THORN APPLE. 49. 
ing character. Capsules thorny, erect, ovate ; leaves 
ovate, angular, smooth—A. more particular de- 
scription of the plant is as follows. Stem erect, 
simple at bottom, much branched at top by repeat-. 
ed forks, smooth or slightly pubescent; hollow im 
the large plants, often solid in small ones. Leaves 
given off from the forks of the stem, five or six 
inches long, acute, irregularly sinuated and tooth- 
ed, with large acute teeth and round sinuses, the 
sides of the base extending unequally down the 
petiole. Flowers single, axillary, on short stalks, 
erect or nodding. Calyx composed of one leaf, 
tubular, with five angles and five teeth, deciduous 
by breaking off from its base. Corolla funnel 
shaped with along tube, five angled, its margin 
wayed and folded, and terminating in five acumi- 
nate teeth. Stamens growing to the tube by their 
filaments, with oblong erect anthers. Germ su- 
perior, hairy with the rudiments of spines, ovate ; 
style as long as the stamens; stigma obtuse, 
parted. at base. Capsule ovate, fleshy, covered. 
with thorns, four valved, four celled, opening at 
top. Seeds numerous, reniform, black, attached 
to a longitudinal: . ae which eee the 
centre of each cell. 
At least two distinct varieties of Datura Stra- 
monium are common in the United States. ‘One 
