474 
7 D. quzncrrória (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 75) 
leaves sinuately pinnatifid, hairy on the veins beneath ; capsule 
furnished with unequal prickles: the upper prickles the largest. 
©. H. Native of Mexico, in temperate places near Zelaya 
and Molino de Sarabia, at the altitude of 930 hexapods. 
Branches hairy. 
Oak-leaved Thorn-apple. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Secr. II. Du'rna (an alteration of the generic name.) Limb 
of calyx tubularly ventricose, angular, or terete, 5-lobed at 
apex. Margin of corolla 5-10-toothed. Stamens inclosed, 
or a little exserted ; anthers remote. Capsule nearly globose, 
more or less drooping, or reflexed, 2-celled at apex, but 4- 
celled below the apex, dehiscing irregularly. Seeds pale, or 
brownish opaque, compressed, flat in the disk, convex on the 
margin, surrounded by 3 wrinkled ribs.—Annual herbs. Flow- 
ers oblique, showy. 
8 D. A'psA (Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 73.) leaves ovate, 
acuminated, repandly toothed, unequal at the base, and are, as 
well as the stem, smoothish ; stamens inclosed ; fruit prickly. 
Q.H. Native every where in the East Indies; as of Nipaul, 
Silhet, Tavoy. D. Métel, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 238. Wall. cat. 
2639. Fleming, in asiat. res. 11. p. 165. Hardw. in asiat. 
res, 6. p. 351. under D. Stramónium. Stramónia Indica prima 
seu Dütra álba, Rumph, amb. 5. p. 242. t. 87. f. 1. Hu- 
malu, Rheed. mal. 2. p. 47. t. 28.  Corollas white. 
White-flowered Thorn-apple. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
9 D. rasruósA (Mill. dict. no. 6. Lin. spec. p. 256.) leaves 
ovate, acuminated, repandly-toothed, unequal at the base, and 
are, as well as the stem, downy; fruit tubercled. ©. H. 
Native of the East Indies, and Egypt, and of Caraccas. Roxb. 
fl. ind. 2. p. 238. — Stramónium fastuósum, Moench, meth. p. 
456. D. Coutaréna, Alp. exot. p. 181. icone. D. /Egyptiaca, 
Vesl. pl. egypt. p. 203. icone.—Lob. icon. 264. Corolla 
violaceous outside, and white inside; teeth of the limb subulate. 
Var. B; corollas double and triple, purple outside, and white 
inside. (2. H. Native of Malabar. Stramónium Malabári- 
cum, fructu glabro, flore duplici et triplici, Tourn. inst. 119. 
—Sabb. hort. rom. 1. t. 93. Mudela-Nila Hummatu, Rheed. 
mal. 2. p. 51. t. 380. 
Var. y, rübra (Bernhardi, in Linnza, 8. p. 142.) corolla viola- 
ceous ; fruit muricated ; leaves dentately sinuated. ©. H. 
Native of the East Indies.  Stramónium fructu spinoso ro- 
tundo; flore violaceo simplici, Tourn. inst. 118. There is 
also a double flowered variety of this, the Dütra rübra, Rumph. 
amb. 5. p. 243. t. 87. f. 2. Stramónium seu Datüra /Egypti- 
aca flore pleno Pone, Mor. hist. 3. p. 15. t. 2. f. 9. Stramó- 
nium fructu spinoso rotundo, flore violaceo duplici triplicive. 
Tourn. inst. 119. 
Var. 6, parviflora (Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 74.) corolla 
smaller; calyx more than twice as short as the tube of the 
corolla. ©. H. Native of the East Indies, at Prome, Gomez. 
Wall. cat. suppl. no. 278. 
Proud Thorn-apple. Fl. July, Sept. 
3 feet. 
10 D. pu'sia (Pers. ench. 1. p. 216.) leaves quite entire, 
glabrous, as well as the stem; limb of corolla 5-6-toothed ; 
stamens inclosed ; capsule smooth, unarmed. ©. H. Native 
of the East Indies. D. fastudsa, ò, capsulis muticis, Poir. 
dict. 7. p. 461. D. Tátula, 8, Poir. l. c. D. Hammátu, Bern- 
hardi, in Linnea, 8. p. 141. — Stramónium Malabáricum, fructu 
glabro, flore simplici violaceo, Tourn. inst. 119. Nila Hum- 
matu, Rheed. mal. 2. p. 49. t. 29. Corolla violaceous. Per- 
haps a variety of D. fastudsa. 
Clt. 1629. Pl. 2 to 
SOLANACEJ4E. XXVI. Datura. 
XXVII. BRUGMANSIA. 
Doubtful Thorn-apple. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
11 D. xvmica TA (Bernh. sem. 1818. gart. mag. 4. p. 163, 
with a figure. Link. enum. 1. p. 177.) leaves ovate, repand, 
when young toothed, glabrous ; fruit muricated with strong 
short prickles, erectish. ©. H. Native country unknown, 
but probably of America. D. hümilis, Desr. hort. par. D. 
hybrida, Tenore.? D. le'vis, Schkuhr, handb. 1. p. 140. under 
D. fastudsa. D. fastuósa, fl. albo, Moench. meth. 456. D. 
Métel, and D. innóxia, Mill. dict. no. 3 and 5.— Kn nor. del. 1. t. 
s. 12.—Besl. hort. eyst. 2. fol. 11. f. 1. a. Corolla long, white. 
The whole plant green. Leaves unequal at the base. Perhaps 
the same as D. álba, Nees. 
Muricated-fruited Thorn-apple. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. 2 to 8 feet. 
12 D. Me'ret (Lin. spec. p. 256.) leaves cordate, quite 
entire, or a little toothed, and are, as well as the stem, downy ; 
limb of corolla 10-toothed ; calyx terete; capsule furnished 
with prickles. ©. H. Native of the East Indies, in hot 
regions; Africa, and the Canary Islands. Sims, bot. mag. t. 
1440. D. Métel, and D. fruticósa, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 212. 
D. Métel, et D. innóxia, Mill. dict. nos. 3 and 5, partly. 
Dutra nigra, Rumph. amb. 5. p. 243.  Stramónium, fructu 
spinoso rotundo, flore albo, Tourn. inst. p. 118.—Ludw. ect. t. 
158.—Knip. cent. 1. t. 24. D. Stramónium, Thunb. jap. p. 91, 
ex Lour. Corollas large, white. 
Metel, or Hairy Thorn-apple. 
Pl. 2 feet. 
13 D. Gvavaquire'ssis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 8.) 
leaves ovate, very unequal at the base, quite entire, or obsoletely 
and angularly toothed, downy, as well as the stem and branches; 
limb of corolla angularly 10-toothed ; stamens a little exserted ; 
capsule muricately spinose. ©. H. Native of America, in 
humid places near Guayaquil. Stem and branches reddish. 
Calyx tubular, downy; limb cleft on one side. Corolla large, 
white. Perhaps a variety of D. Métel. 
Guayaquil Thorn-apple. Fl. July, Sept. 
2 to 3 feet. 
Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1596. 
Cle. 1826. Pl. 
Secr. III. Ceratocav’tis (from «spac keparoc, keras keratos, 
a horn; and kavdoc, kaulos, a stem; shape of stem.) Calyx 
nearly terete, entire, dehiscing by a lateral fissure at the apex. 
Limb of corolla 10-toothed. Stamens exserted a little ; anthers 
contiguous. Capsule obovate, unarmed, pendulous. Seeds com- 
pressed, subovate, fuscescent, shining, rather scabrous. —An 
annual herb. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed, hoary beneath. 
Corollas white, purple outside. ; 
: 14 D. cenATOCAU LON (Ort. dec. p. 11. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 
3. p. 48. t. 809.) ©. H. Native of Cuba and Mexico. 
Hook, bot. mag. t. 3352. D. macrocaülis, Roth, beitr. p. 159. 
Stem terete, purplish, dichotomous, horn-formed, pilose at the 
base. Corolla smaller than that of Brugmánsia cándida, with a 
green tube, white limb, and purplish outside, sweet-scented. 
Capsule size of a nut, glabrous, smooth. 
Horn-stemmed Thorn-apple. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1805. Pi. 
2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. The seed of all the commoner kinds of Strambnium 
only require to be sown in the open ground in April; but the 
rarer kinds answer better if reared on a hot-bed, and afterwards 
planted out in the open border about the middle of May, like 
other tender annuals. 
XXVII. BRUGMANSIA (named in memory of Sebald 
Justus Brugmans, author of Dissertatio de plantis inutilibus et 
benenatis, 1. fasc. in 8vo. Groningen, 1783.) Pers. ench. 1. P 
