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ing, herbaceous, nearly simple, with winged angles ; leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate ; alternate leaflets much the smallest, all entire ; flowers dull-white, 

 sometimes purplish, nodding, in terminal umbels, pedicellate. June-July. 



4. S. PSEUDO-CAPSICUM (Jerusalem Cherry). Evergreen ; stem shrub- 

 by, branching above ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, dark green, smooth and shin- 

 ing ; flowers solitary, nodding ; corolla white ; anthers orange ; berries glo- 

 bose, scarlet, as large as small cherries. Cultivated, 2-4 feet high. 



5. S. MELONGENA (Egg-plant). Stem prickly, herbaceous, branching ; 

 leaves ovate, downy, prickly ; flowers small, whitish ; fruit large, ovate, 

 varying from 2-8' in length, smooth, glossy, purple. Cultivated, 2-3 feet 

 high. July-September. 



8. Lycopersicum. Calyx mostly 5-parted, persistent. Corolla 

 rotate ; tube very short ; limb mostly 5-lobed, plicate. Anthers con- 

 verging, opening at top by 2 pores. Berry 3-6-celled. 



L. ESCULENTUM ( Tomato}. Hairy ; stem herbaceous ; leaves unequally 

 pinnatifid ; segments incised, glaucous beneath ; peduncles bearing clusters 

 of greenish-yellow flowers ; fruit torulose, furrowed, smooth, green at first, 

 but bright red and juicy when mature. Stem 3-5 feet long. 



9. Atropa. Calyx persistent, 5-cleft. Corolla campanulate. Sta- 

 mens distant. Berry globose, sitting on the calyx, 2-celled. 



A. BELLADONNA (Deadly Nightshade}. Smooth, herbaceous ; stem 

 branching below ; leaves large, ovate, entire ; flowers dull, lurid purple ; ber- 

 ries large, green at first, black when mature, full of purple juice ; stem 4 feet 

 high. A poisonous plant. Gardens. July-August. 



10. Lycium. Calyx 2-5-cleft, short. Corolla tubular, limb mostly 

 5-lobed, spreading. Stamens 4-5. Filaments bearded, closing the 

 throat of the corolla. Berry 2-celled. Seeds several, reniform. 



L. VULGARE {Matrimony Vine}. Shrubby ; stem branching ; branches 

 long, pendulous, ending in a spiny point, often furnished with axillary 

 spines ; leaves lanceolate, often in clusters, smooth, acute or obtuse, tapering 

 to a petiole ; flowers axillary, greenish-purple ; berries orange-red. In cul- 

 tivation. July. 



INFERIOR MONOPETALOUS EXOGENS WITH 

 IRREGULAR FLOWERS. 



Order LVIII. SCROPHULARIACE^E (Figwort Family]. 



Herbs, or sometimes shrubby. Leaves opposite, or alternate, 

 sometimes verticillate or radical. Sepals 4-5, persistent, more or 

 less united. Corolla bilabiate, personate, sometimes nearly regu- 

 lar, with 4-5 more or less unequal segments, the lobes imbricated 

 in prefloration. Stamens didynamous, often with the rudiments 



