SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS. 6 



Emhryo teres, in albumen subcaniosum subspiralitcr arcuatus, radi- 

 cula angulam basilarem spectante, cotyledonibus seraiteretibus sub- 

 longiore. — Herbas peremies Europae et Asiaticae, caulescoifes, foliis 

 geminatis^ integerrimu, pedunculis exira-axillaridus^ soUimik, \'Jlork, 

 coxoYLb. ^avescente vel lurido-vtplc(cea, 



1. A.tro])a delladonnaj Linn. Noes Gen. Fl. Germ, [icone optimo] : 

 caulibus erectis, dichotomis ; foliis 

 late ovatisj versus apicem acuminatis, acutis, basi roluudalis et in 

 petiolum longum repentc cuneato-attenuatis, glaberrimis ; pednn- 

 culo pubescente, florifcro pendulo, fructifcro erecto, elongato, 

 apice incrassato ; corolla lurido-violacea, filamentis imo sparse pu- 



bescentibus. — Europa. 

 The leaves of this plant are generally from five inches and a half to 

 seven inches long, including the petiole, and three inches and a quarter 



broad. 



2. Atropa acuminata, Eoyle. IlL JBot Him. 279. Journ, Horf, Soc. 

 vol. i. p. 306. (n. sp.) :— caulibus erectis dichotomis ; foliis gemi- 

 natis, altero tertio minbre, oblongo-ellipticis, longe sensim acumi- 

 natis, imo in petiolum gradatim attenuatis, glaberrimis ; corolla 

 majora, viridescenti-lutea, filamentis imo dense lanatis.— Mongolia. 



i;. 5. in Hb. Lindley (Munro) t?. r. cult, in Jwrt. Kewemi. 



In this very distinct and hitherto undescribed species, the corolla is 

 considerably larger and broader, of a greenish yellow colour, and of 

 thinner texture : the filaments are densely cottony at their insertion. 

 The leaves are seven inches long, includhig the petiole, and two inches 

 and a quarter to two inches and three-quarters broad, they are veiy 

 distinct in their form from that of the common Belladonna, being much 

 narrower and very much tapered at both ends. It was introduced 

 into this country from seeds sent from Clunese Tartar)', by Captain 

 Munro, in April, 1845, and the plants were first reared in the gardens 

 of the ' Horticultural Society. The exact locaUty of its origin is not 

 given, but it is stated to grow at a height of 12,000 feet. 



I have little doubt that other species exist which have been con- 

 founded with our common Belladonna. The plants brought from the 

 eastern extremity of Europe bordering upon Asia, appear to me inter- 

 mediate between the two species above described, their leaves are more 

 acuminated than those of our British plant, but the specimens I have 



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