53. OROBANCHACE^E. 119 



Racemes without bracts, numerous, from the axils of the upper 

 le. Fl. a lurid purple. Achenes covered with barbed spines. 

 Cambuslang glen. Certainly introduced. (E) B. 6 7. 



52. SOLANACE^S. 



1. HYOSCYAMUS. Henbane. * 



H. NIGER, L. Stem erect, 1 2 ft. high, plant covered with 

 downy viscid hairs, foetid. Lower le. stalked ; upper ones sessile, 

 sinuate, toothed or pinnatifid, amplexicaul. F. axillary, nearly 

 sessile, pale dingy yellow, with purplish veins. Cal. enlarging 

 with the fruit, strongly veined. Plant narcotic. 



Very rare. "On the rocks, Dumbarton Castle," Hopk. (E) A. B. G 8. 



2. A'TROPA. D'tvale, Deadly-Nightshade. 



A. BELLADONNA, L. Stem herbaceous, erect, 3 ft. high, 

 smooth, or slightly downy. Le. large, ovate, entire, accompanied 

 by a smaller one from the same point. Fl. axillary, drooping, 

 peduncles short. Cor. large, lurid purple. Berry large, globular, 

 shining black; poisonous. 



Very rare. An outcast of gardens, or on ballast heaps. " Banks of the Cart 

 near Cathcart Mill," Dr. Brown. (E) P. 68. 



3. SOLANUM. Nightshade. 



1. S. DULCAMARA, L. Bitter-Siveet, Woody- Nightshade. Stem 

 woody at the base, flexuose, climbing. Lower le. cordate-ovate ; 

 upper ones hastate or lobed at the base. Fl. in corymbs, opposite 

 the le. or extra-axillary, drooping. Cor. purple, with 2 green 

 spots at the base of each segment. Anthers large, yellow. 

 Berries small, ovate, red. 



Not common. (B) Sh. 6 8. Banks of the East-burn, Cambuslang; near 

 Eastfield; jlnchinnan bridge; Gourock; Cumbrae and Arran. 



* 2. S. NIGRUM, L. Black- Nightshade. A smaller plant than 

 the last, 1 ft. high. Le. stalked, ovate, bluntly and coarsely 

 toothed. Fl. in small lateral cymes drooping. Cor. small, 

 white. Berries globular, black. 



Very rare. A rubbish plant, or a garden outcast. (E) A, B. 6 11. Banks of 

 the Gareloch; near Largs; Cumbrae. 



53. OROBANCHACE^E. 



1. LATHRJE'A. Toothwort. 



L. SQUAMARIA, L. Stem erect, 6 10 in. high, with no true 

 le. , but covered with fleshy, tooth- like scales. Bracts ovate or 

 lanceolate. Fl. drooping, in a dense one-sided spike or raceme. 



