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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNlA^i 277 



2. Tatula. 



D. pericarpiis spinosis, I Pericarp spinous, erect^ 



erectisj ovatis ; foliis cor- | ovate ; leaves cordate 

 datis, glabris, dentatis. | glabrous, toothed. 

 Sp. pi. 1. p. 1008. 



Walt. p. 94. 



This plant, generally considered in this country s.^ the D. Tatula 

 of Linneeus, is scarcely a distinct species from the preceding. It is 

 generally larger; the leaes more acutely angled, and slightly cor- 

 date; and the corolla pale violet ; but all of these characters appear 

 variable. 



Grows with the D. Stramonium around Charleston, 



Flowers May — September. Furple Jimson weed^ 



ATROPA. Gen. pl. 335. 



Corolla campaftulata. I Corolla campanulate. 

 Stamina distantia. Bac- Stamens distant. Berry 

 ta globosa, S-locularis. | globose, § celled. 



1. Physaloides. 



A. caule herbaceo ; fo- | Stem herbaceous ; leaves 

 liJs sinuato-angulatis ; ca- I sinuate, angled ; calyx 

 |ycibus clausis, acutangu- closed, witli the angles 

 ' ■ Sp. pl. 1. p. 1017. I acute. 



Nicranda phjsalioides, Persoon, 1. p. 219. Pursh, 1. p. 158. 



Annual. Stem 12 — 18 inches higli, with many branches, laav^s 

 '"jernate, ovate, sinuate, with the angles acute, glabrous. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, on short peduncles ; angles at the base of the calyx 

 ^ery acute, somewhat sagittate. Corolla pale blue. 



«ouud occasionally on rich soils, around buildings. A native pro- 

 % of Europe. 



Flowers through the summer. 



PHYSALIS. 



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(Corolla rotata.^ Stamu \ Corolla rotate. Sta. 

 ?« conniventia. Bacca \ mens connivent. Berry 

 JJ?tra calycem inflatum 3 celled, inclosed in an 

 ^"ocularis. inflated calyx. 



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