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A. Belladonna, L., Deadly Nightshade; a small shrub, 

 stem 2-3 ft., flowers greenish-purple, I in. wide, berry 

 black, very poisonous ; thickets, occasional. 



4. Hyoscyamus, L. 



Flowers axillary or in scorpioid cymes; corolla bell- 

 shaped ; stamens distinct ; fruit a 2-celled capsule, split- 

 ting horizontally (pyxis), enclosed in the persistent calyx. 



H. niger, L., Henbane; foetid and poisonous; flowers 

 \\\ a unilateral cyme, dull yellow veined with purple, 

 stem-leaves amplexicaul, lobed or toothed; waste places 

 in the South. 



5. Datura, L. 



Flowers large, funnel-shaped; seed-vessel a 4-valved 

 capsule, bursting vertically, very spiny. 



D. Stramonium, L., Thorn-Apple ; flowers very large, 

 usually white ; waste places in the South. 



Order LX.— GESNERACE^. 



Flowers usually irregular ; calyx 5 -toothed ; stamens 

 usually 4, epipetalous; ovary superior, usually i -celled, 

 with parietal placentation and numerous ovules. A 

 rather large order, chiefly tropical and American ; repre- 

 sented in Europe by only a single species. 



I. Ramondia, Rich. 



Corolla regular ; stamens 5 ; capsule 2-celled. 

 R. pyrenaicay Rich. (PI. 89); flowers large, violet, 

 solitary, or 2-3 on leafless scapes 2J-6 in. high, nod- 



