AGRICULTURAL BOTANY 



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also belong the jimson weed, the g-ound cherry, and 

 the henbane. The foliage is rank-scented, the fruits 

 are mostly narcotics, often very poisonous, though 

 some are edible. 



The general characteristics of this family are : 



i. Flowers regular, five-parted, corolla wheel-shaped ; 



FIG. 90. Potato Plant. 



i, flowers; b, flower; c, section; d, e, anther; /, section of ovary; g, pistil; h, diagram of 



flower. 



2. Five equal stamens inserted on the calyx; 



3. Style and stigma single, the fruit a two-celled, 

 many-seeded capsule or berry. 



Compositae, or Aster Family. About one tenth 



