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POPULAR FLORA. 



185 



Moming-GIory. Tpomcba. 



1. Common Jf. Annual; stem liniry, tlie Imirs bent downwards; leaves lienrt-shnped, entire; flowers 



3 to 5 on the peduncle; flowers purple or pink varying to white, opening early iu the morning, 

 closing in briglit sunshine; pod 3-cellcd. Cult. &c. I. purpurea. 



2. Wild ^I. (or ]\Iax-of-tiie-Earth). Smooth ; root huge, perennial ; leaves heart-shaped, entire or 



some of tliem narrowed in the middle; flowers 1 to 5 on a peduncle, white with purple in the 

 tube, opening in sunshine. Sandy banks. I. panduratus. 



68. NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. Order SOLAXACE.E. 



Herbs, or sometimes shrubs, ■with a colorless bitter or nauseous juice (often poisonous) ; 

 alternate leaves ; and regular llowers, •with 5 (or in cultivattnl ])lants sometimes G or 7) 

 mostly equal stamens and one pistil. Ovary -with 2 or more cells, in fruit becoming a 

 many-seeded berry or pod. Corolla plaited in the bud, or valvate, i. e. the lobes placed 

 edge to edire. 



438 Upi)£r part of ihe corolla of Strnmonium (Fi?. 177) in buil. <33. Cioss-seclion of the same, to show how it is plaited and folded. 

 45t. Kl'iwer of l"o!):>cco. 431 Us |)Oil ami calyx. 462. fciaine, will) llie upper pari cut aw.iy 463 Flowers and beriiei uf Billersweet 

 Niglitsliade. 434. Flower of HeuOane. 465. Fod of tlie same, o|)eiiiiig by a lul. 



Corolla wheel-shaped : stamens closely converging or united around the style (Fig. 

 182, 183). Fruit a berry. 

 Anthers longer than the very short filaments, and 



Connected with each other, opening lengthwise. Berry several-celled, (Ljjcopersicnm) *Tomato. 

 Not grown together, opening at the top by two pores, {Solanum) NioiixsiiADa 



Anthers shorter than the filaments, heart-shaped, separate, opening lengthwise. Berry 

 pod-like, inflated, the pulp very pungent (Cayenne or Red Pepper), 



( Cdpsicwn) *CArsicuM. 



