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SOLANACEjE. XXV. HYOCYAMUS. XXVI. DATURA. 



FIG. 41. 



of the South of Europe ; and is the H. major albo similis, um- 

 bilico floris virente, Jussieu, and is the plant figured by Miller. 

 There is also the var. minor. Clus. hist. 2. p. 84. f. 1. 



White Henbane. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1570. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. 



5 H. VA'RIANS (Vis. in bot. zeit. 1829. p. 7.) plant woolly, 

 viscid ; leaves petiolate, sinuately lobed, obtuse : lower ones 

 subcordate : floral ones ovate, attenuated at the base, almost 

 entire ; flowers racemose, secund, almost sessile : lower ones on 

 long pedicels ; tube of corolla incurved, dark purple inside, at 

 length becoming green ; limb irregular ; the 3 superior lobes 

 large and flat. O- H. Native of Dalmatia, on walls, and in 

 waste places. An intermediate plant between H. dlbus and //. 

 aureus. Anthers lilac, at length white. 



Varying Henbane. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



6 H. AU'REUS (Lin. spec. 257. 

 syst. 220. hort. cliflf. 56.) leaves 

 petiolate, cordate- ovate, acute, 

 angularly toothed ; flowers pe- 

 dicellate ; the 3 larger segments 

 of the corolla undulated. 1. 

 F. Native of the Levant, Can- 

 dia, and the South of France. 

 Curt. bot. mag. 87. Sibth. et 

 Smith, fl. graec. t. 231 Bull, 

 herb. t. 20. H. Creticus luteus 

 major et minor, Tourn. inst. p. 

 118. H. Creticus, Park, theatr. 

 362. f. 8. Mor. hist. sect. 5. 

 t. 11. f. 4. Alp. exot. 99. t. 

 98. The whole plant is clothed 

 with clammy hairs. Leaves un- 

 dulated. Teeth of calyx short, 

 roundish-ovate, mucronate. Co- 

 rolla yellow, with a deep violaceous bottom ; limb cleft at the 

 side. Stamens and anthers violaceous. Capsules drooping. 



<7oftfen-flowered Henbane. Fl. March, Oct. Clt. 1640. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



7 H. SENECIONIS (Willd. enum. 1. p. 228.) leaves petiolate, 

 somewhat 3-lobed, deeply toothed ; flowers pedicellate ; seg- 

 ments of the limb of the corolla equal, flat. 11 . F. Native of 

 Egypt. The whole plant is clothed with clammy hairs. Caly- 

 cine segments ovate, acute. Corolla yellow, purplish in the 

 bottom, as well as the base of the stamens ; limb not cleft at 

 the side. Anthers white. 



Groundsel-like Henbane. Fl. March, Oct. Clt. 1812. PI. 

 1 foot. 



8 H. MU'TICUS (Lin. mant. p. 45. syst. 220.) leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, acute-angled ; flowers pedicellate; calyxes mutic; brae- 

 teas undivided. $ . H. Native of Egypt and Arabia ; and the 

 Levant. H. albus Jigypticus, Alp. exot. 193. t. 192.? H. 

 minor, Mill. diet. no. 4. H. betaefblius, Lam. diet. 3. p. 329. 

 H. minor, albo similis, umbilico floris atropurpureo, Tourn. cor. 

 p. 5. Plant downy. Corolla yellow outside, dark purple in- 

 side ; the 2 lower segments white, smaller, at length the whole 

 becomes white ; limb cleft. Stamens purple. 



MuJic-calyxed Henbane. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1822. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



9 H. BATOR* (Forsk. aegypt. arab. p. 45.) leaves petiolate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, a little toothed ; flowers nearly sessile ; floral 

 leaves or bracteas entire. ^ F- Native of Egypt, in deserts 

 about Cairo. Plant villous. Calyx 5-toothed. Flowers dis- 

 posed in long secund spikes, 3 at the top of each stem. Corolla 

 villous outside, and yellowish, violaceous inside, white between 

 the lower segments. Stamens villous at the base. The corolla 



in the plant cultivated is yellow, with a dark purple bottom, 

 very like those of H. aureus. It is perhaps the Nepenthes of 

 Homer. 



Datora Henbane. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1829. Shrub l 

 foot. 



10 H. CANARIE'KSIS (Ker. bot. reg. t. 180.) shrubby, pilose; 

 lower leaves petiolate, cordate-ovate, angular, obtuse : floral 

 ones ovate or elliptic, entire ; flowers pedicellate. I? . G. Na- 

 tive of the Canaries. Corolla yellow, with a dark purple, or 

 almost black eye or throat. 



Canary Island Henbane. Fl. Year. Clt. 1816. Shrub 1| 

 foot. 



11 H. PUSI'LLUS (Lin. syst. 220. mant. p. 339.) leaves petio- 

 late, oblong-lanceolate, a little toothed ; flowers pedicellate ; 

 teeth of calyx mucronulately and spinosely-cuspidate. Q. H. 

 Native of Persia. Lin. hort. cliff. 56. ups. p. 44. Plukn. phyt. 

 t. 37. f. 5. Plant pilose. Leaves tapering into the petioles : 

 floral ones entire. Calyx nearly as long as the corolla. Corolla 

 small, yellow, with a violaceous bottom ; the lower side divided 

 beyond the limb, ex Lin. 



Least Henbane. Fl. July. Clt. 1691. PI. | to 1 foot. 



12 H. MICRA'NTHUS (Ledeb. mss.) leaves petiolate, oblong : 

 radical ones pinnatifld : cauline ones toothed, or entire ; flowers 

 nearly sessile; teeth of calyx mucronate. . H. Native of 

 Altaia, on the dry and rocky mountains of Arkaul, and Dolen- 

 kara, Tschingis-tau ; and on the mountains of Kalmy-Tologoi, 

 in the Kirghisean Steppe, Falck. H. pusillus, Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 228, but not of Lin. Stem simple, or branched, sparingly 

 pilose. Leaves nearly glabrous. Calyx attenuated towards the 

 base ; teeth elongated, lanceolate, mucronate. Corolla small, 

 hardly longer than the calyx, yellow, with a deep violet bottom ; 

 the lower side cleft even to the middle of the tube. Capsule 

 shorter than the calyx. 



Small-Jlonered Henbane. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1829. PI. \ 

 foot. 



13 H. AURICULA'TUS (Tenore, fl. nap. prod. p. 16. syn. p. 

 38.) stern erect, simple ; leaves ovate, petiolate, sinuated, acute ; 

 petioles winged, auricled at the base ; flowers sessile ; corollas 

 yellow, reticulated with purple veins at bottom. O- H. Native 

 of Naples, in the fields of Abellino. 



4uricled-petici\ed Henbane. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. The species of Henbane are plants of the most easy 

 culture. The seeds of the annual and biennial kinds only 

 require to be sown in the open ground. The half shrubby, or 

 herbaceous kinds are well fitted for decorating rockwork during 

 summer ; but in winter they need protection by being covered 

 with haulm of other plants, or by being preserved in pots in the 

 green-house ; and they are readily increased by cuttings and 

 seeds. 



TRIBE III. DATU'REjE (the plants contained in this tribe 

 agree with the genus Datura in the characters given below.) 

 Limb of corolla plicate in aestivation, repandly 5-10-toothed. 

 Capsule coriaceous, succulent, 2-celled, 4-valved ; placentas 

 septiform, free. Seeds reniform. Stamens 5, inclosed. 



XXVI. DATURA (said to be a corruption of the Arabic 

 name of one of the species latorah.) Lin. gen. 246. Schreb. 

 gen. 332. Juss. gen. 125. ed. Usteri. p. 139. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 5. Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 73. 

 Stramonium, Tourn. inst. 43, 44. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, angular, 

 5-toothed, falling off at top, leaving only the orbicular base ; 

 limb 5-cleft, irregular. Corolla conically funnel-shaped ; limb 

 plicate, repandly 5-10-toothed ; teeth drawn out. Stamens 



