POPULAR FLORA. 



185 



Mornijig-GIory. Ijjomcea. 



Common M. Annual; stem hairy, the hairs Ijent downwards; leaves heart-shaped, entire; flowers 

 3 to 5 on the peduncle; flowers purple or pink varying to white, opening early in the morning, 

 closing in bright sunshine ; pod 3-celled. Cult. &c. /. pui-piirea. 



Wild JI. (or Man-of-the-Earth). Smooth ; root huge, perennial ; leaves heart-shaped, entire or 

 some of them narrowed in the middle; flowers 1 to 5 on a peduncle, white with purple in the 

 tube, opening in sunshine. Sandy banks. /. panduratus. 



68. NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. Order SOLANACEiE. 



Herbs, or sometimes shrubs, with a colorless bitter or nauseous juice (often poisonous) ; 

 alternate leaves ; and regular flowers, with 5 (or in cultivated plants sometimes 6 or 7) 

 mostly equal stamens and one pistil. Ovary with 2 or more cells, in fruit becomino' a 

 many-seeded berry or pod. Corolla plaited in the bud, or valvule, i. e. the lobes placed 

 edge to edge. 



458 Upper part of the corolla of Stramonium (Fi^. 177) in bud- 459. Cross-section of the same, to show hnw it is plaited and folded. 

 46'J. Flower of TL>l)acco. 4tjl. Us pod and calyx. 462. Same, with the U|iper part cut away. 463. Flowers and berries of Bttlersweel 

 Nightshade. 464. Flower of Henbane. 465. Pod of the same, opening by a lid. 



Corolla wheel-shaped : stamens closely converging or united around the style (Fig. 

 182, 183). Fruit a berry. 

 Anthers longer than the very short filaments, and 



Connected with each other, opening lengthwise. Berry several-celled, {Lycopersicuni) *Tomato. 

 Not grown together, opening at the top by two pores, {Solanum) Nightshade. 



Anthers shorter than the filaments, heart-shaped, separate, opening lengthwise. Berry 

 pod-like, inflated, the pulp very pungent (Cayenne or Red Pepper), 



( Cdj}sicum) *Capsicum. 



