330 PENTANDBIA MONOGYNIA. 



101. SABBATIA. 



8. stellaris: stem terete; branches dichotomous, elongated, 1-flowered; 



leaves lanceolate, acute ; segments of the calyx subulate, half as long 



as the corolla ; segments of the corolla obovate. 

 HAB. Salt marshes. Aug. $ ; afoot high, sub angular ; Jlower 



rose-color, with a yellow centre. 



102. VERBASCUM. Mullein. 



V. thapsus : leave? 'Jecurrent, woolly on both sides ; raceme spiked, 



dense ; two of the stamens glabrous. 

 HAB. Fields, road-sides, &c. June Aug. J* ; stem 3 6 feet high; 



Jlower bright yellow in very long spikes. 

 V. blatiaria : leaves amplexicaul, oblong, smooth, serrate ; peduncles 



1-flowered, solitary. 

 HAB. Old fields, &c. June July, tf ; 2 feet high, ang. ; raceme 



leafy ; pedicels 1 in. long ; stamens uneq. 

 a. alba : leaves toothed ; flowers white. 

 6. lutea : leaves doubly serrate ; flowers yellow. 



103. HYOSCYAMUS. Henbane. 



H. niger : leaves amplexicaul, sinuate ; flowers subsessile ; corolla re- 

 ticulate. 



HAB. Road-sides and rubbish. June, , J 1 ; hispidly-pilose, foetid ; 

 jftower in recurved spikes, dingy yellow. 



104. CONVOLVULUS. Bind-weed. 



C. arvensis : stem climbing ; leaves sagittate, with the lobes acute ; 

 peduncles mostly 1-flowered; bracts acute, remote from the flow- 

 ers. 



HAB. Fields. June, 1\. ; stem a little hairy ; leaves obtuse ; flow- 

 ers small, white ; stigma linear. 



C. sepium : stem climbing ; leaves sagittate ; very acute ; lobes trun- 

 cate ; bracts close to the flower, acute, longer than the calyx ; pedun- 

 cles quadrangular, 1-flowered. 



HAB. Hedges and low grounds. June July, Ij.; leaves cordate 

 sagittate ; peduncle long ; Jlower large, white. 



105. IPOM^A. 



{. purpurea : leaves cordate, entire ; peduncles 2 3-flowered ; pedicels 



incrassated, nodding ; capsule smooth. 

 HAB. Cultivated grounds and waste places. July August, ; 



stem hairy, twining ; corolla large, blue and purple. 



106. DATURA. Thorn-apple. 



D. stramonium: capsule spiny, erect; leaves ovate, smooth, angular, 

 dentate 



