25G 



Order LXXXV. HYDROPHYLLACE^ ? 



(Tlie genus CotZon, of doubtful affinity, is referred hex'c by A. De CandoUe.) 

 1. CODON, Eoyen. 



Calyx 10-12-parted, tlie lobes subulate, erect, the alternate 

 ratlier smaller. Corolla bell-sliaped, rather longer than the 

 calyx, 10-12-lobed, the lobes oblong, obtuse, imbricate in bud, 

 the alternate rather smaller. Stamens 10-12, in the base of 

 the corolla, the alternate shorter ; filaments dilated at base, 

 subulate ; anthers 2-celled, incumbent, obtuse, much shorter 

 than the filament. Ovary ovoid-acute, glabrous, imperfectly 

 2-celled, with 2 parietal, many-ovuled placentas nearly meeting 

 in the middle; style semi-2-fid; stigmas slender. Capsules 

 enclosed in the persistent calyx, loculicidally splitting into 2 

 valves.— Da Prod. x. p. 588 ; Andr. Eep. t. 325. 



A rigid annual, in all parts sprinkled with sharp white prickles. Leaves 

 alternate, petioled, ovate-oblong, repand, somewhat fleshy, with the prickles 

 chiefly at the margins and on the petioles. Flowers solitary or subracemose. 

 Corolla large, white variegated with purple. — Found in the Karroo and on 

 the Northern frontier. 



Order LXXXYI. SOLANE^. 



Calyx 5, rarely 4-6-10-parted, persistent. Corolla 5-fid, 

 regular, equal, deciduous ; aestivation plaited or imbricate. 

 Stamens inserted on the corolla, alternate with its lobes and 

 as many ; sometimes one abortive. Ovary 2-celled, rarely 1- 

 celled ; ovules mostly indefinite ; style continuous ; stigma 

 obtuse. Fruit a capsule or berry. Seeds with much albumen, 

 and often an excentric embryo. — Herbs shrubs or trees, with 

 alternate, exstipulate leaves. Inflorescence cymose or forked, 

 rarely a true raceme. Properties more or less narcotic ; the 

 Tobacco, Nightshade, Cape Grooseberry, Capsicum, Tomato, 

 and Potato, are familiar examples. 



Fruit a many-seeded berry. 



Anthers opening by terminal pores 1. Solanum. 



Anthers splitting lengthwise. 



Calyx enlarged and inflated in fruit. 



Enlarged calyx 5-parted, with sagittate segments ; 



ovary 3-5-celled 2. Nicandra. 



Enlarged calyx deeply 5-fid, with siibulate seg- 

 ments ; ovary 2-celled 4. Withania. 



Enlarged calyx 5-toothed, 5-angled, closing over 



the fruit ; ovary 2-celled 3. Physalis. 



Calyx unaltered after flowering ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped or tubular 5. Ltcium:. 



