Potato Family 



3. L. Parishii Gray. Puberulent, branches slender; Leaves 

 spatulate and lanceolate, about <> mm. long; pedicels 4-(> nun. 

 long; calyx about 3 nun. long, its limb shortly 5-lobed ; corolla 

 narrowly funnelform, about 10 mm. long, its lobes i' mm. long, 

 ovate, obtuse, at length equaled by the stamens. 



Dry mesas in the San Bernardino Valley, Parish. 



4. DATURA L. Thorn-apple. 



Annual or perennial erect branching narcotic herbs, 



with alternate petioled entire or sinuate-dentate Leaves, 

 and large showy solitary short-peduncled flowers. Ca 1 yx 

 elongated-tubular or prismatic, 5-cleft or spathe-like, 

 cireumscissile near the base. Corolla funnelform, the 

 limb plaited, o-lobed, the lobes broad, aeuniinate. Sta- 

 mens inserted at or below the middle of the corolla ; fila- 

 ments filiform, elongated. Ovary 2-celled or falsely 

 4-celled; style filiform; stigma slightly 2-lobed. Cap- 

 sule 4-valved from the top or bursting irregularly, ovoid 

 or globose, prickly. 



1. D. Stramonium L. (Stramonium or Jamestown-weed.) 

 Annual, green, glabrous, 3-10 dm. high; leaves sinuately and 

 laciniately angled and toothed; calyx prismatic; corolla white, 

 about 8 cm. long; capsule erect, thickly armed with short stout 

 prickles. 



Introduced at Ballona, Davidson. 



2. D. meteiloides DC. Prunose-glaucescent, erect, branching, 

 6-10 dm. high from a perennial root ; leaves unequally ovate, more 

 or less coarsely repandodentate or nearly entire; calyx cylindric, 

 about 8 cm. long; corolla white or tinged with violet, 15-20 cm. 

 long, the limb about 10 cm. broad, with 5 slender subulate teeth ; 

 capsule drooping in fruit, 5 cm. in diameter, densely prickly. 



Frequent in sandy soil throughout our range. July-September. 



5. NICOTIANA L. Tobacco. 



Annual or perennial viscid-pubescent or rarely gla- 

 brous narcotic herbs, shrubs or small trees, with alternate 

 entire or slightly undulate leaves, and medium-sized 



