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is covered with spines. This is the case with 

 D. Stramonium (the common Thorn-apple), D. 

 Tatula, and D. Metel, all of which have also 

 their stamens enclosed ; but in D. ceratocaulon 

 the capsule is smooth and the stamens exserted, 

 that is, they project beyond the tube of the 

 corolla. 



The genus Brugmansia is distinguished by its 

 calyx being ventricose, and only two or three 

 cleft ; it is also strongly ribbed. The corolla is 

 funnel-shaped, the tube being strongly ribbed ; 

 and the limb is five-lobed, the lobes being cus- 

 pidate, that is, drawn out into abrupt points. 

 The flowers are drooping, and in Brugmansia 

 suaveolens, formerly Datura arborea, they are 

 very fragrant. The anthers grow together. 

 The capsule is two-celled, smooth, and of a 

 golden yellow, and the seeds are each covered 

 with a thick corky skin. In Solandra, a nearly 

 allied genus, the calyx bursts on one side, and 

 the lobes of the corolla are not cuspidate, but 

 rounded and fringed. The stamens also project 

 beyond the mouth of the corolla, and the cap- 

 sule is four-celled. The species of Solandra are 

 all stove-trees. 



TRIBE III.— VERBASCINE^. 

 The plants included in this division differ 

 from those in the preceding ones, in not having 



