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STRAMONIUM 



(datura stramonium.) 



Thorn Apple^ Apple of Peru, Devil's Apple, 



Jamestown Weed. 



Stnotttms. — Solanum porno spinoso oblongo flore calathride, Stramonium 

 vulgo dictum, Rail Syn., vol. i. p. 266. Stramonium majus album, Park., p. 26. 

 Stramonium spinosum, Gerarde JEm,, p. 348. Stramonium fcetidum, Scot. Cam., 

 p. 252. Stramonium, n. 586 ; Sail Sist, vol. i. p. 258. Datura lurida, Salts. 

 Prodr., p. 131. Solanum maniacum, Dioscorides, Tabula; Camer. Fpit. vol. i. 

 p. 176. Datura Stramonium, Lin. Sp. PI., p. 255, etc. 



Foreign Names.— Fr. : Pommo epineuse, Stramonium. Ital. : Stramonio, 

 Datura. Span, : Estramonio. Port. : Estrammonio. Germ. : Stechapfel, Dorn- 

 apfel. But. : Doorn-appel. Steed.: Spikklubort Dan. : Galurt. Russ. : 

 Durman, Pranie ozurtoi. 



Nat Order, Lurida, Linn.; Solanejs, Jussieu, Be Cand.; 



Solanace^e, Burn. — Pentandria, Moxogynia. 



Gen. Char.— Calyx large, tabular, ventricose, five-angled. Apex five- 

 cleft, caducous; base orbiculate, peltate, persistent. Corolla large, 

 funnel-shaped ; tube long ; limb five-angled, five-plieate, five-acuminate. 

 Stamens five. Stigma two, lamellar. Capsule bristly or smooth, ovate, 

 two-celled. Cells two, or many-parted, with a permanent dissepiment 

 (JSot. Gall.) 



Spec. Chae.— Fruit spinous, ovate, erect. Leaves ovate, smooth, sinu- 

 ated (Smith.) 



History. — The Datura Stramonium has been supposed by 

 some authors to be the same as the Irpmvos tumms of 



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The specific name Stramonium 



Fig. 1. Corolla and stamens. 2. Germen, style, and stigma, 3. Section of the 

 fruit. 4. A seed. 



