258 LXXXTI. SOLAJfACEiE. 



4. WITHANIA, Pauqiiy. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-fid or 5-parted, the segments subulate, 

 inflated after flowering, and more or less covering the berry. 

 Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped or subrotate, longer than the 

 calyx, 5-fid. Stamens included ; filaments subulate, often di- 

 lated at base ; anthers oblong, splitting. Ovary clasped by a 

 thin, glandular disk, 2-celled, many-o\ailed. Style simple ; 

 stigma capitate. Berry globose, 2-celled, more or less con- 

 cealed in the inflated calyx. — DC. Prod. xiii. p. 453. 



W. somnifera, Dun., a common Mediterranean and Indian weed, occurs 

 in the Eastern district and at Natal. It is perennial, half- woody, more or 

 less hairy with soft, stellate hairs, with ovate or obovate, entire, obtuse 

 leaves, and clustered, short-stalked flowers, producing small, red berries. 



5. LYCIUM, Linn. 



Calyx 5-toothed or 3-5-fid. Corolla funnel-shaped or tubu- 

 lar, the limb 5-10-fid or toothed, sometimes plaited. Stamens 

 inserted in the middle or near the base of the corolla-tube, 

 included or exserted ; anthers splitting. Ovary 2-celled, 

 many-ovuled ; style simple ; stigma subcapitate. Berry 2- 

 ceUed.— Da Prod. xiii. p. 508. 



Small trees or shrubs, often spiny, with very rigid, divergent branches 

 and twigs. Leaves alternate, entire, sometimes tufted. Peduncles axillary 

 or terminal, solitary, in pairs or umbellate, rarely corymbose. — 17 Cape 

 species are described in DC. Prod., dispersed. 



6. DATURA, Linn. 



Calyx tubular, often angular, 5-fid at the summit or split- 

 ting down one side, at length circularly separating above the 

 base, the upper part falling oflT. Corolla funnel-shaped, ^vith 

 a spreading 5-toothed, plaited limb, twisted in bud. Stamens 

 included or subexserted ; anthers splitting. Ovary imperfectly 

 4-celled; style simple. Capsule roiigh or thorny, 4-cellea, 

 4-valved. — BC. Prod. xiii. ^. 588. 



Poisonous and fetid, herbaceous or arborescent plants. D. Stramonium^ 

 Linn., " the Thorn-apple," is a naturalized weed at the Cape. 



7. NICOTIANA, Tourn. 



Calyx tubular-bellshaped, semi-5-fid. Corolla funnel- or 

 salver-shaped, the limb plaited, 5-lobed, twisted in bud. Sta- 

 mens included ; anthers splitting. Ovary 2-celled, many- 

 ovuled ; style simple ; stigma capitate. Capsule in the 

 persistent calyx, 2-celled. — DC. Prod. xiii. ^. 556. 



N. Tabacum, Linn., "the Virginian Tobacco," is the type of this genus, 

 which includes annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees, chiefly American. 

 N.fruticosa, Linn., a very obscure species, is said, but probably incorrectly, 



