37. SOLANACE^f:. 



115 



spine ; leaves deciduous, 

 thiolvish. usually clustered. 

 oboval to oblanceolate, vary- 

 ing much in .size ; flowers 

 solitary or twin, on long or 

 short pedicels ; calyx cylin- 

 drical with 5 triangular teeth. 

 becf)niiiig hemispherical and 

 deeply "i-lipped in fruit ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, nearly 

 twice the length of the calyx, 

 with a spreading limb and 5 

 oval lobes, which are deep 

 violet at ha«e and rather 

 shorter than the entire part ; 

 corolla - tube with a ring of 

 hairs inside near the middle 

 and a downy tuft on each 

 filament near its base: .sta 

 mens and style protruding: 

 berry .small, subglobulai-, 10- 

 12 mm. (about i in.) long and 

 about as broad, orange-red. 



Cultivated as a hedge and spontaneous in places, 

 especially near the sea. — Varies in certain points from 



Lycium 



<Avc*r\y' 



any 



Am 



>■ one ^lesori 

 ntic. S, tAp<^ 



tlesoribed species. .Most of the year. — Originally 



4. Datura, L. 



Datura Metel. 



1. Datura Metel, L. 



.Stout annual, with purpli.sh, 

 downy branches ; leaves large, 

 oval, stalked, faintlv sinuate, 

 unequal at base, the upper- 

 n\()st ones in pairs ; flowei's 

 very large, white, solitary, 

 axillary, erect on .short ped- 

 uncles; calyx tubular, downy. 

 7-8 cm. (about 3 in.) long, 

 breaking off transversely after 

 flowering and leaving the 

 stiff, persistant base below the 

 fruit; corolla about lo cm. 

 (6 in.) long, fiinnel-.shaped. 

 with a long tube and o-angled 

 limb; capsule large, globular, 

 downy, drooping on the re- 

 curved peduncle and covered 

 with spines. 



Cultivated and waste land. 

 Adelaide Plains, especially 



