PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. S75 



mis ; pedunculis uniflo- | peduncles l flowered, 



I solitary. 



Smith,Fl. Brit. l.p. 253. 



Sp.pl. l.p. 1005. 



Mich. 1. p. 148. Pursh, 1. p. 142. 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, -S— 3 feet high, simple, slightly 

 ingled, pubescent. Leaves sessile, slightly cordate, acute, ruaose, 

 sprinkled with hairs. " '. 



Of this plant we have two varieties. 

 "or. a; with leaves denticulate ; flowers solitary, axillary, on hairy 



peduncles nearly an inch long; corolla very pale yellow; 

 filaments feathered with purple hairs. 

 h; with leaves doubly serrate j flowei-s sessile, frequently clus- 

 tered, 2-3 in each axil ; corolla bright yellow, purple at 

 base ; filaments beautifully feathered with purple and white 



T *u ^^''*' ^^ ^''^^ ^'^^ ^' <^laytoni of Michaux .? 



in both varieties the corolla is hairy on the outside, glabrous with- 

 ". aut sprinkled with fascicles of hair, the hair, all terminated with a 

 Ji^dular head, and the seed dotted. 



A. "^"^Tj,^" ^^^^^ ^'*^'S' sparingly in the low country, but frequent in 

 £^?^ and upper districts! ^ > H 



vmrs 



DATURA. 



p^rolla infundibulifor- | Corolla funnel shaped 

 j^'Pfeta. Ca?^r tubu- plicate. Cfl/^^^r tubular 

 2*^8, angulatus, decidu- angled, deciduous. Cap- 

 ^\ Capsula 4.valvis. sule 4 valved. 



D 



Stramonium 



pericarpiis spinosis 



^s, ovatis ; foliis ova 



J^glabris. Sp.pH.p.|bi 



Pericarp spiny, erecf, 

 ovate; leaves ovate, gla- 



Kt 



annual. 



'^jsuc I ^'^"^3 — 5 feet high, branching, dichotomous, te- 



rf the gx'' ^^*' somewhat fistulous. Leaves alternate at tiie divisions 

 ^njj^jg P^"!' ''•ngled, sinuate, with the angles acute, unequal at base, 

 liry In tl ^^'-^ ^^^ hairs; petioles 2 — 4 inches long. Flowem sali- 

 ^ tubul^ ^^^^^'^^ ^f t'le stalk ; peduncles nearly an Inch long. Ca- 

 ^ents arn/' ^'^"e^ed, deciduous, pubescent; the border 5 cleft ; seg- 

 "S HR ti: ' ^/^^^ Corolla purple, sometimes white, three times a« 



*orter th ^fj^' angular at base, the border 5 toothed. Filaments 

 %h<r er X k .^°''*'^'aj inserted into the tube, pubescent. Mther$ 



*' cct; hairy, dark purple. Germ superior, oval, furrowed, 



