444 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Datura—continued. 
D. arborea (tree-like).* fl., corolla white, Tin. to 8in. long. 
August. J. elliptic-oblong, quite entire, and are, as well as the 
tioles and branches, clothed with powdery pubescence. A. 
Mit. to 10ft. Peru, &c., 1815. Greenhouse shrub. SYN. Brug- 
mansia candida. 
„ ceratocaula (horn-stalked). fl., corolla with a green tube, 
white limb, tinged with purple, sweet-scented. July. ./. ovate- 
lanceolate, toothed, hoary beneath. Stem terete, purplish, dicho- 
tomous, horn-formed, pilose at the base. h. aft. to 3ft. Cuba, 
1805. Annual SYN. Ceratocaulos daturoides. See Fig. 618. 
(B. М. 5552.) 
flore- 
scented, solitary, axillary, pendent, shortly pedun- 
; corolla funnel-shaped, dilated at the mouth. August 
to October. J. ing in shape with D. cornigera, but quite 
glabrous. Branches terete. Native country unknown. 1845. 
A handsome, free-flowering species. (B. M. 5218.) 
D. cornigera (horn-bearing) fi., corolla white, or cream-coloured, 
large, funnel-shaped, striated, the mouth spreading, five-lobed, 
the lobes terminated by along subulate, spreading or recurved 
point; peduncles axillary, single-flowered, curved downward, so 
that the flower is drooping. Summer. l. chiefly confined to the 
extremities of the branches, ovate, petiolate, acuminate, entire, 
or sinuate or angled. Stem shrubby, about 36. high ; the you 
branches and almost every part of the plant clothed with so 
down. h. 10ft. Organ Mountains, 1844. A very singular plant. 
(B. M. 4252.) ad 4 
D. fastuosa (prickly).* /L, corolla violaceous outside, and white 
inside, oblique. July. Z. ovate, acuminated, repandly-toothed, 
qna at the base, and are, as well as the stem, downy. ^. 2ft. 
to East Indies, &c., 1629. Annual. 
chlorantha pleno (double yellow-flowered).* jl. yellow, 
double, sweet- 
D. levis (smooth) A synonym of D. muricata. 
D. Metel (Metel).* Л. fragrant; corolla white, large. June. l 
cordate, quite entire, Ж little toothed, and rg ag as the 
орісз, 1596. Annual. (В. M. 1440.) 
stem, downy. A. 2ft. 
+ BRANCH OF Datura METELOIDES, 
e)* is a greenhouse ev. 
with large longer-tubed LU 
California, 1856. SYN. Бра 
There veral rden forms in cultivation; 
being D. Ж Мей, a very handsome conservatory pl&Bb 
with large double white pendulous flowers. : 
Datura—continued. 
when young toothed, glabrous 
Tropical Asia, 1820. Annual. SYN. D. lævis. 
quercifolia (Oak-leaved).  /L, corolla violaceous. July. 
l. sinuately pinnatifid, hairy on the veins beneath. A. lft. to 2%, 
Mexico, 1824. Annual. 
D. sanguinea (bloody).* Л. solitary, pendulous, issuing from the 
forks of the branches ; corolla funnel-shaped, 7in. long, pubescent; 
tube orange-yellow, green towards the base, thick and fleshy; 
calyx large, ventricose, five-angled, five-ribbed, with prominent 
veins, copiously pubescent. Summer. /. alternate, often geminate, 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, waved and sinuated, with short blunt lobes, 
copiously clothed on both sides with soft white hairs; petioles 
, unequal at the base. A. 2ft. to 3ft. 
stout, nearly cylindrical, copiously hairy, slightly flattened above. 
Stem arboreous, from 3ft. to 12ft. high, round, divided at the 
h. Aft. to 8ft. in cultivation. Peru. An elegant plant. (S. В. Е. б. 
ii. 272, under name of Brugmansia sanguinea.) 
D. Stramonium (Stramonium) Thorn Apple. /. 
1. ovate, ч ада See cuneiform at the 
green. h. 2ft. gland. Annual. See Figs. w^. 
(Sy. En. B. 935.) "add 4 
D. suaveolens (sweet-scented).* fi. white, large. 
August. J. еШ bi uite entire, glabrous abo 
scarcely а. honest i lort. to 15%. Mexico, WAS А 
handso; house tree or shrub, much more ns 
grown iban any MIN member of the genus. SYN. m 
suaveolens. 
у tula tula). violaceous. July. l cordate-o “ж 
yep Ps woe Яд C, AR at the base, glabrous. A. 2ft. to 
America, 1629. Annual. (S. B. F. G. 83.) | 
D. Wrightii (Wright's). А synonym of D. meteloides. 
the best 
