Obdeb 94.— SOLANACEjE. 



berry globous, 2-ceiled, sitting on the enlarged calyx. — Ilerbs of lurid 



colors. Lvs. often twin. 



A. Belladonna L. St. trichotomous ; lvs. ovate, entire; berries black.—- 

 This poisonous herb is far loss repulsive in its appearance than most others of its 

 order. The lurid, palo purple of tbo flower, indeed, looks suspicious, but not its 

 smell — nor the berries, which are larger than cherries, round, green, lit length of 

 a line, glossy black, full of a purple juice. Stem 5f high, branching below, and 

 with the large leaves, inclines more or less to a purplish hue. % § Eur. 



7. HYOSCTAMUS, Tourn. Henbane. (Gr. vg, log, a pig, and 

 Kvaiiog, bean ; the fruit is said to be not poisonous to swine.) Calyx 

 tubular, 5-cleft ; corolla infundibuliform, irregular ; one of the 5 obtuse 

 lobes larger ; stamens 5, declinate ; stigma capitate ; capsule ovoid, 2- 

 celled, opening with a lid near the summit. — Coarse, weed-like herbs, 

 native in Eastern countries. 



H. niger L. Branching, erect, very leafy ; lvs. sinuate, clasping; fls. sessile. — © 

 A tall, well known, foetid weed, growing about the rubbish of old houses, road- 

 sides, &c. The whole plant is hairy, viscid, and of a sea-green hue, emitting a 

 foetid odor. Stem 2f high, round. Leaves large, oblong, cut into acute, sinuate 

 lobes. Flowers in terminal, one-sided spikes ; the corolla straw-color, finely reti- 

 culated with dark purple veins. Tho whole plant is reputed poisonous, but has 

 long been regarded as an excellent mediciu* in nervous diseases, coughs, convul- 

 sions, &c. Jl. § Eur. 



8. PETITNIA, Juss. (The Brazilian name is pctun, latinized Petu- 

 nia.) Calyx tubular, 10-veincd, 5-parted, segments oblong-spatulste ; 

 corolla funnel or salver-form, teeth cylindric, limb spreading, usually 5- 

 lobed ; stamens 5, inserted in the middle of the tube, unequal, included, 

 anthers cordate ; stigma capitate ; capsule 2-celled ; seeds minute. — 

 South American herbs. Lvs. alternate, entire, the floral twin. Fed. 1- 

 flowered. 



1 P. Nyctaginiflora Juss. Diffuse, glandular-villous ; st. erect, branched; 

 lvs. solitary, ovate-oblong, obtusish, subsessile, floral sessile, cor dale-ovate, suboppo- 

 site; ped. axillary, solitary, exceeding the leaves; cor. tubo slightly enlarged 

 above, thrice longer than tho calyx, with a wide-spreading limb. — U Gardens. 

 Fls. large, white, numerous. 



2 P. violacea Lindl. Glandular hairy ; st. prostrate at base, then erect, spar- 

 ingly branched ; lvs. ovate, short-peliolaie, acute, the upper ovate-lanceolate ; ped. 

 solitary, equaling the leaves ; cor. tube inflated, limb cleft into rounded, acute 

 lobes.— y Sts. numerous, G to 1G' long. Cor. large, violet-purple. Both species 

 are great favorites in gardens, aud by mixture sport into endle-ss varieties, among 

 which is 



fi. Atkinsiana. Lvs. ovate, whitish ; cal. segm. ligulato ; cor. tubo twice or 

 more longer than the calyx. 



9. NIEREMBER'GIA, Ruiz et Pav. (Named for Nkremberg, a Span- 

 ish Jesuit.) Calyx persistent, tubular or subcampanulate, 10-veined, 

 curved, 5-cleft; corolla funnel-form, tube long and slender, limb ample, 

 spreading, plicate, slightly unequal ; stamens 5, inserted in the throat, 

 unequal, connivent; anthers hid beneath the stigma; capsule 2-ccllcd, 

 seeds many, minute, 3-angled. — South American, chiefly herbs, creep- 

 ing, with elegant, solitary, extra-axillary fls. 



1 N. aristata Sweet. Pulerulent, pale-green; sts. filiform, very branching: ft*. 

 ■narrowly linear, acute ; fls. pedunculate, opposite tho leaves, solitary ; cal. cam* 

 panulate, seg. linear-subulate, acute, twice shorter than the slender, glandular cor. 

 tube. — St. 3 to 9' long. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, 1" wide. Cor. largo, white, tinged 

 with purple, 3 striaa on each lobe. 



