Lgcium.] solanace^. 245 



or rarely 4-lobed limb ; the lobes imbricate in the bud. Anthers short, open- 

 ing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit a globular or ovoid berry. — Shrubs, 

 often thorny. Leaves usually small, entire. Flowers usually pedicellate, so- 

 litary or several together in the axils of the leaves or at the old nodes. 



A considerable geuus, chiefly American, with a few species dispersed over the warmer 

 regions of the Old World 



1. L. chinense, Mill.; Bun. in DC. Prod. xiii. part i. 510. A tall 

 glabrous shrub, with long, weak, recurved, or pendulous branches, either un- 

 armed or the lateral shoots here and there converted into short spines. Leaves 

 lanceolate-oblong or obovate, acute or obtuse, \ to 1 in. long, or nearly twice 

 as long on luxuriant shoots, narrowed into a slender petiole. Pedicels usually 

 2 to 6 together in the axils. Calyx about 1^- lines long. Corolla-tube rather 

 longer; the limb broadly campanulate, deeply 5-lobed; the lobes about 3 

 lines long. Stamens exserted. Berries ovoid or shortly oblong, orange-red. 

 — L. vulgare, L. megistocarpum, and perhaps some others of Dun. 1. c. 



Naturalized in some parts of Hongkong, Hance. Believed to be a real native of China, 

 from w r hence specimens have been frequently sent, and now naturalized in various parts of 

 Asia and Europe, where it is much planted in cottage gardens, and spreads readily from 

 suckers. 



5. DATURA, Linn. 



Calyx tubular, breaking off transversely near the base after flowering. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, with a long tube and a broad 5 -angled or 5 -toothed limb, 

 folded in the bud. Ovary 2-celled, each cell incompletely divided into two. 

 Fruit an ovoid or globular prickly capsule, opening in 4 short valves. — Tall 

 coarse herbs, shrubs, or small soft-wooded trees. Leaves alternate, often in 

 pairs. Flowers solitary, terminal or lateral, usually very large. 



A small genus, chiefly American, with one or two species equally common in, and perhaps 

 indigenous to, the Old World. 



1. D. alba, Nees ; Bun. in BO. Trod. xiii. part i. 541 ; Wight, Ic. t. 

 852. A coarse, erect, glabrous annual, often 3 or 4 ft. high, with a hard, 

 almost woody stem. Leaves stalked, ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, entire 

 or irregularly sinuate, usually 3 or 4 in. long Flowers white, large, on very 

 short terminal or lateral pedicels. Calyx near 2 in. long. Corolla about 5 

 in. long ; the angles produced into narrow points 2 or 3 lines long. Capsule 

 globular, above 1 in. diameter, resting on the somewhat enlarged, flat, persis- 

 tent base of the calyx. 



In waste places, Hance, Wilford. Very abundant in similar situations all over India, and 

 probably of Asiatic origin. 



Order LXXVIL SCROPHULARItfE^L 



Flowers irregular, or seldom nearly regular. Sepals 5, either free or more 

 frequently united in a lobed or toothed calyx, persistent. Corolla usually 2- 

 lipped, but sometimes nearly regular, with 4, 5, or rarely more lobes, imbri- 

 cate in the bud. Stamens usually 2 or 4, in pairs, inserted in the tube and 

 alternating with the lower lobes of the corolla ; the fifth stamen, between the 

 two upper lobes, usually deficient, or rudimentary, or sterile. Ovary 2-celled, 



