4g8 LSXXII. SOLANEiE. 



[Jidholroclie. 



Avith a few stellate ones. Leaves very, shortly pctiolate or almost sessile, 

 ovate obovate or oblong, very obtuse, thick, i to 1 in. long, nearly glabrou. 

 ^vhen Ml grown. Flowers sessile, solitary in the axils of small leaves, which 

 are usually crowded in the axils of the upper leaves and ends of the l^rjfc^j^- 

 Calyx abJut 2i lines long, deeply divided into lanceolate lobes. Co ol a 

 dull purple, about 4 or 5 lines diameter, the lobes broad, ob use. as long as 

 or longer than the tube, reflexed when fully open, very pubescent out. Ue 

 Klaments dilated and pubescent at the base, and closed. over tf o^^^';" ; 

 filiform and recurved, rather shorter than the corolla. Capsule enclosed in 

 the persistent calyx, quite glabrous. Seeds usually very few, and sometimes 

 only a single one ripcnin- ; testa reticulate, rugose, slightly coriaceous, a. 

 DO. Prod. xiii. part i. 676 ; Miers, Illustr. ii. App. 36. t. 86. 



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2. A. Walcottii, F. Mxell Fragm. i. 123. An erect much -branched 

 shrub of 1 to l^ ft., covered with a dense tonientum, sometimes very su ^^^ 

 and close, sometimes looser and almost floccose, usually rust-coloured, J^^^ 

 sisting, as in A. pannosa, of plumose hairs, persistent on the leaves '^^^i^. ,^ 

 on the rest of the plant. Leaves ovate obovate or orbicular, '=0!^*P'^^JJ|J^^ ^^ 

 a petiole more prominent than in A. pannosa, very obtuse, 2 ^^ | ^'^ f? 

 in some specimens all under \ in. Flowers scattered along tlie '^i'»»';' ,^ 

 solitary in the axils, on pedicels at least half as long as the leaves, sim^.^^ 

 than in A. pannosa, but otherwise similar. Calyx about 2 lines long, 

 obtuse lobes. Corolla dark purple. Filaments very hispid at the base. ^^ 



Australia. Marchison river, Oldjield, Brummond ; Dirk Hartog s 



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Milne. 



6. DATURA, Linn. 



si 

 the 



ovoid or globular capsule, opening in 4 short valves, and usually oe ^ ^^ .^ 

 prickles. Embryo curved round a fleshy albumen. — Tall coarse lier '',^ .^ 

 S. American species, shrubs or soft-wooded trees. Leaves alterna e, 

 pairs. Flowers solitary, terminal or lateral, usually very large. ^ ^^ 



A small genus, chiefly American, witK two or three species equally ^""V^'^ViLgt in '^^ 

 haps indigenous to, the Old World. The only Australiau species is endemic, ai 

 Australian form. 



T7" i i 90 All 



1. D. Leichhardtii, F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. 1. ^^-^^^^^^ 



erect annual of 1 to 3 ft., sparingly pubescent. Leaves pe^^^^^V 3 to 

 acute or shortly acuminate, irregularly sinuate-toothed or lobed, ni° J . j. 



4 in. long 



minal or 



;. Flowers of a pale yellowish-white, on short peduncles ei ^^^^ 

 mmai or in the forks, and recurved after flowering. Calyx scarcely c^ .^^^^ 

 in. long. Corolla about twice as long as the calyx, the angles pron .^^^^^ 

 short points. Capsule reflexed, globular,^ about 1 in. diameter, ''^^ ^^^y^ j", 

 resting on the broadly expanded persistent base of the caly:^.— -^• 

 Muell. Fragm. vi. 144, but scarcely of Nees. 



N. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, Landslorough ; Ashlurton river, /Ta^^*' • 



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