442 SOLANACE^:. 



spreading bristles on the calyx. For a description of 

 two foreign species well worthy of being cultivated, 

 see "Gardening for Children." 



10. ASPERUGO (Madwori). 



1. A. procumbens (German Madwort). The only 

 species occurring, very sparingly, in Scotland and the 

 north of England. The stems are prostrate, angular, 

 and thickly set with rigid, curved bristles ; the flowers 

 are small, blue, and solitary in the axils of the upper 

 leaves. Fl. June, July. Annual. 



11. CYNOGLOSSUM (Hound' s-tongue). 



1. C. officindle (Common Hound' s-tongue). Leaves 

 downy. Waste ground, especially near the sea. A 

 stout herbaceous plant, 1 2 feet high, with large downy 

 leaves, lurid-purple flowers, and large flattened seeds, 

 which are covered with barbed prickles, and stick to the 

 wool of animals or the clothes of passengers as closely as 

 burs. The whole plant has a strong disagreeable smell, 

 like that of mice. Fl. June August. Biennial. 



* C. sylvdticum (Green-leaved Hound's-tongue) is a 

 plant of very local occurrence ; the leaves are shining 

 above (not downy), and the flowers reddish, changing 

 to blue. 



ORD. LIX.SOLANACILE. NIGHTSHADE TRIBE. 



Calyx deeply 5- rarely 4-cleft, inferior ; corolla of one 

 petal, 5- or rarely 4-cleft, equal or nearly so, plaited 

 when in bud ; stamens equalling in number the divisions 

 of the corolla, and alternate with them ; antJiers burst- 

 ing lengthwise, or opening by pores ; ovary 2-celled ; 

 style 1; stigma simple ; fruit a 2- or 4-celled capsule or 

 berry; seeds numerous. A large and highly important 

 order, containing about 900 species of herbaceous plants 

 or shrubs, which inhabit most parts of the world except 



