SOLANACE.E. Ill 



}. L.ycium. Corolla funnel-form or tubular. Fruit a small berry, the calyx 

 persistent but not inflated. A shrubby plant with long drooping 

 branches and greenish-purple flowers on slender peduncles fascicled in 

 the axils. 



4. Hyosey'amus. Fruit a, pod, the top coming off like a lid. Calyx urn- 



shaped, 5-lobed, persistent. Corolla funnel-form, oblique, the limb 5- 

 lobed, dull-coloured and veiny. Plant clammy-pubescent. 



5. Datu'ra. Fruit a large prickly naked pod. Calyx long, 5-angled, not per- 



sistent. Corolla very large, funnel-form, strongly plaited in the bud, 

 with 5 pointed lobes. Stigma 2 lipped. Rank-scented weeds, with the 

 showy flowers in the forks of the branching stems. 



6. Nicotia'na. Fruit a pod, enclosed in the calyx. Calyx tubular-bell-shaped, 



5-cleft. Corolla dull greenish-yellow, funnel-form, plaited in the bud. 

 Leaves large. Flowers racemed or panicled. 



1. SOLA'NTJM, Tourn. NIGHTSHADE. 



1. S. Dulcama'ra, L. (BITTERSWEET.) Stem somewhat 

 shrubby and climbing. Leaves ovate and heart-shaped, the upper 

 halberd-shaped, or with 2 ear-like lobes at the base. Flowers violet- 

 purple, in small cymes. Bennies red. Near dwellings and in 

 moist grounds. 



2. S. nigrum, L. (COMMON NIGHTSHADE.) Stem low and 

 spreading, branched. Leaves ovate, wavy-toothed. Flowers small, 

 white, drooping in umbel -like lateral clusters. Berries black. 

 Fields and damp grounds. 



3. S. rostra'tum, Dunal, is a prickly herb with large yellow 

 flowers and sharp anthers. Ottawa. 



2. PHYS'AL.18, L. GROUND CHERRY. 



1. P. visco'sa, L. (P. Virginiana, Mill, in Macoun's Cata- 

 logue. ) Corolla greenish-yellow, brownish in the centre. Anthers 

 yellow. Leaves ovate or heart-shaped, mostly toothed. Berry 

 orange, sticky. Sandy soil. 



2. P. grandiflo'ra, Hook. Corolla white, large, with a woolly 

 ring in the throat. Anthers tinged with blue or violet. 



3. LYCIUM, L. MATRIMONY- VINE. 



L. Vlllga're, Dunal. Common about dwellings. Berry oval, 

 orange-red. 



4. HYOSCY'AMUS, Tourn. HENBANE. 



H. niger, L. (BLACK HENBANE.) Escaped from gardens in 

 some localities. Corolla dull yellowish, netted with purple veins. 



