DIV. II 



AXGIOSPERMAE 



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streams and similar situations. S. tuberosum, the potato. Lycopersicum, the 

 tomato. On graft-hybrids, periclinal chimaeras and gigas-forms of Solanum, cf. 

 p. 299 and H. WIXCKLER ( 34 ). The Deadly Night- 

 shade, Atropa belladonna (Fig. 757). a very poisonous 

 shrubby plant occurring in Europe, is recognisable 

 by the actinomorphic flowers, with a short, wide, 

 tubular corolla of a dirty purple colour. The main 

 shoot is, to begin with, radial, but branches below the 

 terminal flower into, as a rule, three equally vigorous 

 lateral shoots, which exhibit further cicinnal branching. 

 By the carrying up of the subtending bract upon the 

 lateral shoot an appearance of paired leaves is brought Fl - 755. Solanaceae. Floral 

 about. Capsicum annuum, Spanish Pepper, has a dry, ^^ m < peiimia >' < After 

 berry-like fruit. It resembles Atropa in its branching 



and the position _of its leaves. Datura Stramonium, Thorn-apple (Fig. 758), is 

 an annual plant, widely spread in Europe, Asia, and IS". America. It has 



FIG. 756. Solanum dulcamara (% nat. size). Porsoyocs. 



incised, palmately- veined leaves, large, white, terminal flowers, and spiny 

 fruits. Nicotiana tabacum (Fig. 759) is a South American plant with numerous 

 cultivated varieties. Its large alternate leaves, which bear numerous glandular 

 hairs, form TOBACCO, after being dried and prepared. Hyoscyamus niger, the 



