Ol'd. I.] PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 53 



113. DATuRA. Thorn-apple. 



1. D. Stramonium, 18. 1288. (Common T.) Fruit spinous, ovate, 

 erect. Leaves ovate, smooth, sinuated. 

 Dunghills and waste gr. . 7. Bushy, foetid, narcotic. Cor. 3 in. 

 white, plaited. 



114. HYOSCyAMUS. Henbane. 

 1. H. niger, 9. 591. (Common H.) Leaves sinuated, clasping the 

 stem. Flowers sessile. 

 Waste gr. 0, 7. Bushy, fetid, downy and viscid. Cor. yellowish 

 with purple veins. 



115. ATRoPA. Dwale. 



1. A. Belladonna, 9. 592. (Common D. Deadly Nightshade.) Stem 

 herbaceous. Leaves ovate, entire. Flowers solitary. 

 Waste gr. on calcar. soil. 2£. 6. Bushy, fetid. Fl. 1 in. drooping, 

 dullpurp. 



116. SOLANUM. Nightshade. 



1. S. Didcumdra, 8.565. (Woody N., Bittersweet.) Stem shrubby, 



zigzag, without thorns. Upper leaves hastate. Clusters cymose. 

 Hedges. T2 . 6, 7. Twining, many f Fl. purple. Berries scarlet, 

 poisonous. 



2. S. nigrum, 8. 566. (Garden N.) Stem herbaceous, without thorns. 



Leaves ovate, bluntly toothed, or wavy. Umbels lateral, drooping. 

 Waste and cult. gr. 0. 6 — 9. Bushy, fetid, narcot. Fl. white. 

 Berries black. 



117. ERYTHRJEA. Centaury. 



1. E. Centdurium, Chironia Cent. 6. 417. (Common C.) Stem nearly 



simple. Panicle forked, corymbose. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. 

 Calyx half the length of the tube ; its segments partly combined. 

 Gravelly past. 0. 7, 8. If Cor. pink; anth. spii'al, with 3 con- 

 volutions. 



2. E. littordlis, Ch. littor. 33. 2305. (Dwarf C.) Stem simple, straight. 



Leaves linear-obovate ; obscurely three-ribbed. Flowers densely 

 corymbose, nearly sessile. Calyx as long as the tube. 

 Sandy sea-shore. 0. 6,7. 2 — 3 in. L. nearly uniform. Style straight. 



3. E. latifolia, Suppl. 2719. (Broad-leaved C.) Stem three-cleft 



at the top. Flowers in dense forked tufts. Calyx as long as 

 the tube. Segments of the corolla lanceolate. 

 Sea-shores, Lane. ©. 7. 3 in. Lower I. 5 — 1-ribbed, ellipt. Style 

 straight. 



4. E. pulchella, Ch. pulch. 7.458. (Branched C.) Stem forked, 



winged, mostly branched. Flowers solitary, stalked. Calyx 

 nearly as long as the tube. Leaves ovate. 

 Sandy gr. chiefly near the sea. 0. 8, 9. 2 — 3 in. Cor.-segin. 

 lanceolate, Anth scarcely spired. 



