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noscc and Compositce. Across the coutinent, principally through its southern 

 borders. 



3. C. inflexa, Engelm. Like the last: flowers of the same structure, 

 but Old,/ a line lontj, generally 4-merous; corolla tleeper, uith tiirt lol^rs.jimtltif 

 capping the cafsnle : scales reduced to a few teeth. — Open woods and drv nmi- 

 ries, ou shrubs ( lazels, etc.) or coarse herbs, from Arkansas to the Dakota* 

 and eastward. 



= = Obtuse lobes of the euro/la spi< ndiiKj. 



4. C. Gronovii, Willd. Stems coar.^e, often climbing high : c«)roIla-lobe8 

 mostly sliorter than the deeply campanulate tube: scales copiinislv fring<'d : 

 capsule globose, umI)onate. — In wet shady jdaccs from the Ifockv Moun- 

 tains eastward, most abundant in the Atlantic States, and everywhere verv 

 variable. 



•4- 4- Cali/x of 5 distinct and lay-gel fj overlapping sepals, surrounded b>i 2 to 5 or 

 more similar bracts : scales of corolla large and deeplij frinqed : capsule 

 mostly one-seeded, capped by the marcescent corolla : Jlowers on bracteolate pedi- 

 cels, in loose panicles. 



5. C. CUSpidata, Engelm. Stems slender: flowers 1^ to 2^ lines long, 

 thin, membranaceous when dry: bracts and sepals ovate-orbicular: oblong 

 lobes of the corolla cuspidate or mucronate, rarely obtu.se, shorter than the 

 cylindrical tube : styles many times longer than the ovary, at length exsertcd. 

 — Prairies, on Ambrosia, Iva, Leguminosce, etc., from Colorado to Texa^ and 

 Nebraska. 



* * Capsule more or less regularli/ circumscissile, usualli/ capped bi/ the remains 

 of the corolla : styles capillar// and lobes of the corolla acute. 



6. C. umbellata, HBK. Stems low and capillary : flowers U t«> 2 lines 

 long, few together in umbel-like clusters, usually shorter than their pedicels : 

 acute calyx-lobes and lanceobite subulate lobes of the corolla longer than its 

 shallow tube : scales deeply fringed and exceeding the tube. — Drv jdaces, on 

 low herbs {Portulaca, etc.), from S. E. Colorado to Texas and Arizona. 



Order 55. SOLAMACE.i:. (Nightshade Family.) 



Herbs, with alternate leaves, regular 5-merous and o-andnms tlowers, 

 m bractlcss pedicels ; the corolla variously arranged iu the l>ud, and 

 mostly plaited. Stamens mostly equal and all perfect, inserted on the 

 corolla. Style and stigma single. 



* Fruit a berry. 



•♦- Anthers longer than their filaments, either connivent or connate into a cone or cylinder: 



corolla rotate : calyx mostly uiicliangcd in fruit 



1. Solanum. Anthor-iells opening at the apex by a pore or sliort slit, and sometimes 



also longitudinally dehiscent, 

 t- *- Antliers unconnected, mostly shorter thar tlieir Tdaments, destitute of terminal pore*, 

 dehiscent longitudinally. 



2. Chamaesaraoha. Calyx herbaceous and closely investing the fruit or moHt of it, not 



angled. Corolla rot.nte, 5-angulate. Berry globose, its summit usually more or Ie*» 

 naked. Pedicels solitary in the axils, refracted or recurved in frulL 



