340 SOLANACEJR. (NIGHTSHADE PAM1LV.) 



lolod, small (3"-4" long), not spotted; calyx with broadly trian-tilar-subiriate 

 teeth as long as the tube, in fruit conical-ovate and sharply 5-angled (I'-lJ 

 long). Light soils, not rare southward. Perhaps introduced. 



Var. ? Plliladf'lpllica. Nearly ylabrous ; calyx-teeth shorter and broader, 

 less closed or open at the summit in fruit ; corolla sometimes brownish in the 

 throat. (P. Philadelphica, Lam., c.) New England? to Illinois and south- 

 ward. July -Sept. 



2. P. pllbescens, L. Pubescent or clammy-hairy, diffusely much branched 

 or at length decumbent ; leaves ovate or heart-shaped (very variable) ; corolla 

 (4' -5" long) dark brown in the throat; calyx with triangular-lanceolate acute 

 teeth, in fruit ovate-pointed. (P. hirsuta, Dunal. P. obscura, Michx. in part, 

 &c.) Low grounds; common southward and westward. 



** Root perennial : anthers yellow. ( Corolla %' - long.) 



3. P. viscosa, L. Clammy-pubescent, diffusely much branched and 

 widely spreading, or at first erect (-2 high) ; leaves ovate or slightly heart- 

 shaped, sometimes oblong, often roughish-downy underneath, repand-toothed, 

 obtusely toothed, or entire ; corolla almost entire, brownish in the throat ; teeth 

 of the clammy-hairy calyx ovate-lanceolate. (P. Pennsylvanica, L., P. hetero- 

 phylla, Ne.es, and P. nyctaginea, Dunal, appear to be only states of this.) 

 Light or sandy soils, New England to Wisconsin and southward ; very common. 

 July - Sept. Corolla |' - 1' broad when expanded. 



3. NICANDRA, Adans. APPLE OF PERU. 



Calyx 5-parted, 5-angled, the divisions rather arrow-shaped, enlarged .and 

 bladder-like in fruit, enclosing the 3-5-celled globular dry berry. Corolla 

 open-bell-shaped, the plaited border nearly entire. Otherwise much like Phy- 

 salis. An annual smooth herb (2 -3 high), with ovate sinuate-toothed or 

 angled leaves, and solitary pale blue flowers on axillary and terminal peduncles. 

 (Named after the poet Nicander of Colophon.) 



1. N. PHYSALOIDES, Gffirtn. Waste grounds, near dwellings. (Adv. 

 from Peru.) 



4. HYOSCYAMUS, Tourn. HENBANE. 



Calyx bell-shaped or urn-shaped, 5-lobed. Corolla funnel-form, oblique, with 

 a 5-lobed more or less unequal plaited border. Stamens declined. Pod en- 

 closed in the persistent calyx, 2-celled, opening transversely all round near the 

 apex, which falls off like a lid. Clammy-pubescent, fetid, narcotic herbs, with 

 lurid flowers in the axils of angled or toothed leaves. (Name composed of 

 vs, t/oy, a hog, and Kvapos, a bean ; the plant said by JElian to be poisonous to 

 swine.) 



1. H. N!GER, L. (BLACK HENBANE.) Leaves, clasping, sinuate-toothed 

 and angled; lowers sessile, in one-sided leafy spikes; corolla dull yellowish, 

 strongly retimhited with purple veins. Escaped from gardens to road- 

 h-ides. (Adv. from Eu.) 



