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cave, style about equalling | cal., racemes stalked usually with 1 

 distant flower, fr.-pedicels spreading, hairs on the 1. straight. 

 E. B. 2558. 'St. 42. 11. M. Uspida Koch. Usually slender, 

 erect; or caespitose with prostrate branches. L. oblong, 

 blunt ; lower obovate. Fl. small, unchangeably blue. . 

 Mittenii (Baker). Fl. pale, lowest bracteate. \M. stricta Link, 

 M. arvensis (R.) St. 42. 14, has its fr.-cal. closed, very short 

 adpressed fr.-pedicels, sessile racemes leafy below. Lowest 

 fr.-ped. not j as long as calyx. Probably a native of Britain.] 

 Dry banks. A. IV. V. E. S. I. 



8. M. versic'olor (Sm.) ; fr.-cal. closed oblong bellshaped 

 longer than the ascending pedicels, cor.-limb much shorter than 

 tube concave, style equalling cal., racemes stalked. E. B. 480. 

 St. erect, simple at the base. L. narrow, oblong, acutish ; 

 upper ones frequently opposite. Fl. small, at first pale yellow, 

 afterwards blue. Lobes of fr.-cal. often erect, therefore cal. not 

 truly closed. On plants in damp places the fl. are at first white 

 and the cal. is " less deeply divided ; " sometimes the fl. are 

 all yellow, M. Balbisiana ( Jord.). Meadows and banks. A. 

 V. VI. E. S. I. 



Order LV. SOLANACE^B. 



Cal. inferior, 5-parted, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, regular 

 or slightly irregular, 5-cleft. deciduous, plicate in bud ; the lobes 

 imbricate or imbricate-plicate (in Solanum valvate). Stani. 

 45, inserted on the cor., alternate with the lobes. Ovary 

 1 2- or imperfectly 4-celled. Fr. a berry or capsule. Seeds 

 many. Embryo usually curved, in fleshy albumen, often not in 

 the axis. No stipules. 



Tribe I. SOLANEAZ. Cor. rotate ; lobes nearly regular and 

 equal, valvate in the bud. Anth. opening by pores. 



1. SOLANUM. Cor.-limb 5-cleft, rejlexed. Anth. erect con- 

 nivent. Berry roundish with 2 or more cells. 



Tr. II. AT ROPE ^E. Cor. tubular ; tube plicate in bud ; lobes 

 slightly unequal, imbricate in the bud. Anth. opening 

 longitudinally at the margin. 



2. ATBQPA. Cor. belkhaped with 5 equal lobes. Cal. 5-parted, 

 patent and diluted with fruit. Stam. included. Fr. a glo- 

 bose 2-celled berry. 



