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M.OWERS 01>" WASTE PLACES, ETC. 



and veined. I here is a smaller kat below each leaf, due possibly to 

 displacement, the leaf -stalk beint;' united below with following' shoots 

 as though arising from it. 



The flower-stalks are axillary, and the flowers are drooping, bell- 

 shaped, dingy-purple, clammy, glossy, and veined. The berr\- is black, 

 velvety, round, sweet, bilocular, wiih brown seeds. 



'I'Ik; 1 )eadly Nightshade is 3 5 ft. high. It llowcrs in June and 

 Jul}. It is perennial, increased l)y division of the root. 



The flower is bell-shaped, drooping, monopetalous, tubular, enlarged 



I'lioto. J, H. Cr.ibtree 



De.adly Nightshade {Alropn Belladonna, L.) 



below, Spreading abo\'e, with a shori tube. 1 lu.-re are 5 anther-stalks, 

 bent below the anthers, 2 shorter, thicker at the base, hairy, bent 

 inwards at the top, and as long as the tube. The anthers are large 

 and yellow, with slits, and double. The anther-stalks lengthen after 

 the anthers are ripe. The pistil is grooved both sides with a honey- 

 gland at the Ijase. The stigma ripens hrst, and jirojects bc\-ond the 

 anthers. The style is thread-like, longer than the stamens, inclined 

 downwards; the stigma is pin-headed, two-lipped, green. The plant is 

 adapted for cross-pollination by medium -sized humble bees, bees visiting 

 it and also Tlirips. Honev is secreted at the base of the ovary, and 

 protected by stiff hairs on the stamens. 



The fruit is a 2-lobed berry, which falls around the parent plant, or 

 is dispersed by animals, birds, or man. 



