258 LXXXVI. SOLANACER. 
4. WITHANIA, Pauquy. 
Calyx bell-shaped, 5-fid or 5-parted, the segments subulate, 
inflated after flowering, and more or less covering the berry. 
Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped or subrotate, longer than the 
calyx, 5-fid. Stamens included ; filaments subulate, often di- 
lated at base ; anthers oblong, splitting. Ovary clasped by a 
thin, glandular disk, 2-celled, many-ovuled. Style simple ; 
stigma capitate. Berry globose, 2-celled, more or less con- 
cealed in the inflated calyx.—DC. Prod. xiii. p. 4538. 
W. somnifera, Dun., a common Mediterranean and Indian weed, occurs 
in the Eastern district and at Natal. It is perennial, half-woody, more or 
less hairy with soft, stellate hairs, with ovate or obovate, entire, obtuse 
leaves, and clustered, short-stalked flowers, producing small, red berries. 
5. LYCIUM, Linn. 
Calyx 5-toothed or 3-5-fid. Corolla funnel-shaped or tubu- 
lar, the limb 5-10-fid or toothed, sometimes plaited. Stamens 
inserted in the middle or near the base of the corolla-tube, 
included or exserted; anthers splitting. Ovary 2-celled, 
many-ovuled; style simple; stigma subcapitate. Berry 2- 
celled —DC. Prod. xii. p. 508. 
Small trees or shrubs, often spiny, with very rigid, divergent branches 
and twigs. Leaves alternate, entire, sometimes tufted. Peduncles axillary 
or terminal, solitary, in pairs or umbellate, rarely corymbose.—17 Cape 
species are described in DC. Prod., dispersed. 
6. DATURA, Linn. 
Calyx tubular, often angular, 5-fid at the summit or split- 
ting down one side, at length circularly separating above the 
base, the upper part falling off. Corolla funnel-shaped, with 
a spreading 5-toothed, plaited limb, twisted in bud. Stamens 
included or subexserted ; anthers splitting. Ovary meu 
4-celled; style simple. Capsule rough or thorny, 4-celled, 
4-vyalved.—DC. Prod. xii. p. 538. 
Poisonous and fetid, herbaceous or arborescent plants. D. Stramonium, 
Linn., “ the Thorn-apple,” is a naturalized weed at the Cape. 
7. NICOTIANA, Tourn. 
Calyx tubular-bellshaped, semi-5-fid. Corolla funnel- or 
salyer-shaped, the limb plaited, 5-lobed, twisted in_ bud. Sta- 
mens included; anthers splitting. Ovary 2-celled, many- 
ovuled; style simple; stigma capitate. Capsule in the 
persistent calyx, 2-celled —DOC. Prod. xiii. p. 556. 
N. Tabacum, Linn., “the Virginian Tobacco,” is the type of this genus, 
which includes annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees, chiefly American. 
N. fruticosa, Linn., a very obscure species, is said, but probably incorrectly,’ 
