NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 2G9 



7. HYOSCYAMUS, HENBANE. (Name of the Greek words for % 

 and l>ean.) FJ. summer. (1) 



H. niger, BLACK HENBANE, of Europe, cult, in old gardens, and a weed 

 in waste places : clammy-downy, strong-scented, narcotic-poisonous ; with clasp- 

 ing sinuate-toothed leaves, sessile flowers in one-sided leafy-bracted spikes, and 

 dull yellowish corolla netted-veiny with purple. 



8. ATROPA, BELLADONNA. (Named after one of the Fates.) ^ 

 A. Belladbnna, the only species, sparingly cult, from Europe : low and 



spreading, nearly .smooth, with ovate entire pointed leaves, flowers single or in 

 ] airs nodding on lateral peduncles, dull-purple corolla, and handsome purple 

 berry ; whole plant poisonous, used in medicine. 



9. PETUNIA. (Petiin is an aboriginal name of Tobacco.) Cultivated as 

 garden-annuals, from South America. The common Petunias are of the two 

 following species and their hybrids : herbage clam my -pubescent; flowers large 

 and showy, in summer. 



P. nyctaginiflbra, with originally white corolla, the long narrow tube 

 3 or 4 times the length of the calyx. 



P. violacea, now much the more common, with weaker stems, and violet- 

 purple or rose-red corolla, the broader and ventricose tube hardly twice the 

 length of the calyx. 



10. NIEREMBERGIA. (Named for J. Xicrcmlterg, a priest and botani- 

 cal collector in Buenos Ay res, whence the common species comes.) ^ 

 N. gracilis. Cult, for ornament under many varieties, low, with slender 

 bushy branches, small linear or spatulate-linear leaves, and scattered flowers 

 produced all summer, white or veined or tinged with purple. 



11. NICOTIAN A, TOBACCO (Named for John Nicot, one of the in- 



troducers of Tobacco into Europe.) Hank, acrid-narcotic, mostly clammy- 



puheseent plants, chiefly of America ; leaves entire or merely wavy-margined. 



Fl. summer. 



N. Tabacum, COMMON T., the principal species cult, for the foliage: 4- 

 G high, with lance-ovate decurrcnt leaves l-2 long, or the upper lanceolate, 

 panicled Mowers, and rose-purple funnel-form corolla 2' long, with somewhat in 

 Hated throat and short lobes. @ 



N. rustica, a weed in some places, is a low homely plant, with ovate and 

 petioled leaves 2' -5' long, and green funnel-form coroila (!' long) contracted 

 under the short round lobes. (T) 



N. longiflbra, is slender, 2- 3 high, cult, for its handsome white flow- 

 ers, which open toward evening; corolla salver-shaped, the green tube 4' and 

 the lance-ovate acute lobes ' ]on<_r : leaves lanceolate, undulate. 



N. noctiflbra, its handsome white flowers also opening at evening (as the 

 name denotes), is similar to last, but with ovate-lanceolate petioled leaves, tube 

 of corolla only 2' - 3' long, and its roundish lobes notched at the end. (T> 



12. DATURA, THORN-APPLE, STRAMONIUM, &c. (Name altered 

 from the Arabic.) Rank-scented, mostly large-flowered, narcotic-poisonous 

 weeds, or some ornamental in cultivation : 11. summer. 



1 . Flower and the usually prickly 4-valved pod erect, th* litter resting on a plate 

 or saucer-shaped Wy which is the persistent base of the calyx, the ivho't-. 

 upper part of which falls off" entire after flowering : corolla with a 5-toothed 

 border. (T) 



D. Stramonium, COMMON T. or JAMESTOWN- WEED. Waste grounds : 

 smooth, with green stems and white flowers (3' long) ; leaves ovate, angled, or 

 sinuate-toothed. 



D. Tatula, PURPLE T. A weed very like the other, but rather taller, wit 

 purp]e_.stem and pale violcL-purplc-flowers. 



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