186 POPULAR FLORA. 



Corolla between wlieel-shaped and bell-shaped, or very open and short funnel-shaped, 

 \vith an almost entire border: anthers separate, shorter than the filaments: ca- 

 lyx enlarged and enclosing the berry. 

 Calyx 5-lobed, becoming a bladdery bag around the (eatable) berry, (Plij/salis) Grouxd-Ciiekey. 

 Calyx 5-parted, the divisions becoming heart-shaped: berry dry, {Nicdndra) ^Apfle-of-Peru. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, bell-shaped, or tubular: stamens separate: filaments slender. 

 Calyx 5-parted, leafy, spreading: stamens curved or unequal. 



Corolla bell-shaped : stamens curved: fruit a black berry (deadly poi- 

 t sonous), {Atropa) ^Deadly Nightshade. 



Corolla funnel-shaped: stamens unequal: fruit a pod, {Petunia) *Petukia. 



Calyx 5-toothed or 5-lobed. 



Shrubby, with vine-like branches and narrow leaves : corolla funnel-shaped, 



small: fruit a berry, {Lijcium) *-]\lATiaMOXY-vi>-E. 



Herbs (annuals), unpleasant-scented, mostly large-flowered. Fruit a pod. 



Corolla (dull and veiny) and stamens rather irregular: pod in the urn-shaped 



calyx, opening at the top by a lid (Fig. 465), {Ihjoscijamus) Hexba>-e. 

 . Corolla perfectly regular, generally long funnel-shaped. 



Calyx 5-angled, long, filling away after flowering : pod large and 

 prickly, 2-celled and becoming 4-celled, 4-valved. ( Flower, 

 Fig. 177, 458), {Datiira) Stramonium. 



Calyx not angled, remaining around the smooth pod, which opens by 



several slits at the top, (Nicotiana) ^Tobacco. 



The only genus which needs to have the species enumerated is the 



Nightshade. Solanum. 

 * Anthers blunt : plants not prickly. 



1. Common Nightshade. A very common low, much-branched, homely weed, in damp or shady 



grounds ; root annual; leaves ovate, wavy-toothed; flowers very small, white; berries black, 

 small, said to be poisonous. S. mgrum. 



2. Bittersweet N. Stem rather shrubby, climbing; leaves ovate and heart-shaped, some of them 



halberd-shaped or with an ear-like lobe at the base on one or both sides; flowers blue-purple, 

 in small cymes; berries bright red. Around dwellings, iS:c. (The flowers are represented in Fig. 

 182, as well as Fig. 463.) S. Dulcamara. 



3. Jerusalem-Cherry N. A low tree-shaped shrub, with lance-oblong and smooth entire leaves, 



scattered and small white flowers, succeeded by large bright red berries like cherries. Cultivated 

 in houses, &c. S. Pseudo-Caj)sicum. 



4. Potato or Tuberous N. Shoots under ground bearing tubers (Fig. 60); leaves interruptedly 



pinnate; the leaflets very unequal, some of them minute; corolla only 5-angled (Fig. 1S3), white 

 or blue. Cultivated. ^- tuberoswn. 



* * Anthers long and taper-pointed : stems and leaves prickly. 



5. Egg-Plant N. Leaves ovate, wavy or somewhat lobed, downy; berry oblong, purple or whitish, 



from the size of an egg to that of a melon, eatable when cooked. Cult. S. Mdongena. 



6. Horse-Nettle N. Leaves ovate or oblong, wavy or angled, hoary-hairy; corolla bluish; berry 



yellow. A weed, S. ^- Carolincnse. 



