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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Datura continued. 



D. arborea (tree-like).* /., corolla white, Tin. to Sin. long. 

 August. I. elliptic-oblong, quite entire, and are, as well as the 

 petioles and branches, clothed with powdery pubescence, h. 

 7ft. to 10ft. Peru, &c., 1813. Greenhouse shrub. SYN. Bruy- 

 mansia Candida. 



D. ceratocaula (hom-stalked). /., corolla with a green tube, 

 white limb, tinged with purple, sweet-scented. July. I. ovate- 

 lanceolate, toothed, hoary beneath. Stem terete, purplish, dicho- 

 tomous, horn-formed, pilose at the base. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Cuba, 

 1805. Annual. SYN. Ceratocaulos daturoutes. See Fig. 618. 

 (B. M. 3352.) 



D. chlorantha flore pleno (double yellow-flowered).*/. yellow, 

 double, sweet-scented, solitary, axillary, pendent, shortly pedun- 

 culate; corolla funnel-shaped, dilated at the mouth. August 



ut quite 

 1845. 



, 



to October. I. agreeing in shape with D. cornigera, but quite 

 glabrous Branches terete. Native country un 

 A handsome, free-flowering species. (B. M. 5218.) 

 D. cornigera (horn-bearing). /., corolla white, or cream-coloured, 

 large, funnel-shaped, striated, the mouth spreading, flve-lobed 

 the lobes terminated by a long subulate, spreading or recurved 

 point; peduncles axillary, single-flowered, curved downward, so 

 that the flower is drooping. Summer. I. chiefly confined to the 

 extremities of the branches, ovate, petiolate, acuminate, entire, 

 or sinuate or angled. Stem shrubby, about 3ft. high ; the young 

 branches and almost everv Dart of the plant clothed with soft 



branches and almost every part of the plant 



down. h. 10ft. Organ Mountains, 1844. A very singular plant. 



(B. M. 4252.) 

 D. fastnosa (prickly).* /., corolla violaceous outside, and white 



inside, oblique. July. 1. ovate, acuminated, repandly-toothed, 



unequal at the base, and are, as well as the stem, downy. A. SB. 



to 3ft. East Indies, &c.. 1629. Annual. 

 D. Isevis (smooth). A synonym of D. muricata. 

 D. Metel (Metel).* fl. fragrant; corolla white, larg* June. I. 



cordate, quite entire, or a little toothed, and are, as well as the 



stem, downy. A. 2ft. Tropics, 1596. Annual. (B. M. 1440.) 



Fir, 



FLOWERING BRANCH OF DATURA METELOIDES. 



D. meteloides (Metel-like)* is a greenhouse evergreen, very 

 similar to the foregoing, with large longer-tubed flowers, of a 

 bluish-violet, or else white. California, 1856. SYN. D. Wrightii. 

 See Fig. 619. (F. d. S. 1266.) 



D. murioata (muricated). /..corolla white, long. July. fr. mu- 

 ricated with strong short prickles, slightly erect. I. ovate, repand, 



Datura continued. 



when young toothed, glabrous, unequal at the base. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 

 Tropical Asia, 1820. Annual. SYN. D. Icevis. 



D. quercifolia (Oak-leaved), fl., corolla violaceous. July. 

 1. smuately pinnatifid, hairy on the veins beneath, h. 1ft. to 2ft. 

 Mexico, 1824. Annual. 



D. sanguinea (bloody).* /. solitary, pendulous, issuing from the 

 forks of the branches ; corolla funnel-shaped, Tin. long, pubescent ; 

 tube orange-yellow, green towards the base, thick and fleshy; 

 calyx large, ventricose, five-angled, five-ribbed, with prominent 

 veins, copiously pubescent. Summer. I. alternate, often geminate, 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, waved and sinuated, with short blunt lobes, 

 copiously clothed on both sides with soft white hairs ; petioles 

 stout, nearly cylindrical, copiously hairy, slightly flattened above. 

 Stem arboreous, from 3ft. to 12ft. high, round, divided at the top 

 h. 4ft. to 8ft. in cultivation. Peru. An elegant plant. (S. B. F. G. 

 ii. 272, under name of Brugmansia sanguinea.) 



FIG. 620. MATURE FRUIT OF DATURA STRAMONIUM. 



FIG. 621. BRANCH OF DATURA STRAMONIUM, with Flowers 

 and Fruit. 



D. Stramonium (Stramonium). Thorn Apple, fl. white. July. 

 1. ovate, angularly-toothed, cuneiform at the base, smoothish, 

 green. A. 2ft. England. Annual. See Figs. 620 and 621. 

 (Sy. En. B. 935.) 



D. Buaveolens (sweet-scented).* fl. white, sweet-scented, large. 

 August. 1. elliptic-oblong, quite entire, glabrous above, and 

 scarcely downy beneath, h. 10ft. to 15ft. Mexico, 1T33. A very 

 handsome greenhouse tree or shrub, much more extensively 

 grown than any other member of the genus. SYN. Brugmansia 

 suaveolens. 



D. Tatnla (Tatula). fl. violaceous. July. I. cordate-ovate, 

 angularly toothed, unequal at the base, glabrous. A. 2ft. to 3ft. 

 America, 1629. Annual. (S. B. F. G. 83.) 



D. Wrightii (Wright's). A synonym of D. meteloides. 

 There are several good garden forms in cultivation ; the best 



perhaps being D. Knightii, a very handsome conservatory plant, 



with large double white pendulous flowers. 

 DAUBENTONIA. See Sesbania. 



