850 Solanaceae. 
1192. (5.) Lycium vulgare Dun. in DC. Prodrom. XIII (1852), 
p. 509. — Lycium Barbarum a vulgare Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. IH, p. 3. 
— lLycium halimifolium Mill. Dict. no. 6. — Branches elongate, 
whitish, armed or inermed, axillary spines 6—12 mm long, whitish, 
acute. Leaves thickly, subsessile acuminate, upperside green. under- 
side glaucescent, 2—3 em long, 3—6 mm broad. Peduncles axillary, 
one-flowered, solitary, floriferous 6 mm long, somewhat thickened at 
the tip, glabrous. Calyx green 2—3 mm long, lobes scarious at 
the margin white, puberulous. Corolla-tube infundibuliform, tube 
inside barbate; lobes ovate-lanceolate obtuse, 2—5 mm long, 1 to 
2mm broad. Stamens exserted, hairy towards the base, subflexuous. 
Anthers oblong-linear, 1 mm long. Ovary 2-celled, turbinate. Style 
white, erect or suberect, 5 mm long, never longer than the stamens. 
Stigma green. Berry ovate-lanceolate. — Flow. April. 
M. ma. Alexandria- West and -Hast. 
Also known from Europe and the Orient. probably originary in Central Asia. 
490. (7.) Datura Linn. 
Calyx long, tubular, 5-fid or spathaceous, often persistent at the 
base. Corolla funnel-shaped; road, 
often acuminate. Stamens 5, inserted near the base of the corolla- 
tube, included; anthers linear, dehiscing longitudinally, sometimes 
cohering into a tube. Ovary 2-celled, or more or less spuriously 
4-celled; style filiform, dilated and 2-lamellate at the apex. Capsule 
smooth or spiny, dehiscing by 4 valves or irregularly. — Herbs, 
shrubs or trees, glabrous or sparingly hairy. Leaves alternate, entire 
or coarsely toothed. Flowers solitary, large, fragrant, white, pinkish or 
vellow, erect or cernuous. 
Species about 12, widely dispersed through the temperate and warmer 
regions of both hemispheres. 
A. Capsule cernuous, spiny, dehiscing irregularly. 
[. Plant pubescent. Corolla 10-toothed. . . . 1. D. Metel. 
II, Plant glabrous or nearly so. Corolla5—6 toothed 2. D. fastuosa. 
B. Capsule erect, 4-valved. 
I. Capsule smooth ....-.+.+.-+-+-+.+-. 8&8 D. suaveolens, 
HI. Capsule, spiny. «w+. «5 sete + + » & D, Strampniamm 
1193. (1.) Datura Metel L. Spec. Plant. | (1753), p. 179. — 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Il]. Flor. d’Eg., p. 113 no. 762. — Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. @Eg., p. 262. — Dun. in DC. Prodrom. XIII, fase. 1, 
p. 543. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 292. — Bot. Mag.. tab. 1440.°— 
Datura cuayaquilensis H. B. K. Gen. et Spee. nov., p. 111. — Stem 
