242 CI. SOLANACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Mandragora. 
lobes broad, imbricate in bud, sinuses induplicate-valvate. Stamens 5, filaments 
linear; anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled; style 
elongate, stigma much dilated. Berry globose, juicy. Seeds very many, com- 
pressed ; embryo peripheric.—Species 3 or 4 of the Mediterranean region, and 
the following. 
M. caulescens, Clarke; branches 4-8 in., leaves narrowly obovate- 
oblong sinuate, calyx-lobes triangular ovate. Anisodus humilis, Hook. f. ms. 
ALPINE SIKKIM, alt. 12-13,000 ft.; Lachen and Tungu, J. D. H. . 
Pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves 11 by 2 in., obtuse, base much tapering. 
Pedicels 1-3 in.; many-fascicled at the apex of the caudex. Calyz-lobes. in fruit 
2 in., subobtuse. Berry 3 in. diam. Seeds 4 in. diam.— The examples are in fruit ; 
and appear closely allied to M. officinarum, Linn. 
7. DATURA, Linn. 
Coarse, rank-scented herbs (the Indian species), glabrous or minutely pubes- 
cent. Leaves large, entire sinuate or deeply toothed. Pedicels solitary; 
flowers very large, purple or white. Calyx long-tubular, herbaceous, 5-toothed 
at the apex ; in fruit circumsciss above the base. Corolla long tubular-funnel- 
shaped, mouth wide; limb plaited, entire or shortly lobed. Stamens attached 
near the base of the tube, filaments filiform; anthers included, linear, longitu- 
dinally dehiscent. Ovary 2- or spuriously 4-celled; style filiform, stigma 
2-lobed. Capsule ellipsoid, 4-celled, spinous (in the Indian species, except m 
D. fastuosa, var. dubia), 4-valved or irregularly breaking up near the apex. 
Seeds very many, compressed, rugose; embryo peripheric.—Species 10; tem- 
perate and tropical regions. 
Sxct. I. Stramonium. Capsule deeply 4-valved, often nearly to the 
1. D. Stramonium, Linn. ; Bernh. in Linnea, 1838, Litt. 139 ; glabrous 
or farinose puberulous, leaves ovate toothed or sinuate, corolla white teeth 
linear, capsule equally spinous on all sides. Wall. Cat. 2637, and in Roxb. Fi. 
Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. i. 239; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 540; Syme 
Eng. Bot. t. 935; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 292; Bentl. & Trim. Med. Pl. t 192. 
D. ferox, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 75, not of Linn. D. Wallichu, 
Dunall.c.599. Stramonium vulgatum, Gaertn. Fruct. ii, 248, t. 132, fig. + 
TEMPERATE Hrwaraya; from Kashmir, Thomson, to Sikkim, J. D. H.—DISTRIB. 
Nearly throughout the globe, in temperate and warm climates. ; 
A coarse annual, 2-6 ft. Leaves 7 by 4 in.; petiole 1 in. Pedicels 0-4 m. 
Calyz 1-1} by 4-4 in. ; lobes } in., ovate-lanceolate. Corolla 3-6 in., mouth 1-3 m. 
diam.; lobes in. Capsule 1} by 1 in.; spines } in., subulate; calyx-base ; 1» 
persistent. ° : 
Van. Tatula; flowers purple without and within. D. Tatula, Willd. Sp. P Lt 
1008; Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 83; Wall. Cat. 2640; Bernh. in Linnea, 1833, Litt. 
140.—Throughout India.—Distrib. Nearly as of D. Stramonium, from which it is 
not easily separable. 
Secr. II. Dutra. Capsule subindehiscent, or irregularly dehiscent neat 
the apex. 
2. D. fastuosa, Linn.; Wight Ic. t. 1396; leaves ovate entire or deeply 
toothed glabrous, corolla purple limb shortly 5-6-toothed. capsule nodding oF 
suberect. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 561; Wall. Cat. 2639; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soe: 
xvii. 74; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 542. D. Hummatu, Bernh. ™ 
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