SOLANACEAE 413 
entire, linear, pale beneath. Whorls numerous, densely-flowered, the bracts 
equaling the calyx. Calyx about 7 mm long. Corolla about 1 em long, 
red. (Fl. Filip. pl. 259.) 
Rare in our area, fl. Aug.—Jan.; of local occurrence in the Philippines, 
in waste places about towns, etc., undoubtedly an introduced plant in the 
Archipelago. Tropics generally. 
123. SOLANACEAE (NIGHTSHADE OR TALONG FAMILY) 
Herbs or shrubs, sometimes scandent, with alternate, simple or pinnate 
leaves, the leaves sometimes in unequal pairs, never opposite, the stipules 
none. Inflorescence lateral or terminal, axillary or extra-axillary, cymose, 
or clustered, the flowers sometimes solitary. Flowers perfect, regular or 
nearly so. Calyx inferior, 5-toothed or truncate, usually persistent in 
fruit, often enlarged. Corolla various, often plaited, the lobes 5. 
Stamens 5 (4 in 2 pairs in Brunfelsia), inserted on the corolla-tube. 
Ovary 2-celled or imperfectly 1- to 4-celled; ovules numerous. Fruit a 
dry or fleshy berry or capsular, usually 2-celled, many-seeded. 
Genera 83, species over 2,000, in the warmer parts of the whole world, 
7 genera and about 35 species known from the Philippines. 
1. Flowers 2 cm long or more. 
2. Flowers very large, about 6 cm long; fruit a spiny capsule. 
1. Datura 
2. Flowers much smaller; fruit not spiny. 
3. Shrubs. 
4. Flowers few, axillary or terminal; stamens 4, in 2 pairs. 
2. Brunfelsia 
4. Flowers numerous in terminal and axillary corymbs; stamens 5. 
3. Cestrum 
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1. Flowers less than 2 em in length. 
2. Anthers forming a cone surrounding the style, opening by two pores at 
the apex. 
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3. Leaves pinnate or 2-pinnate................2..222.....-::ceeceeee 6. Lycopersicum 
2. Anthers free, not forming a cone opening by longitudinal slits. 
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3. Calyx in fruit much enlarged, inflated, thin, loosely surrounding 
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1. DATURA Linnaeus 
Coarse, erect, branched, herbaceous or shrubby plants, usually rank- 
scented. Leaves large, sinuate, lobed, or entire. Flowers very large, 
pedicelled, axillary, solitary, white or purple. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, 
the basal part persistent in fruit. Corolla long, tubular-funnel-shaped, the 
limb plaited, shortly lobed. Stamens attached near the base of the tube. 
Ovary 2- or 4-celled. Capsule spinous, globose, bursting irregularly, seated 
on the enlarged basal part of the calyx. Seeds very numerous, compressed, 
wrinkled. (Altered from the Arabian name “Tatorah.”) 
Species about 10 in temperate and tropical regions, 2 in the Philippines. 
