Convolvulacese — Solanacese. loi 



CONVOL'VULUS ARVEN'SIS (92). Small Bindweed. 6—8. Bracts 

 (loio) small low down on the peduncle, stem climbing ^ ft. — I ft. high, 



leaves sagittate, lobes acute, flowers i in. diameter pink or white. 



Fields. Fig. p. 76. 



CONVOL'VULUS SE'PIUM (93). Great Bindweed. 6—8. Bracts 



(1008) 2 large enclosing the calyx, stem climbing 3 — 5 ft. high, leaves sagit- 

 tate, lobes truncate, flowers 2 in. diameter pink or white. Hedges. 



CONVOL'VULUS SOLDANEL'LA (44). Seaside Bindweed. 6—8. 



(1009) Bracts large enclosing the calyx, stem prostrate, leaves reniform 

 fleshy. Sandy sea-shores. 



II.— CUSCUTA. 



Slender branched twining leafless parasites, calyx 4 — 5 -cleft, corolla 

 urceolate 4 — 5 -cleft with a ring of scales below the stamens, styles 2, flowers 

 in compact. 



Cus'cuta Epithy'mum (43). Lesser Dodder. 7 — 8. Stems very slender. 

 (1013) reddish heads, small globular compact, sepals acute, stamens exserted. 

 On Furze, Thyme, and Ling. [F. Rg. W. Tb. Wl. CI. 



Cus'cuta europae'a (31). Greater Dodder. Stems thick yellow and reddish, 

 (1012) heads globular \ — | in. diameter, sepals obtuse, stamens included. 

 On Nettles and Vetches. LW. Tb. C. 



ORDER 49. — Solanacese. 



Calyx 5-partite persistent. Corolla gamopetalous of 5 petals rotate or 

 campanulate. Stamens 5 short epipetalous as many as and alternate with 

 the segments of the corolla. Ovary superior 2-celled many-seeded. Placen- 

 tation axile. Fruit a many-seeded capsule or berry. 



Corolla campanulate, 409 



Corolla rotate, white or purple, Solanum II. 



409 Flowers greenish purple, .... Atropa III. 



409 Flowers yellow, Hyoscyamus I. 



\.—HYOSCYAMUS. 



HYOSCY'AMUS NI'GER (78). Henbane. 6—9. Stem 1—2 ft. high 

 (1020) stout branching, leaves oblong amplexicaul toothed, corolla I — i^ in. 



diameter yellow veined with pmple, lobes broad, fruit enclosed in the 



enlarged calyx. Waste places. 



\\.— SOLANUM. 



SOLA'NUM NI'GRUM (61). Nightshade. 8—10. Stem herbaceous 

 (1016) 6 — 24 in. high, leaves ovate, flowers white few drooping, berries black. 

 Waste plcuei. 



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