HYOSCYAMUS NIGER. 
Ovary. Free (superior), two-celled, (fowr-celled in Datura), 
with the placenta in the axis. Styles and Stigmas united 
into one. 
Fruir. A capsule or berry. 
Seeps. Numerous. Embryo curved, lying in fleshy albumen, 
THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS, 
Hyoscyamus. Calyx tubular, five cleft. Corolla infundibu- 
liform, irregular; one of the five, obtuse lobes larger. Stamens 
five, declinate. Stigma capitate. Capsule ovoid, two-celled 
opening with a lid near the summit. 
Calyx tubular, five cleft. Corol funnel-form, five-lobed, obtuse, irregular. Stamens 
inclined. Capsule two-celled, covered With. a lid. 
THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Hyoscyamus Nicer. Stem branching, erect, very leafy, 
Leaves sinuate, clasping. Flowers sessile. 
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_ Leaves clasping, sinuate. Flowers veiny sessile. 
‘THE ARTIFICIAL CHARACTERS. 
Crass Pentanpria. Stamens five. Orper, Monocynta, Mono- 
petalous. Flowers inferior. Corolla regular. Herbs (rarely 
shrubby). Stamens alternate with petals. Fruit capsule or 
berry. Cells two with many seeds. istivation plicate. 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
‘Common Hennane is a native of Europe, and is naturalized 
in the northern parts of the United States. It grows spon- 
taneously at Detroit and Upper Canada, on waste grounds, and 
at the sides of roads, particularly on a calcareous soil, flowering 
ae July and August. The root is long, tapering, compact, and 
fibrous. The stem erect, woody, round, and branched, rising 
S about two feet in height. ‘The leaves are alternate, sessile, and 
bracing the stem, large, the lower ones being about a foot in 
, dee y sinnated, undulated, wool gh ; 
