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fruited forms cultivated here speedily revert to the small-fruited 

 form. 



Datura Stramonium, L. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 179. 



It is common in and round the village. It is called " Stra- 

 mondi," and used in medicine. The flowers open a little after 

 6 o'clock, i. e. just after sunset. I never saw any insects at them, 

 though we watched them. It fruits extensively. 



D. EASTUOSUM, L. 



Is cultivated in gardens as an ornamental plant. 



NiCOTIANA TaBACUM, L. 



A little tobacco is grown here, but of inferior quality. 



Phtsalis tiscida, n. sp. — P. hirsuta, var. ?, Hemsl. IEx_ped. 

 ^ Challenger^ pt. ii. p. 19. 



Herba suffruticosa, pedalis velbrevior, saepe omnino glanduloso- 

 pubescente, pilis simplicibus. Polia ovata subacuta dentata, 1-1 3 

 uncias longa, | unciam lata, petioli unciali. Plores parvi flavi 

 immaculati nutautes, iis P. minimce sequales, pedicellis gracilibus 

 5 unciam. Sepala 5 lanceolata acuminata hispida sub anthesi 

 non dilatata. Corolla pallide flava, \ unciam longa, petala obtusa 

 pubescentia prsesertim intus campanulata. Stamina linearia flava 

 angusta. Stylus gracilis, apice acuminato. Stigma capitatum. 

 Bacca parva globosa viridis ; calyx fructifer ovatus uncialis 

 parce pubescens, lobis acuminatis angustis, pubescentioribus. 

 Semina plana rotundata reniformia bruunea punctata. 



Common in various parts of the main island in bushy spots. 

 "When growing in dry rocky or sandy spots it is more stunted 

 and spreading and very viscid, covered all over with the glan- 

 dular hairs. In the more bushy spots it is taller, slenderer, 

 and more herbaceous, and less pubescent. It seems to be quite 

 distinct from any form of P. Mrsuta, Dunal, as it has neither 

 violet anthers nor a spotted corolla. From P. minima., L., again 

 it differs in the shape of the calyx in fruit, which has an ovate- 

 acuminate outline, the free portion of the sepals being narrow, 

 lanceolate acute, and very hairy. The interior of the corolla is 

 very pubescent. 



SoLANUM OLERACEUM, Dunal, Syt) . p. 12 ; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. p. 51.— 8. nigrum, var., Sendtn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. x. p. 17. 

 In several spots in the Sapate, but always near the convicts' 



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