ORDER 06. SOLANACE^S. 2G1 



Sepals distinct, with imbricated bracts added. Flowers sessile.. Nos. 2. 3 



Sepals united, bracts few and scattered. Flowers pedicellate. ..(a) 



a Corolla cylindrical, withering on the top of the capsule Nos. 4 C 



a Corolla bell-shaped, persistent at the base of the capsule. . .(b) 



b Lobes of the corolla acute or acuminate NOB. 7. 8 



b Lobes of the corolla obtuse Nos. 9 11 



1 fl.Epilinnm Weih. Flax D. Fls. sessile in small, dense, remote heads ; calyx 5- 



jarted, scarcely shorter than the globular corolla or capsule. Flax fields. Jn. Enr. 



2 <\ glomerata Choisy. Fls. in compact masses surrounding the foster stem while 



its own filiform stems decay ; sepals 1", with many squarrous bracts ; corolla white. 

 2'', tnbe-bell-form, 5-lobed. On the CompositjE, &c., W. and S. 



3 C. compacta Juss. Fls. in large (12') masses, with thick stems ; sep. and 36 



bracts minute (J") ; cor. slender, with 5 oblong lobes. N. Y., VV. and S., on shrubs. 



4 C. tenuiflora Eng. Pale, much branched, on high plants ; fls. short-pedicelled ; 



cor. tube slender, twice longer than the calyx or its own short obtuse lobes ; capsule 

 often but 1- or 2-seeded. Wet grounds, N. J., Pa., to 111., and W. 



5 O. Inflexa Eng, Fls. pedicelled, mostly 4-parted ; cor. fleshy, its lobes erect and 



indexed, margins crenulate ; capsule brown, capped with the dead corolla. Prairiee 

 and open woods, 111. to Va. and Ga. On Hazel, Rhus, fcc. 



6 C. decora Chois. Fls. pedicellate, 5-parted, large (1J"), fleshy, white ; cor. broad- 



bell-form, lobes acute ; capsule enveloped by the dead corolla. Wet, 111. to Fla. 



7 C. chlorocarpa. Eng. Low, branching, orange; fls. 4-parted, short-pedicelled, 



1", bell-form, the lobes of cal. and cor. acute ; caps, large, greenish. Wis. to Del., & S. 



8 C. arvensls Beyr. On low plants ; flowers small (f"), 5-parted, pedicellate ; corolla 



tube shorter than its pointed lobes, or the rounded sepals. N. Y. to 111., and S. Jn., Jl. 



9 C. obtuslflora H. B. K. Low, bright orange ; fls. pedicell.. dotted with red glands 



O. glandulosa) ; sep. round-obtuse ; caps. If. Mostly on Polygonum. Ga., S. and W. 

 IOC. Gronovii Willd. Stems thick, often high-climbing; fls. mostly 5-parted, a: 



length densely panicled ; corolla tube bell-form, longer than the calyx, its lobes ob 



tuse, entire, spreading. Common in all the country. Flowers 1J". 

 11C. rostrata Shutt. Fls. large (2 3"), in loose cymes; corolla deeply bell-font . 



lobes obtuse ; capsule 2 3", with a 2-pointed beak. Mountains, Md. to S. Car. 



ORDER XCVI. SOLANACE^E. NIGHTSHADES. 



Plants herbaceous, rarely shrubby, with a colorless juice and alternate 

 leaves often La pairs. Flowers mostly regular, often extra-axillary, 5-parted, 

 on bractless pedicels. Corolla valvate or plicate in the bud, and often con- 

 volute. Calyx persistent. Stamens 5, adherent to the corolla tube, alter- 

 nate with its lobes ; anthers 2-celled. Fruit a 2 -(rarely 3- or more)celled 

 capsule or berry. Seeds GO, with a curved embryo in fleshy albumen. 

 Figs. 66, 113, 168, 260, 483-4. 



I NOLANEvE. Ovaries few or 00, distinct, simple. Corolla fannel-bell-form. NOLANA. 1 



% SOLANE^. Ovary 1, compound, 2-(ormore)celled...(*) 



("orolla wheel-form, the tube very short. Anthers convergent. . .(&) 



Corolla bell-form, the broad tube including the erect anthers. ..(<) 



Corolla funnel-form, tube long and a the limb somewhat unequal . . .(<i) 



a the limb quite regular... (e) 



b Stamens connate, opening by slits inside. Berry torous LrcOPBMlCUH. > 



6 Stamens connivent, opening by terminal pores. Berry round SOLANUM. S 



b Stamens connivent, opening by slits. Berry dryish, angular CAPSICUM. 4 



c Corolla bluish. Berry dry, enclosed in the enlarged calyx NICANDRA. 5 



e Corolla yellowish. Berry juicy, enclosed in the enlarged calyx PHYSALIS. ( 



c Corolla purplish. Berry blackish, sitting on the open calyx ..ATROPA T 



