CHAP, ix.] NICOTIANE^. 151 



this species is five-angied and five-cleft, and the 

 corolla is funnel-shaped, the tube being very- 

 narrow near the base, and spreading out wider 

 towards the mouth. The limb is five-cleft, and 

 there are five stamens, one being much smaller 

 than the others. The stigma is transverse, with 

 a channel through the centre. 



Schizanthus is another genus nearly allied to 

 the last, but it is more difficult to give a just idea 

 of it than of any other that I have attempted 

 to describe. All the parts of the flower are 

 irregular. The segments of the calyx are un- 

 even ; and the limb of the corolla is cut into a 

 number of irregular lobes. There are only two 

 perfect stamens, but there are two other small 

 ones without any pollen in their anthers, and 

 the rudiments of a fifth. The two perfect 

 stamens are very elastic, springing upwards and 

 discharging their pollen at the slightest touch. 

 The capsule is two-celled, the valves opening at 

 top ; and the leaves are bi-pinnatifid. 



The genera Salpiglossis and Schizanthus have 

 been removed by Dr. Lindley from Solanacese, 

 and placed by him in the allied order Scrophu- 

 larinacese, or the Foxglove family. 



The Henbane {Hyoscyamus niger) has the 

 calyx ventricose at the base, and the corolla 

 campanulately funnel-shaped ; the limb is five- 

 cleft, and one of the segments is larger than the 



