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ORD. XII. 
SOLANACEAE, SEU LURID. 
Linnzus called this Order Luridz, from the Plants it included 
being of a pallid noxious appearance. “ Sunt plante suspecte.” 
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DATURA STRAMONIUM. COMMON THORN-APPLE. 
SYNONYMA. Stramonium. Pharm. Edinb. Solanum fetidum, 
pomo spinoso oblongo.. Bauh. Pin. p. 168. Stramonium majus 
album. Park. Parad. p. 360. Stramonium spinosum. Gerard. 
Emac. p. 348. Raii. Hist. p. 748. Stramonium foliis angulosis, 
fructu erecto, muricato calyce pentagonia. Hail. Stirp. Helv.n. 
586. D.stramonium. Withering. Bot. Arrang. p. 230. Flor. 
Danic. p..456. Stoerck. Libell. de Stram. &c. Curt. Flor. Lond. 
Smith. Flor. Brit. 253. 
Class Pentandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. p. 246. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cor. infundib. plicata. Cal. tubulosus, angulatus, 
deciduus. Caps. 4-valvis. 
Sp. Ch. D. pericarp. spinosis.erectis ovatis, foliis ovatis glabris. 
THE root is large, annual, white, divided, and fibrous: the stalk 
is thick, erect, stead smooth , shining, below simple, above dichoto- 
mous, and rises about two feet in height: the leaves are alternate, 
No. 17.—voL. 2. 3D 
