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14*. LINARIA, T. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla personate : tube spurred at the base : upper lip exterior in the 

 bud. Stamens didynamous : auther-cells oblong. Capsule opening below the summit by 

 minute valves or pores. — Herbs ; upper or all leaves alternate ; flowers racemose or axillary. 



21*. L. vulgaris, Mill. Perennial, erect, glabrous, glandular above ; leaves lanceo- 

 late-linear, all alternate ; flowers densely racemose, large, yellow : throat of the corolla 

 closed : spur subulate ; seeds broadly margined, tubercled at the centre. — Corolla (the spur 

 included) about 1" long. — Hab. Natura'ized in Jamaica!, Wullschl^ Manchester; [a weed, 

 introduced from Europe]. 



15. ANGELONIA, Bonpl. 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-partite. Corolla rotate, 2-lipped, saccate at the appendiculate throat. 

 Stamens didynamous : anthers 2-celled : cells diverging. Capsule loculicide (rarely iude- 

 hiscent). — Herbs ; lower or all leaves opposite ; pedicels axillary or racemose. 



22. A. salicarifolia, Bonpl. Annual, erect, viscous-pubescent ; leaves oblong-linear, 

 pointed, rounded at the sessile base, serrulate; flowers in a lax raceme; lower corolla-lobes 

 oblong, blunt : appendage short ; capsule globose, loculicide to the base. — Humb. Bonpl. 

 PI. Equin. 2. t. 108.— Leaves l"-3" long ; corolla violet, 6"'-8'" diam.— Hab. Trinidad !, 

 Sieb. Tr. 140, Sch. ; [Cuba, Portorico ! ; Venezuela!, New Granada!, Guiana]. 



J23. A. angustifolia, Benth. Annual, erect, glabrous ; loaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, pointed, taperiny into the subsessile base, remotely serndate above or subentire; 

 flowers in a lax raceme ; lower corolla-lobes obovate : appendage short ; capsule globose, 

 loculicide to the base. — A. salicarifolia, v. jamaicensis, Benth. ! — Habit and most characters 

 of the preceding ; corolla variable in size, often as large as in the preceding. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica!, Fd., Wils., AL, M'Nab, WullschL; [Cuba!, Mexico!]. 



CXIII. SOLANEiE. 



Character of Scrophularinem, but corolla plaited or induplicative in the bud, usually regu- 

 lar, and infloresceuce cymose, extra-axillary.- -Leaves alternate (or geminate), exstipulate. 



This Order is generally narcotic and poisonous, though yielding several eatable substances, 

 viz. the potato {Solatium tuberosum), the tomate {Ly coper sicum and Solatium Melongend), 

 the berries of Physalis peruviana, the herbage of Solan urn nodiflorum, eaten as spinach. 

 The narcotic property, so important in the tobacco-plant {Nicotiana), and in similar effec- 

 tive drugs, depends upon several alkaloids, e.g. atrupiu {Datura), nicotin {Nicotiana), so- 

 lauiu (Solamim). The berries of the Spanish pepper {Capsicum) are highly acrid. 



1. BROWALLIA, L. 



Calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid. Corolla salver-shaped, plaited in the bud: lobes 5, emarginate, 

 imbricative, superior exterior. Stamens didynamous, posterior shorter, with dimidiate 

 anthers. Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule septicide : valves 2-fid. Embryo straight. — Annual 

 herbs; leaves entire; flowers blue-, pedicels extra-axillary, often in racemiform cyme*. 



1. B. demissa, L. Hairy or glabrate ; leaves ovate, petroled; calyx unequally 5- 

 dentate, half as long as the slender corolla-tube : teeth subacute, much shorter than their 

 tube ; ovary hairy at the summit. — Bot. Mag. t. 1136. 



a. Calyx-tnbe glabrous. — B. nervosa, Mrs. 



0. elongata, Kth. Calyx-tube pilose. 



Hab. Jamaica !, M'Nab, WullschL, March (o), Al. (j8) ; Dominica !, Imr. (a); Trini- 

 dad !, Sieb. Tr. 205 (a), Cr. (0) ; [Haiti ; Panama! to Guiana ! and equat. Brazil]. 



2. BRUNFELSIA, Sic. 



Calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid. Corolla salver-shaped, plaited iu the bud : lobes 5, slightly 

 unequal, rouuded, imbricative, superior exterior. Stamens didynamous (-5, unemal): 



