the end, and 2 cells. Receptaculum convex on both sides, 

 fleshy. 

 Seeds several, roundish, dispersed among pulp. 



ATROPA. 



Calyx. Perianthium l leaf, permanent, with 5 divisions, bulg- 

 ing. 

 Segments acute. 



Corolla, i petal, bell-shaped. Tube very short. Border 

 bellying, egg-shaped, longer than the perianthium. Mouth 

 small, with 5 clefts, open. Segments nearly equal. 



Stamina. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, fixed to the base of, and 

 as long as the corolla, approaching at the base, but bowed 

 outwards, and diverging towards the top. Anther* rather 

 thick; rising. 



Pistillum. Germen half egg-shaped. Style thread-shaped, 

 leaning, as long as the stamina. Stigma knobbed, trans 

 versely oblong, rising. 



Pericarmum. Berry of 2 cells, globular, sitting upon the 

 perianthium, which enlarges. Receptaculum fleshy, kidney- 

 shaped, convex on both sides. 



Seeds numerous, kidney-shaped. 



CICUTA. 



Calyx. Umbel roundish, with many equal spokes. Rundlets 

 roundish, with many equal, bristle-shaped spokes. 



General Livolucrum none ; partial many leaves, leajits 

 like bristles, short. 



Calyx scarcely evident. 

 Corolla. General, uniform. Florets all fertile. 



Individuals, petals 5, egg«shaped, nearly equal, bent in- 

 wards. 

 Stamina. Filaments 5, hair like, longer than the petals. An- 

 there simple. 



