Datura SOLANACEAE— SCROPHULARIACEAE Verhascum 



Datura L. Jimson Weed. Thorn Apple. 

 'D. Stramonium L. (Incl. D. Tatula L.) 



Frequent in cultivated and waste ground. Late summer. Nat. 

 from tropical America. 



[D. Metel L. 



Reported by E. Tatnall (MS Catalog) as collected by himself at 

 "railroad crossing, Ninth Ward," Wilmington, no date. No 

 specimen seen.] 



Hyoscyamus L. 

 H. niger L. Black Henbane. 



A rare waif: waste ground near Centreville (NC), Commons, 9 

 July 1871 (A); yard of Methodist parsonage, Sharptown (Wi), 

 Otis, 20 July 1914 (D). Nat. from Europe. 



Nicotiana L. Tobacco. 

 N. longiflora Cav. 



An occasional escape from cultivation in northern New Castle 

 County. 



Petunia Juss. 

 P. parviflora Juss. 



One known station: upper edge of salt marsh, Wachapreague 

 (Ac), Fernald & Long, 4169, 26 July 1934 (P, T). Native of 

 tropical America. 



"An extension northward of the natural range, from Florida"; 

 Rhodora 37, 440. 1935. 



P. violacea Lindl. 



Cultivated, and infrequently spontaneous in waste places about 

 Wilmington. Native of Argentina. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE (Snap Dragon Family) 



Verhascum L. Mullein. 

 V V. Thapsus L. Common Mullein. 



A common weed of fields and roadsides in the northern part of 

 our range. Nat. from Europe. t-> i. v ^ .iv, 



»i V. Blattaria L. Moth Mullein. 



Common weed northward; one collection from Talbot County: 



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