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base of the tube of the corolla. Ovary completely or partially 2-celled, with 

 2 ovules in each. Styles 2, distinct, or more or less united. Fruit a dry or 

 scarcely succulent capsule, usually opening transversely. Embryo spiral or 

 curved round a fleshy albumen. — Stems leafless, thread-like, parasitical, usually 

 bearing sessile clusters of small white or pink flowers. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over every part of the globe, except the extreme north and 

 south. 



1. C. japonica, Chois. ; Engelm. Spec. Ctisc. 67 {Trans. Acad. St. Louis, 

 i. 517). Steins not so slender as in most species. Flowers sessile or on very 

 short thick pedicels, solitary or more frequently clustered, with a broad scale- 

 like bract under each flower or pedicel. Sepals \ line long, ovate, obtuse. 

 Corolla broadly tubular, 2 to 3 lines long, with 5 short spreading or reflexed 

 lobes. Anthers oval, nearly sessile at the mouth of the tube ; staminal scales 

 near the base, ovate or oblong, fringed. Ovary globular, with a central axis, 

 but not completely divided into 2 cells. Style nearly as long as the corolla- 

 tube, entire or shortly bifid, with thick oblong stigmas. Capsule thick, ovoid, 

 above 3 lines long. 



In woods at Little Hongkong, Champion, Wilford ; also Wright, In China, Mantchuria, 

 and Japan. 



Order LXXVI. SOLANACEiE. 



Flowers regular or nearly so. Calyx usually with 5, rarely with 4, 6, or 10 

 teeth, lobes, or segments. Corolla with 5 or rarely with 4 teeth or lobes, 

 folded or rarely imbricate in the bud. Stamens as many as the lobes of the 

 corolla, and alternating with them. Ovary superior, 2-celled, or rarely incom- 

 pletely 4-celled, with several ovules in each cell. Style simple, with an entire 

 or lobed stigma. Fruit an indehiscent berry, or rarely a capsule, with several 

 seeds. Albumen copious, fleshy. Embryo usually curved or spiral surround- 

 ing the albumen, more rarely straight and central. — Herbs, shrubs, or soft- 

 wooded trees. Leaves alternate, without stipules. 



A numerous Order, in the tropical and warmer regions of the globe, with a very few spe- 

 cies straying into more temperate climates. A large proportion of the species contain more 

 or less of a narcotic poisonous principle, although several are among the more important 

 articles of food. 



Fruit a prickly capsule. Corolla large, with a long tube 5. Datura. 



Fruit a berry. Corolla rotate, campanulate, or with a short tube. 

 Calyx inflated after flowering. Corolla campanulate. 



Calyx deeply 5 -lobed, cordate at the base 3. Nicandra. 



Calyx shortly 5-lobed 2. Physalis. 



Calyx not inflated, though often enlarged after flowering. 



Corolla rotate. Anthers erect and connivent, much longer than their 



filaments 1. Solanum. 



Corolla contracted into a tube at the base. Anthers shorter than 



their filaments 4. Lycium. 



1. SOLANUM, Linn. 



Corolla rotate or slightly cup-shaped, 5 -angled or 5-lobed, folded in the 

 bud. Anthers on very short filaments, oblong or linear, erect and connivent 



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