ORDER 96. SOLANACEJS. 201 



* Sepals distinct, with imbricated bracts added. Flowers sessile .Nos. 2, 3 



* Sepals united, bracts few and scattered. Flowers pedicellate. . . (a) 



a Corolla cylindrical, withering on the top of the capsule Nos. 46 



a Corolla bell-shaped, persistent at the base of the capsule., .(ft) 



b Lobes of the corolla acute or acuminate Nos. 7, 8 



b Lobes of the corolla obtuse Nos. 9 11 



1 C.Epilinum Weih. Flax D. Fls. sessile in small, dense, remote heads ; calyx 5- 



1 arted, scarcely shorter than the globular corolla or capsule. Flax fields. Jn. Eur. 



2 C. glomerata Choisy. Fls. in compact masses surrounding the foster stem while 



its own filiform stems decay ; sepals 1", with many squarrous bracts ; corolla white, 

 2", tube-bell-form, 'S-lobed. On the Compositue, &c., W. and S. 



3 C. compacta Juss. Fls. in large (12') masses, with thick stems ; sep. and 35 



bracts minute (V) ; cor. slender, with 5 oblong lobes. N. Y., W. and S., on shrubs. 



4 C. tenuiflora Eng. Pale, much branched, on high plants ; fls. short-pedicelled ; 



cor. tube slender, twice longer than the calyx or its own short obtuse lobes ; capsule 

 often but 1- or 2-seeded. Wet grounds, N. J., Pa., to 111., and W. 



5 C. inflexa Eng, Fls. pedicelled, mostly 4-parted ; cor. fleshy, its lobes erect and 



inflexed, margins crenulate ; capsule brown, capped with the dead corolla. Prairies 

 and open woods, 111. to Va. and Ga. On Hazel, Rhus, &c. 



6 C. decora Chois. Fls. pedicellate, 5-parted, large (1|"), fleshy, white ; cor. broad- 



bcll-form, lobes acute ; capsule enveloped by the dead corolla. Wet, 111. to Fla. 



7 C. chlorocarpa Eng. Low, branching, orange; fls. 4-parted, short-pedicelled, 



1", bell-form, the lobes of cal. and cor. acute ; caps, large, greenish. Wis. to Del., & S. 



8 . arvensis Beyr. On low plants ; flowers small (J"), 5-parted, pedicellate ; corolla 



tube shorter than its pointed lobes, or the rounded sepals. N. Y. to El., and S. Jn.. Jl. 



9 C. obtusiflora H. B. K. Low, bright orange ; fls. pedicell.. dotted with redglanda 



(/3. glandulosa) ; sep. round-obtuse ; caps. 1|". Mostly on Polygonum. Ga., S. and W. 



IOC. Gronovii Willd. Stems thick, often high-climbing; fls. mostly 5-partcd, at 

 length densely panicled ; corolla tube bell-form, longer than the calyx, its lobes ob- 

 tuse, entire, spreading. Common in all the country. Flowers 1$". 



11C. rostrata Shutt. Fls. large (2 3"), in loose cymes ; corolla deeply bell-form, 

 lobes obtuse ; capsule 23", with a 2-pointed beak. Mountains, Md. to S. Car. 



ORDER XCVI. SOLANACEJE. NIGHTSHADES. 



Plants herbaceous, rarely shrubby, with a colorless juice and alternate 

 leaves often in pairs. Flowers mostly regular, often extra-axillary, 5-partecl, 

 on bractless pedicels. Corolla valvate or plicate in the bud, and often con- 

 volute. Calyx persistent. Stamens 5, adherent to the corolla tube, alter- 

 nate with its lobes ; anthers 2-celled. Fruit a 2 -(rarely 3- or more)celled 

 capsule or berry. Seeds oo, with a curved embryo in fleshy albumen. 

 Figs. 66, 113, 168, 260, 483-4. 



I NOLANEuE. Ovaries fewer 00, distinct, simple. Corolla funnel-bell-form. NOLANA. 1 



| SOLANE^E. Ovary 1, compound, 2-(or morejcelled. . .(*) 



* Corolla wheel-form, the tube very short. Anthers convergent. ..(b) 



* Corolla bell-form, the broad tube including the erect anthers. . .(c) 



* Corolla funnel-form, tube long and a the limb somewhat unequal. ..(d) 



a the limb quite regular... (e) 



b Stamens connate, opening by slits inside. Berry torous I/TCOPEBSlCTni. 



6 Stamens connivent, opening by terminal pores. Berry round SOLANUM. 



fc Stamens connivent, opening by slits. Berry dryish, angular CAPSICUM. 



c Corolla bluish. Berry dry, enclosed in the enlarged calyx NICANDRA. 



c Corolla yellowish. Berry juicy, enclosed in the enlarged calyx PHYSALIS. 



c Corolla purplish. Berry blackish, sitting on the open catyx . .ATROPA. 



