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SOLANACE^E. XXVI. DATURA. XXVII. BRCGMANSIA. 



7 D. QUERCIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 7.) 

 leaves sinuately pinnatifid, hairy on the veins beneath ; capsule 

 furnished with unequal prickles : the upper prickles the largest. 

 Q. H. Native of Mexico, in temperate places near Zelaya 

 and Molino de Sarabia, at the altitude of 930 hexapods. 

 Branches hairy. 



Oak-leaved Thorn-apple. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



SECT. II. DU'TRA (an alteration of the generic name.) Limb 

 of calyx tubularly ventricose, angular, or terete, 5-lobed at 

 apex. Margin of corolla 5-10-toothed. Stamens inclosed, 

 or a little exserted ; anthers remote. Capsule nearly globose, 

 more or less drooping, or reflexed, 2- celled at apex, but 4- 

 celled below the apex, dehiscing irregularly. Seeds pale, or 

 brownish opaque, compressed, flat in the disk, convex on the 

 margin, surrounded by 3 wrinkled ribs. Annual herbs. Flow- 

 ers oblique, showy. 



8 D. A'LBA (Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 73.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, repandly toothed, unequal at the base, and are, as 

 well as the stem, smoothish ; stamens inclosed ; fruit prickly. 

 O- H. Native every where in the East Indies ; as of Nipaul, 

 Silhet, Tavoy. D. Metel, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 238. Wall. cat. 

 2639. Fleming, in asiat. res. 11. p. 165. Hardw. in asiat. 

 res. 6. p. 351. under D. Stram6nium. Stramonia I'ndica prima 

 seu Dutra alba, Rumph, amb. 5. p. 242. t. 87. f. 1. Hu- 

 malu, Rheed. mal. 2. p. 47. t. 28. Corollas white. 



TOzte- flowered Thorn-apple. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



9 D. FASTUOSA (Mill. diet. no. 6. Lin. spec. p. 256.) leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, repandly-toothed, unequal at the base, and 

 are, as well as the stem, downy; fruit tubercled. 0. H. 

 Native of the East Indies, and Egypt, and of Caraccas. Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 2. p. 238. Stramonium fastuosum, Mcench, meth. p. 

 456. D. Coutarena, Alp. exot. p. 181. icone. D. .^Egyptiaca, 

 Vesl. pi. aegypt. p. 203. icone. Lob. icon. 264. Corolla 

 violaceous outside, and white inside; teeth of the limb subulate. 



Var. fi ; corollas double and triple, purple outside, and white 

 inside. . H. Native of Malabar. Stramonium Malabari- 

 cum, fructu glabro, flore duplici et triplici, Tourn. inst. 119. 

 Sabb. hort. rom. 1. t. 93. Mudela-Nila Hummatu, Rheed. 

 mal. 2. p. 51. t. 30. 



Var. y, rubra (Bernhardi, in Linnaea, 8. p. 142.) corolla viola- 

 ceous ; fruit muricated ; leaves dentately sinuated. 0. H. 

 Native of the East Indies. Stramonium fructu spinoso ro- 

 tundo ; flore violaceo simplici, Tourn. inst. 118. There is 

 also a double flowered variety of this, the Dutra rubra, Rumph. 

 amb. 5. p. 243. t. 87. f. 2. Stramonium seu Datura .^Egypti- 

 aca flore pleno Ponaa, Mor. hist. 3. p. 15. t. 2. f. 9. Stramo- 

 nium fructu spinoso rotundo, flore violaceo duplici triplicive. 

 Tourn. inst. 119. 



Var. ci, parviflbra (Nees, in Lin. trans. 17. p. 74.) corolla 

 smaller ; calyx more than twice as short as the tube of the 

 corolla. . H. Native of the East Indies, at Prome, Gomez. 

 Wall. cat. suppl. no. 278. 



Proud Thorn-apple. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1629. PI. 2 to 

 3 feet. 



10 D. DU'BIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 216.) leaves quite entire, 

 glabrous, as well as the stem ; limb of corolla 5-6-toothed ; 

 stamens inclosed; capsule smooth, unarmed. 0. H. Native 

 of the East Indies. D. fastuosa, S, capsulis muticis, Poir. 

 diet. 7. p. 461. D. Tatula, ft, Poir. 1. c. D. Hammatu, Bcrn- 

 hardi, in Linnsea, 8. p. 141. Stramonium Malabaricum, fructu 

 glabro, flore simplici violaceo, Tourn. inst. 119. Nila Hum- 

 matu, Rheed. mal. 2. p. 49. t. 29. Corolla violaceous. Per- 

 haps a variety of D. fastuosa. 



Doubtful Thorn-apple. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



11 D. MURICA V TA (Bernh. sem. 1818. gart. mag. 4. p. 163, 

 with a figure. Link. enum. 1. p. 177.) leaves ovate, repand, 

 when young toothed, glabrous ; fruit muricated with strong 

 short prickles, erectish. . H. Native country unknown, 

 but probably of America. D. humilis, Desr. hort. par. D. 

 hybrida, Tenore. ? D. laoVis, Schkuhr, handb. 1. p. 140. under 

 D. fastuosa. D. fastuosa, fl. albo, Mcench. meth. 456. D. 

 Metel, and D. innoxia, Mill. diet. no. 3 and 5. Knor. del. 1. t. 

 s. 12. Besl. hort. eyst. 2. fol. 11. f. 1. a. Corolla long, white. 

 The whole plant green. Leaves unequal at the base. Perhaps 

 the same as D. alba, Nees. 



Muricated-frmteA Thorn-apple. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



12 D. ME'TEL (Lin. spec. p. 256.) leaves cordate, quite 

 entire, or a little toothed, and are, as well as the stem, downy ; 

 limb of corolla 10-toothed; calyx terete; capsule furnished 

 with prickles. . H. Native of the East Indies, in hot 

 regions ; Africa, and the Canary Islands. Sims, hot. mag. t. 

 1440. D. Metel, and D. fruticosa, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 212. 

 D. Metel, et D. innoxia, Mill. diet. nos. 3 and 5, partly. 

 Dutra nigra, Rumph. amb. 5. p. 243. Stramonium, fructu 

 spinoso rotundo, flore albo, Tourn. inst. p. 118. Ludw. ect. t. 

 158. Knip. cent. 1. 1. 24. D. Stramonium, Thunb. jap. p. 91, 

 ex Lour. Corollas large, white. 



Metel, or Hairy Thorn-apple. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1596. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



13 D. GUAYAQUILE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 8.) 

 leaves ovate, very unequal at the base, quite entire, or obsoletely 

 and angularly toothed, downy, as well as the stem and branches ; 

 limb of corolla angularly 10-toothed ; stamens a little exserted ; 

 capsule muricately spinose. . H. Native of America, in 

 humid places near Guayaquil. Stem and branches reddish. 

 Calyx tubular, downy ; limb cleft on one side. Corolla large, 

 white. Perhaps a variety of D. Metel. 



Guayaquil Thorn-apple. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. III. CERATOCAD'LIS (from Kepas Ktparoe, keras keratos, 

 a horn ; and KavXoe, kaulos, a stem ; shape of stem.) Calyx 

 nearly terete, entire, dehiscing by a lateral fissure at the apex. 

 Limb of corolla 10-toothed. Stamens exserted a little ; anthers 

 contiguous. Capsule obovate, unarmed, pendulous. Seeds com- 

 pressed, subovate, fuscescent, shining, rather scabrous. An 

 annual herb. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed, hoary beneath. 

 Corollas white, purple outside. 



14 D. CERATOCAU'LON (Ort. dec. p. 11. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 

 3. p. 48. t. 309.) Q. H. Native of Cuba and Mexico. 

 Hook, hot. mag. t. 3352. D. macrocaulis, Roth, beitr. p. 159. 

 Stem terete, purplish, dichotomous, horn-formed, pilose at the 

 base. Corolla smaller than that of Brugmansia Candida, with a 

 green tube, white limb, and purplish outside, sweet-scented. 

 Capsule size of a nut, glabrous, smooth. 



Horn-stemmed Thorn-apple. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1805. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. The seed of all the commoner kinds of Stramonium 

 only require to be sown in the open ground in April ; but the 

 rarer kinds answer better if reared on a hot-bed, and afterwards 

 planted out in the open border about the middle of May, like 

 other tender annuals. 



XXVII. BRUGMA'NSIA (named in memory of Sebald 

 Justus Brugmans, author of Dissertatio de plantis inutilibus et 

 benenatis, 1. fasc. in 8vo. Groningen, 1783.) Pers. ench. 1. p. 



