138 ON THE GENUS ATROPA. 
Embryo teres, in albumen subcarnosum subspiraliter arcuatus, radi- 
cula angulam basilarem spectante, cotyledonibus semiteretibus sub- 
longiore.—Herbæ perennes Europe et Asiaticæ, caulescentes, foliis 
geminatis, integerrimis, pedunculis eztra-azillaribus, solitariis, 1-floris, 
corolla flavescente vel lurido-violacea. 
1, Atropa belladonna, Linn. Aog Gen. FI. gam. [ioone optimoj 7 ms 
caulibus erectis, dichotomis ; 
late ovatis, versus apicem acuminatis, acuiis, basi rotundatis et in 
petiolum longum repente euneato-attenuatis, glaberrimis ; pedun- 
culo pubescente, florifero pendulo, fructifero erecto, elongato, 
apice incrassato ; corolla lurido-violacea, filamentis imo sparse pu- 
bescentibus.—Europa 
The leaves of this plant are generally from five inches and a half to 
seven inches long, including the petiole, and three inches and a quarter 
broad. 
2. Atropa acuminata, Royle. Ill. Bot. Him. 279. Journ. Hort. Soc. 
vol. i. p. 306. (n. sp.) :—caulibus erectis dichotomis ; foliis gemi- 
natis, altero tertio minore, oblongo-ellipticis, longe sensim acumi- 
natis, imo in petiolum panim, SERENA phen: ; corolla 
majora, viridescenti-lntea filamentis imo dense lanatia Mo ia 
—v. 8. in Hb. Lindley (Munro) v. v. cult. in hort. Kewensi. 
In this very distinct and hitherto undescribed species, the corolla is 
considerably larger and broader, of a greenish yellow colour, and of 
thinner texture; the filaments are densely cottony at their insertion. 
The leaves are seven inches long, including the petiole, and two inches 
and a quarter to two inches and three-quarters broad, they are very 
distinct in their form from that of the common Belladonna, being much 
narrower and very much tapered at both ends. It was introduced 
into this country from seeds sent from Chinese Tartary, by Captain 
Munro, in April, 1845, and the plants were first reared in the gardens 
of the Horticultural Society. The exact locality of its origin is not 
given, but it is stated to grow at a height of 12,000 feet. 
I have little doubt that other species exist which have been con- 
founded with our common Belladonna, The plants brought from the 
eastern extremity of Europe bordering upon Asia, appear to me inter- 
mediate between the two species above described, their leaves are more 
acuminated than those of our British plant, but the specimens I have 
seen are too few and unsatisfactory to identify the specific points of 
