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■•- -•- Flowers clustered. 



10. P. Carpenteri, Riddell. Stem erect, branching, closely pubescent ; 



leaves thin, obliquely cordate-oblong, or oval, acuminate, entire, or obscurely 



wavy, slender petioled ; flowers small, 3 - 6 in a cluster ; berry small ; fruiting 



calyx globose; flowers yellow. — East Feliciana, Louisiana {Prof. Carpenter). 



4. NICANDRA, Adans. 



Calyx 5-parted, inflated, 10-toothed at the base. Corolla bell-shaped, plaited, 

 obscurely 5-lobed. Stamens 5 : a,nthers separate, opening lengthwise. Berry 

 juiceless. — A smooth erect branching annual, with ovate-oblong toothed or 

 lobed petioled leaves, and solitary axillary nodding purple flowers. 



1. N. physaloides, Gart. — (Atropa physaloides, L.) — Waste and 

 cultivated ground. Introduced. July-Sept. — Stem l°-3° high, with an- 

 gled branches. Leaves 2' - b' long, decurrent on the petiole. Corolla white in 

 the throat. EruitLug calyx 5-angled, enclosing the globose berry. 



5. LYCIUM, L. 



Calyx 4 - 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lOcleft or toothed. Stamens 

 4 - 5 : anthers opening lengthwise, separate. Stigma capitate. Berry not 

 enclosed in the calyx. — Erect or twining often spiny shrubs, with entire 

 alternate or clustered leaves, and axillary or terminal flowers. 



1. L. Carolinianum, Michx. Stem erect, spiny, or unarmed, much 

 branched ; leaves small, clustered, club-shaped, fleshy ; flowers solitary, axil- 

 lary, purple ; calyx and corolla 4-cleft ; stamens 4, exserted. — Salt marshes. 

 July -Sept. — Shrub 3° -5^ high. Leaves 1|' long. Corolla small, hairy 

 within. Berry red. 



6. DATURA, L. Jamestown Weed, Thor\ Apple. 



Calyx tubular, terete or angled, 5-cleft, separating near the base, the upper 

 portion deciduous. Corolla funnel-shaped; the limb plaited, 5-lobed, convo- 

 lute in the bud. Stamens 5 : anthers opening lengthwise. Capsule spiny, 

 imperfectly 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. — Strong-scented poisonous herbs, 

 with petioled oblong or ovate mostly toothed leaves, and large solitary flowers 

 in the forks of the branches. 



1. D. Stramonium, L. Smooth; stem stout, forking; leaves ovate 

 or obloug-ovate, acute, sinuate-toothed ; corolla sharply 5-toothed, white, twice 

 as long as the 5-angled calyx ; capsule erect. — Var. Tatula. Larger: leaves 

 often cordate ; stem and corolla purplish. — Waste ground, very common. 

 June - Oct. — Stem 1° - 3° high. Leaves 4' - 8' long. Corolla 3' - 4' long. 



2. D. Metel, L. Pubescent ; stem stout, branching ; leaves ovate, entire 

 or slightly toothed ; corolla white, 10-toothed ; calyx loose, terete ; capsule 

 nodding. — Waste ground. Introduced. — Stems 3° - 4° high. Leaves 6' - 8' 

 long. Corolla 6' long. 



