^"''"■"- SOLANACE.I^. 5^0, 



.1 linn orUvohn^, fro.u ovmI or ..Imvat. (,,. oLlnn^ or R,,a(,„l.it.', or on viKomns 

 or n I ''''-"''r'':* "':"f 'r"T= ""^'^''•^ -vHy .sossiln or on pclicols of on., 

 4-toothe(l calyx, its 4 oval rotatoly sproading lobes l.anlly a line long, 

 flnwr^''^''"! o'f-^"' r ''^'''^■^V" '^"•"^'' ^^'"""'^ (without flowers), Cooper,'' a eve! avd Tho 



-t- +- Corolla a third to half an inch in length. 



Ju.ui^lTTf' ^T' ^- "■ r^T^'^^' f ^■^I'''1^^'-"l^-"t. ^ to 4 feet high: leaves 

 ep.iti, ate, 4 to ij hues l-uig : pedicels not longer than tlie obloiig-caini«imIate or 



5'ioi;; rn;:"; r'^" ■ r^";^ ""'^"*^" ■^'^"''^^ ^'^'i'^''^'"- ^••''"'-' * ^^ ^ \h"s tng 



O-iobed, tlie lobes ovate and very short : filaments nearly naked 



orohh^nlTr^r'f^^'T^','- '• ,^''''^^''°"«' 3 to 8 feet high: leaves nearly spatnlato 

 01 ol lanceolate, G to 14 Inies long: pe.licols usually as long as the oah'x 2 lines 



JrilnllTo r • %"' "T^ r'^'' ''"^l^^"'' '' '' ^'"''•'' 1'"% tubnlar-funiielforni 

 g a.liia lly on arging from base to summit, with 4 or 5 short and broa.l sproa.lim^ 

 h.lms the edges of these minutely tomentoso : lilamonts woolly at base berries 

 red, "not edible." — Parry in Am. Nat. ix. 348. 



Soutlieostern borders of the State, lower part of tl.c Rio Colorado to S Utah on low saline 

 flats, Thomas, Cooper, Parry, kc. Extends eastward to the borders of Texas. 



(>. L. Andersonii, Gray, llesombles the preceding ; but is lower, 2 to 4 f<-et 

 h.gli, sma ler-leaved, very abundantly llowered ; the white corolla narrower and 



Z: with n :ic '"r '"- r' 1"'"^ r'^ ' '' ' ^'"^^ ^^"''''' -"1 ^^^^ «l'-t roun d 

 lobes with naked edges : pedicels an.l calyx only a line long: berries bright red 

 or amber-colored, 'ripening a month earlier than those of the preceding, edrWe "- 

 Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 388 ; Watson, Bot. King Exp 275 • Parry 1 c 



sSiS-rttiiurr^h^^^^ ^y-/^J5.i;:d^k'%;.ri/^^r 



8. DATURA, Linn. 8THAM0NriTM. TiioitN-Arrr.r.. 

 Cnlyx prismatic or tubular, 5-tootliod, deciduous after fioworin.r by a transverso 

 separatmn near the base, which persists as a circular plate under the frnit Corolla 

 funnelform, with an ample expanded border which is strongly 5-pIaited and the 

 plaits convolute in the bud. Stamens mostly incUuled : filaments long and filiform • 

 anthers opening lengthwise. Style long: stigma 2-lipped. Capsule thickish,' 

 prickly or muncato all over, with 2 proper cells, each .livided more or less by 

 a false j-artition which bears the two broad tmnsverse placent-e across its middle 

 Seeds very numerous, rather large, reniform. Embryo slender and coiled - 

 Hants (our species coarse herbs), of rank odor and narcotic-poisonous qualities- 

 with ovate pet.oled leaves, and solitary mostly large flowe.-s in the forks of the 

 stem, on short peduncles, pro.luced through the season. (^,rolla commonly white 

 or tinged with violet, sometimes fragrant. 



Cliiefly niitivofl of tropical Aiiioricn. but now widely iMmr,\ over li.e w„rld TI,,.,. ; r 



nrv,mnmia., consistinR of soft-wooded nrbores,-ont or ,1.1 v h n s ' , /.' '"'""";• 



IniKo s ^o of which ,1h, ,-o,nn,onest is 1). A,nuuMCA^l e Tm- Sr , h,:*'!^ 1^^ "' 



an.l which nmy stan.l the winter without pr..te.'tion in ti.e so h ,' ,V t of .n ^^^/^^^^^^ '^^^ 

 w.1.1 or spontaneous spe.ues are herbs, with tl,e flower e .' ct ' ' State. -Our 



