434 SOLANE.E. 



6'-10'high; corolla 12"-10", anthers 14" long.— Hab. Naturalized in Antigua!, Wullschl., 

 S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! to Brazil !]. 



13. D. Metel, L. Annual, softly pubescent; leaves ovate, few-dentate or entire; 

 calyx loose, 5-dentate, about half as long as the whitish corolla ; corolla-limb spreading, 

 shortly \0-dentate: tube subcylindrical ; anthers distinct, oblong ; capsule echinate-prickly, 

 pendulous. — Bot. Mag. t. 1440.— Corolla 6", anthers 4"'-5'" long ; capsule-prickles subuli- 

 form, 6"'-8'" long. — Hab. Antigua!, Wu/lschl., a weed ; [Haiti! and Mexico! to Brazil; 

 Spaiu ! aud Canary Islands ! to trop. Africa !]. 



14*. 1>. fastuosa, L. Annual, glabrescent ,• leaves ovate, repand, or few-dentate; 

 calyx 5-dentate, one-third as long as the violet-tinged (or white) corolla ; corolla-limb 

 h-deniaie, often duplicate, spreading, gradually passing into the subcylindrical tube : teeth 

 long-subulate ; anthers distinct, linear-oblong ; capsule muricate, pendulous: prickles short, 

 tuberculiform. — Wight, Ic. t. 1396.— Corolla 6"-7", anthers 6'", capsule-prickles about 

 2'" long. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Kitts !, Antigua!, Mchols., Wullschl., Barbadoes !, 

 Finl. ; [East Indies !, trop. Africa !]. 



15. D. Tatula, L. Annual, glabrescent ; leaves ovate, sinuate-dentate; calyx 5-deu- 

 tate, half as long as the violet corolla ; corolla-limb a-denfate, spreadiug, gradually passing 

 into the cylindrical tube •. teeth subulate-filiform ; anthers distinct, oblong ; capsule echi- 

 nate -prickly, erect : prickles equal, snbuliform. — Besc. Fl. 3. /. 173. — D. Stramonium, 

 JB, Kch. — Stem red ; corolla 3"-4", anthers 2$"', capsule-prickles 4"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Wullschl., a weed ; [tropical and temperate countries of the globe]. 



16. D. Stramonium, L. Annual, glabrescent ; leaves ovate, sinuate-dental e ; calyx 

 5-dentate, half as loug as the white corolla ; corolla-limb h-dentate, spreading, gradually 

 passing into the cylindrical tube : teeth subulate-filiform : anthers distinct, oblong ; capsule 

 echin ale-prickly : superior prickles much shorter than the inferior ones. — Stem green ; 

 corolla 2£"-3", anthers 2"', superior capsule-prickles 4"', inferior 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica, 

 a weed ; Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [both temperate and tropical zones of 

 the globe], 



6. NICOTIANA, L. 



Calyx tubular, 5-fid or 5-dentate, persistent. Corolla infundibular or salver-shaped, plaited 

 in the bud : limb twisted-conduphcative. Stamens 5, included, inserted into the inferior 

 part of the corolla-tube. Stigma 2-lobed-capitate. Capsule 2-celled, septicide : valves 

 2-fid. Embryo slightly incurved. — Herbaceous, rarely woody, usually glandular-viscous 

 plants ; leaves subentire ; cymes terminal, corymbiform or racemiform. 



17. N. pusilla, L. Annual; leaves lanceolate and lanceolate-linear, sessile, the inferior 

 elliptical, tapering at the base ; cyme divided-racemiform ; calyx 5-fid, one-third as long as 

 the greenish-yellow corolla: lobes equal, lanceolate-linear; corolla infundibular: tube 



filiform-clavate, contracted' below the short lanceolate-acuminate lobes ; caps-ule at length 

 shortly exserted. — Mill. Ic. t. 185./. 2 : diminished in size, but stated to be 1' high in the 

 description. — N. anguBti folia, R. P. (Fl. Peruv. t. 130), probably the same, but both names 

 badly chosen, as the plant attains a height of more than 2', and the inferior leaves are very 

 broad. — Corolla \\"-\ n long : tube 1"', below the npper stricture 2"' diam. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, March ; [Mexico to Peru !]. 



18*. N. Tabacum, L. Annual; leaves oblong-lanceolate,. pointed, sessile, inferior 

 decurrent ; cyme corymbiform; calyx 5^fid, one*third as long as the red corolla: lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate, subequal ; corolla infundibular : tbbe clavate, not constricted : lobes 

 deltoid-subulate, spreading ; capsule shortly exserted. — Mill. Ic. I. 185./. 1. Besc. Fl. 6. 

 t. 413.— Corolla 2" long.— Hab. Naturalized in Antigua!, Wullschl., cultivated in all the 

 islands; [original habitat unknown]. 



7. ACNISTUS, Schott. 



Calyx campanulate, 5(-4)-crenate. Corolla infundibular: lobes 5(-4)-valvate, slightly 

 induplicative. Stamens inserted into the inferior part of the corolla-tube : anthers erect, 

 longitudinally dehiscent. Stigma emarginate-capitate. Berry small, 2-cellcd. Embryo 

 curved. — Shrubs or low trees; leaves entire; flowers fascicled, lateral, odorous. 



