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3. li, Biirbaruin, L. 5 Barlary Box-Thorn. 1 to 4, glabrous, 

 glaucescent. Leaves oblong-spathulate to linear, obtuse. Calyx some- 

 what bilabiate ; corolla red, Ivhes scarcely shorter than tube; filaments 

 exserted — Summer — 



Var. brevilobuin, Post. Corolla-lobes ovate, half as long as 



tube ; anthers partially exserted Hedges ; Coelesyria to Palmyrene 



Desert, Aleppo, and northward. 



5. ATROPA, L. Belladonna. 



Calyx leafy, deeply 5-cleft, growing little in fruit. Corolla 

 tubular-campanulate, with 5, broad, imbricated lobes. Stamens 5, 

 inserted at base of corolla, filaments thickened at base, included, cells 

 of anthers distinct. Ovary 2-celled, implanted on disk ; style some- 

 what exserted ; stigma dilated, short-bilamellate. Berry globular, 

 juicy, seeds numerous, flattened, pitted — Perennial herbs. 



A. Bclladoaaea, L. 2^ .5 to 1, viscid-pubescent or glabresent, 

 stem erect, 2-3-forked above. Leaves ovate to oblong, often .2 long, 

 acuminate, short-petioled, the upper twin, unequal. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary or rarely twin, on nodding peduncles ; calyx-lobes triangular- 

 ovate, acuminate ; corolla dirty brown, with rounded lobes ; berry 

 red, .015 broad, .01 long — Gaiour Dagh (Amanus) 1500 m. 



6. MAMI>ItACr01SA, Juss. Mandrake. LuffdJi. Beid-el-Jinn. 



Calyx leaf-like, o-cleft or parted. Fig, 260. 



growing in fruit. Corolla campanulate, 

 5-cleft to half its length, the sinuses 

 induplicate between lobes. Stamens 

 inserted below middle of tube ; fila- 

 ments thread-like ; anther-cells nearly 

 parallel. - Ovary implanted on disk ; 

 style filiform ; stigma capitate, 3-lobed. 

 Berry large, globular, succulent ; seeds 

 punctate-scrobiculate — Stemless herbs, 

 with fleshy root, and resetted leaves. 



M. olSc^iiariim, L. % Root ■'^'^ -^ 

 more or less branched, fancifully sup- 

 posed to resemble the body of a man. 

 Leaves .15 to .25 long in flower, 4 or 

 more in fruit, ovate-oblong to ovate, 



wrinkled, crisp, sinuate-dentate or „, ,,, . 



entire, minutely hairy or glabrous, the F'^^vermg state of Mandrogora. 

 lower obtuse, the upper often acute or acuminate. Peduncles 1 -flower- 

 ed, clustered at neck, 1- co-times as long as calyx ; calyx-lobes lan- 

 ceolate, somewhat shorter than .025 to .03 broad, red berry ; corolla 

 whitish-green — January to March — Deserted fields ; common. 



7. DATURA, L. Jamestown- Weed. Thorn-Apple. 



Calyx tubular, 5-angled, 5-toothed or spathaceous at apex, in fruit 

 cut off above the persistent base. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 twisted in bud. Stamems inserted near base of tube, included ; anthers 



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