242 GIL SOLANACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Mandragora. 



lobes broad, imbricate in bud, sinuses induplicate-valvate. Stamens 5, filaments 

 linear ; anthers oblong, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 elongate, stigma much dilated. Berry globose, juicy. Seeds very many, com- 

 pressed ; embryo peripheric. Species 3 or 4 of the Mediterranean region, and 

 the following. 



BX. caulescens, Clarke ; branches 4-8 in., leaves narrowly obovate- 

 oblong sinuate, calyx-lobes triangular ovate. Anisodus humilis, Hook.f. ms. 



ALPINE SIKKIM, alt. 12-13,000 ft. ; Lachen and Tungu, J. D. H. 



Pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves 11 by 2 in., obtuse, base much tapering. 

 Pedicels 1-3 in. ; many-fascicled at the apex of the caudex. Calyx-lobes in fruit 

 | in., subobtuse. Berry f in. diam. Seeds in. diam. The examples are in fruit ; 

 and appear closely allied to M. officinarum, Linn. 



7. DATURA, Linn. 



Coarse, rank-scented herbs (the Indian species), glabrous or minutely pubes- 

 cent. Leaves large, entire sinuate or deeply toothed. Pedicels solitary; 

 flowers very large, purple or white. Calyx long- tubular, herbaceous, 6-toothed 

 at the apex ; in fruit circumsciss above the base. Corolla long tubular-funnel- 

 shaped, mouth wide ; limb plaited, entire or shortly lobed. Stamens attached 

 near the base of the tube, filaments filiform ; anthers included, linear, longitu- 

 dinally dehiscent. Ovary 2- or spuriously 4-celled ; style filiform, stigma 

 2-lobed. Capsule ellipsoid, 4-celled, spinous (in the Indian species, except in 

 D.fastuosa, var. dubid), 4-valved or irregularly breaking up near the apex. 

 Seeds very many, compressed, rugose ; embryo peripheric. Species 10 ; tem- 

 perate and tropical regions. 



SECT. I. Stramonium. Capsule deeply 4-valved, often nearly to the 



1. Z>. Stramonium, Linn. ; Bemh. in Lmn<ea,1833,Litt. 139 ; glabrous 

 or farinose puberulous, leaves ovate toothed or sinuate, corolla white teeth 5 

 linear, capsule equally spinous on all sides. Wall. Cat. 2637, and in Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 239; Dunal in DC. Proclr. xiii. pt. i. 540; Syme 

 Una. Bot. t. 935; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 292; Bentl. & Trim. Mcd. PI t 192. 

 D. ferox, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 75, not of Linn. D. Wailichii, 

 Dunal 1. c. 539. Stramonium vulgatum, Gaertn. Fruci. \\. 243, t. 132, fig. 4. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir, Thomson, to Sikkim, J. D. .//. DISTRIB. 

 Nearly throughout the globe, in temperate and warm climates. 



A coarse annual, 2-6 ft. Leaves 7 by 4 in.; petiole 1 in. Pedicels 5- in. 

 Calyx 1-lf by | in. ; lobes in., ovate-lanceolate. Corolla 3-6 in., mouth 1-3 in. 

 diam. ; lobes \ in. Capsule 1^ by 1 in. ; spines | in., subulate ; calyx-base i in., 

 persistent. 



VAE. Tatula ; flowers purple without and within. D. Tatula, Willd. Sp. PL i. 

 1008; Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 83; Wall. Cat. 2640; Bernh. in Linnaa, 1833, Lift. 

 140. Throughout India. Distrib. Nearly as of D. Stramonium, from which it is 

 not easily separable. 



SECT. II. Dutra. Capsule submdehiscent, or irregularly dehiscent near 

 the apex. 



2. X>. fastuosa, Linn. ; Wight Ic. t. 1396; leaves ovate entire or deeply 

 toothed glabrous, corolla purple limb shortly 5-6-toothed. capsule nodding or 

 suberect, Roxl. Fl. Ind. i. 561 ; Wall. Cat. 2639 ; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xvii. 74; Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. i. 542. D. Hummatu, Bernh. in 



