i48 IJATURA, No. 31, 



1. Van Tatulotdes. Stem purple dotted with 

 greeny leaves subtruncate at the base, flowers purplish. 

 This is the D. tatula of some botanists, but not the 

 real one of South Africa and Asia. 



2. Van Cordata. Leaves cordate at the base; 

 stem ^reen, flowers pale bluish. 



3. Var- Jln^ustifolia^ Leaves obloiig-lanceolatej 

 sinuate, flowers pale bluish^ 



4. Var. Physttloides* Leaves oblique at the base, 

 viscid, flowers white. 



5* Var. Meteloides. Stem viscid, tall, leaves sub- 

 cordate pubescent viscid, flowers white, nodding. 

 This is the D. metel of some Botanists, but not the 

 true kind of Africa, which has globose capsuls, and 

 leaves nearly entire. 



6. Var. ^^Iba. Stem green without dots, flowers 

 pure white. 



This plant has handsome flowers, sometimes four 

 inches long, with leaver from three to seven inches 

 long, oi a lurid as^tocL It has been formerly culti- 

 vated for its beautiful blossoms, although they have a 

 lurid smell. Children use them as yet for garlands, 

 by forming strings of the flowers within each other. 

 Notwithstanding its noxious qualities, I have seen 

 Cows, Sheep and Goats browze on the leaves. 



It blossoms from May to September, in the Southern 

 States, and in the Northern from July to October, 

 bearing yet blossoms when the seeds of the first 

 flowers are ripe. It is killed by the frost with us; 

 hut ia warmer climates becomes a half biennial plant. 

 The whole plant Is a narcotic poison, producing 



