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[Vol,. III. 



tary or clustered flowers. Calyx campanulate, 3-5-lobed or -toothed, not enlarged in fruit, 

 persistent at the base of the berry. Corolla funnelform, salverform, or campanulate, the tube 

 short or slender, the limb 5-lobed (rarely 4-lobed), the lobes obtuse. Stamens 5 (rarely 4), 

 exserted, or included; filaments filiform, sometimes dilated at the base; anther sacs longi- 

 tudinally dehiscent. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform; stigma capitate or 2-lobed. Berry glo- 

 bose, ovoid, or oblong. [Named from the country Lycia. ] 



About 75 species, widely distributed in temperate and warm regions. Besides the following, 

 introduced from Europe, some 17 native species occur in the western parts of North America. 



i. Lycium vulgare (Ait. f. ) Dunal. Matrimony Vine. Box-thorn. (Fig. 3220.) 



Lycium Barbarum var. vulgare Ait. f. Hort. Kew. Ed. 

 2, 2:3. 1811. 



Lycium vulgare Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13: Part 1, 509. 1852. 



Glabrous, spiny or unarmed; stems slender, climb- 

 ing or trailing, branched, 6-25 long, the branches 

 somewhat angled, the spines, when present, slender, 

 about %.' long. Leaves lanceolate, oblong, or spatu- 

 late, acute or obtuse at the apex, narrowed into short 

 petioles, firm, / ^ / -i^ / long, 2 // -4 // wide; flowers 

 2-5 together in the axils, or solitary; peduncles fili- 

 form, spreading, 6 // -i2 // long; calyx-lobes ovate, 

 acute, or obtuse, iy 2 f/ long; corolla funnelform, pur- 

 plish changing to greenish, 4 // -6 // broad, its lobes 

 ovate-oblong; stamens slightly exserted; berry oval, 

 orange-red. 



In thickets and waste places, escaped from gardens, 

 Ontario to Virginia, west to Minnesota and Kansas. 

 Introduced from Europe. May- Aug. 



9. HYOSCYAMUS L. Sp. PL 179. 1753. 

 P'rect coarse viscid-pubescent narcotic annual biennial or perennial herbs, with alternate 

 mostly lobed or pinnatifid leaves, and large nearly regular flowers, the lower solitary in the 

 axils, the upper in a more or less i-sided spike or raceme. Calyx urn-shaped or narrowly 

 campanulate, 5-cleft, striate, enlarged and enclosing the capsule in fruit. Corolla funnel- 

 form, the limb somewhat oblique, 5-cleft, the lobes more or less unequal, spreading. Stamens 

 declined, mostly exserted; filaments filiform; anthers oblong or ovate, their sacs longitudi- 

 nally dehiscent. Ovary 2-celled; style slender; stigma capitate. Capsule 2-celled, circum- 

 scissile above the middle. [Greek, hog-bean.] 



About 15 species, natives of the Mediter- 

 ranean region. 



i. Hyoscyamus niger L,. Black 



Henbane. Hog's-bean. 



(Fig. 3221.) 



Hyoscyamus niger L,. Sp. PI. 179. 1753. 



Annual or biennial, villous and viscid, 

 of an ill odor; stem stout, i-2^ high. 

 Leaves ovate, lanceolate, or oblong in out- 

 line, 3 / -7 / long, acute or acuminate at the 

 apex, sessile, or the upper clasping the 

 stem, irregularly lobed, cleft or pinnatifid; 

 flowers very short-pedicelled, i / -2 / broad; 

 calyx- lobes triangular-ovate, acute; corolla 

 greenish-yellow, strongly reticulated with 

 purple veins, its lobes ovate, obtusish; 

 capsule globose-oblong, about 5" high. 



In waste places. Nova Scotia to Ontario, 

 New York and Michigan. Naturalized from 

 Europe. Called also Fetid Nightshade, In- 

 sane-root, Belene, Chenile. June-Sept. 



