SOLAXACEAE. 



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Capsicum frutescens L., SPANISH PEPPER, tropical American, also 

 shrubby, grown in gardens, has larger oblong pointed berries, the calyx nearly 

 truncate, the pedicels more or less enlarged under the calyx. 



Capsicum annuum L., CHILLIES, GUINEA PEPPER, also of tropical America, 

 grown for its large fruits, and recorded by H. B. Small as occasionally seen 

 outside of plantations, is annual or biennial, herbaceous, its fruits often 3' or 

 i' long, very variable. 



6. BRUGMANSIA Pers. 



Shrubs or trees, Avith large alternate petioled leaves, and very large 

 drooping, white or red flowers on solitary curved peduncles. Calyx angled, 

 spathaceous or 5-cleft. Corolla long-funnelform, angular, the limb with 5 

 lanceolate acuminate lobes. Anthers included. Ovary 2-celled. Capsule 

 spindle-form, unarmed. [In honor of S. J. Brugmans, professor in Leyden.] 

 Three species, natives of Mexico and South America, the following typical. 



1. Brugmansia arborea (L.) 

 Steud. CORNUCOPIA. HORN OF PLENTY. 

 (Fig. 367.) Much branched, 6-15 

 high, the twigs stout, densely pubes- 

 cent. Leaves ovate to oblong or ovate- 

 lanceolate, pubesent on both sides, 

 6'-10' long, entire or sinuate-dentate, 

 acute or acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded or acute and mostly inequi- 

 lateral at the base, the pubescent 

 petioles l'-3' long; peduncles l'-2' 

 long; calyx 3'-4' long, 2-cleft to 

 about the middle; corolla white, 8'- 

 10' long, often double, its lobes l'-2' 

 long; capsule li'-3' long. [Datura 

 arborea L. ; Brugmansia Candida 

 Pers.] 



Occasional in waste grounds. In- 

 troduced, find commonly grown in gar- 

 dens for ornament. Native of South 

 America. Flowers from spring to autumn. 



Brugmansia suaveolens (H. & B.) G. Don, MOON-PLANT, Mexican, differs 

 in having nearly or quite glabrous foliage and a 5-cleft calyx. [Datura 

 suaveolens H. & B.] 



7. DATURA L. 



Tall narcotic herbs or shrubs, with alternate leaves, and large solitary erect 

 short-pednncled white purple or violet flowers. Calyx elongated-tubular or 

 prismatic, its apex 5-cleft or spathe-like, 'in the following species circumscissile 

 near the base which is persistent and subtends the prickly capsule. Corolla 

 funnelform, the limb plaited, 5-lobed, the lobes broad, acuminate. Stamens 

 included or little exserted ; filaments filiform, very long, inserted at or below 

 the middle of the corolla-tube. Ovary 2-celled, or falsely 4-celled; style 

 filiform ; stigma slightly 2-lobed. Capsule 4-valved from the top, or bursting 



