- aut multipartitis; semina remformia,-Herb® virosa , 
aut raLs arbuscula fruticesve interdum scandentes ; folia So¬ 
nata; flores ut et ramuli extra-axillares solitam. Juss. gen. 125. 
D ceratocaula; pericarpiis obovatis pendulis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis undu- 
‘ latissubtbsincai^tomentosis, caulibusdiehotonnscornuformibus. 
decad. p. 11. Willd. enum. h. her. 1. 227 /"ers. syn. * i 
schonbr. 3. 48. t. 339. Cavan, descript p. 103. 
1 ssrs». rSA 
purpurea suffusis. Folia ov ^ b 0 ”^ lo r” m ag n { solitarii, axillares, 
subtus casta , petiolo paulo longio . JalUdi viridis, tubulosus, 
ZcronaZ: Stamina Sordid breviora. Fructus glaber,cernuus. 
A rather showy annual, not very 
collections. The flowers are, as may j 5 ifioined 
accompanying figure, of unusual size, an ’ ^ 
to a more ornamental foliage, render this riant ™ 
most remarkable among those of the open • _ 
tunately there is an air of weedmess in & , Q f t jj e 
ance, which gives it fewer claims o g 
amateur than might be expected. 
Roytl Sen offirid h from which establishment Jt has 
if srtt&Z’i - 
July last. 
