DICOTYLEDONS. BORAGINE.^. 2*23 



1. V. ThapsuSy leaves decurrent woolly on both sides, stem sim- 

 ple, 2 stam. longer glabrous, p. 78. — Waste places. 



2. V. Lychnitis, leaves oblong wedge-shaped nearly glabrous 

 on the upper side, stem angled paniculate, p. 78. — Road-sides. 



3. V. pulvcrulentum, leaves ovato-oblong subserrate pulveru- 

 lento-tomentose on both sides, stems roiuided panicled. p. 78. 

 — Waste places. 



4. V. nigrum^ leaves oblongo-cordate petiolate crenate subpube- 

 scent. p. 78. — Banks arid hedges. 



2. HYOSCYAMUS. 

 Cal. tubular, 5-cleft. Cor. infundibuliform, irregular, its lobes 



obtuse. Stam. 5. Stigma capitate. Capsule ovate, oper- 



culated at the extremity. 

 1. H. niger, leaves amplexicaul sinuated, flowers nearly sessile. 



p. 78. — IVaste places. 



Div. II. Fruit lerried. 



3. ATROPA. 

 Ca/. 5-cleft. Cor. campanulate, 5-lobed, equal. Slam. 5, di- 

 stant. Berry globose, 2-celled. 

 1. A. Belladonna, stem herbaceous, leaves ovate undivided, 

 p. 78. — Waste places. 



4. SOLANUM. 

 Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. rotate, 5-fid, patent. Anthers 5, erect, con- 

 nivent, opening with 2 pores at the extremity. Berry subglo- 

 bose, 2- rarely 4-cel!ed. Embryo curved. 



1. S. Dulcamara, stem without thorns shrubby climbing, leaves 

 cordate glabrous superior ones hastate, corymbs opposite the 

 leaves drooping, p. 79. — Hedges. 



2. S. nigrum, stem without thorns herbaceous, leaves ovate 

 bluntly toothed and waved, umbels lateral drooping, p. 79. — 

 Waste places. 



Order XXII. BORAGINE.^. Jus-s. 



Cal. 5- (rarely 4-) partite, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, mono- 

 petalous, most frequently regular, 5-cleft, sometimes 4 -cleft, 



, with imbricated aestivation. Stam. inserted into the cor., al- 

 ternate with its segments, and equal to them in number, 

 rarely more. Ovary 4-partite, 4-seeded, or simple, 2 — 4- 

 celled. Ovules definite, pendulous. Achenia 4, distant, or 

 united at the base; or a 4-celled drupe', or a berry with 2 — 4 

 stones. Seeds without, or nearly without, albumen. Radi- 

 cle superior. 



