NIGHTSHADE FAMILY. 



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many places ; and being rather difficult to get rid of when once estab- 

 lished, is often something of a nuisance. It is frequently cultivated to 

 cover screens, &c. ; but there are so many plants better adapted every 

 way to the purpose, that its culture is not to be recommended. 



6. HYOSCY'AMUS, Tournef. HENBANE. 



[Greek, Hys, Ilyos, a hog, and Kyamos, a bean, because it either is or is not poisonous to 

 hogs, a point upon which authors differ.] 



Calyx bell-shaped or urn-shaped, 5-lobed. Corolla funnel-form, oblique, 



FIG. 165. The Ground or Winter-cherry (Physalis Alkekengi). a. A fruit with half of 

 the inflated calyx cut away. 



