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2 N. filicaxilis LindL Glabrous, ascending, difluse ; sts. filiform, Ivs. very 

 narrow, sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, opposite the peduncles ; caL ob- 

 conic bell-shaped, #7771. linear-lanceolate, acute ; cor. tube glandular, little longer 

 than the calyx, limb undulate, obtusely 5-lobed. Sts. a foot high. Lvs. 6 to 10" 

 long. Cor. lilac or white, with a 5-rayed star of violet lines, f Both species from 

 Buenos Ayres. 



10. LYCIUM, L. MATRIMONY VINE. (Named from Lycia, the na- 

 tive country of the original species.) Calyx 2 5-cleft, short ; corolla 

 tubular, limb mostly 5-lobed, spreading, orifice closed by the beard of 

 the filaments ; stamens 4 5, exserted ; berry 2-celled ; seeds several, 

 reniforrn. Shrubs, the branches ending in a spinous point, and often 

 having axillary spines. Fls. axillary, solitary, or in pairs. 



L. barbanim L. St. angular ; branches long, pendulous, somewhat spiny ; 

 ' Ivs. often fasciculate, lanceolate; cal. mostly 3-cleft. Native of Barbary, culti- 

 vated and nearly naturalized. It is a shrub, with long, slender, trailing or hang- 

 ing branches which overspread walls, &c., with a thick, tangled mass. Leaves 

 smooth, 3 times as long as wide, often broadest above, acute or obtuse, tapering 

 into a petiole. Flowers greenish-purple. Berries orange-red, f Barbary. 



11. DATITRA, L. THORN APPLE. JIMSON (i. e., Jamestown-weed). 

 (An alteration of the Arabic name Totorah.) Calyx large, tubular, 

 ventricous, 5-angled, deciduous, with a persistent, orbicular, peltate 

 base ; corolla infundibulifolium, tube cylindric, long, limb 5-angled and 

 plaited; stamens 5; stigma obtuse, bilamellate ; capsule 2-celled, 4- 

 valved ; cells 2 3-parted. (T) Herbs, with bluish-white or purple, soli- 

 tary, axillary flowers. 



1 D. stramonium L. St. dichotomous; Ivs. ovate, smooth, angular-dentate ; 

 caps, spiny, erect A well-known poisonous plant, growing among rubbish in 

 waste places. Stem about 3f high, smooth, hollow. Leaves large, situated at 

 the base of the dichotomous branches, their sides unequal, with large, irregular 

 teeth afad sinuses. Flowers solitary, axillary ; corolla funnel-shaped, with a long 

 tube and a plaited, 5-toothed border, the color cream-white. Fruit egg-shaped, 

 the size of a small apple, covered with spines. Aug. Central America? Poi- 

 sonous and narcotic, but used for asthma, &c. 



f3. TATULA. St. purple ; fls. bluish-white. (D. tatula L.) More common 

 Westward. 



2 D. (BRUGMANSIA) sanguinea Ruiz k Pav. (R. bicolor Pers.) is a 

 coarse looking, large-leaved shrub with huge, trumpet-beil-shaped fls. distinguished 

 by the cuspidate angles of the red or white corolla, is now often seen in green- 

 houses. The yellow capsules are unarmed. 



12. NICOTIA'NA, Tourn. TOBACCO. (In honor of John Nicot, of 

 Languedoc, who seems to have introduced it into Europe.) Caly-x urce- 

 olate, 5-cleft ; corolla infundibuliform, regular, limb 5-lobed ; stamens 5 ; 

 stigmas emarginate ; capsule 2-celled, 2 to 4-valved. (T) Coarse, nar- 

 cotic herbs, with simple Ivs. and terminal fls. Cor. white, tinged with 

 green or purple. 



1 N. nistica L. COMMON TOBACCO. Viscid-pubescent ; Ivs. petioled, ovate, en- 

 tire ; tube of the cor. cylindric, longer than the calyx, segments round, obtuse. 

 For the purposes of tobacco this plant is considered inferior to the Virginian. 

 Stem 12 18' high. Flowers greenish-yellow, in a terminal panicle or raceme. 

 In "Western N. Y.. &c.. said to have been introduced by the Indians. Aug. 



2 N. Tabacum L. VIRGINIA TOBACCO. Viscid-pubescent ; Ivs. lanceolate, 

 sessile, decurrent ; cor. tube inflated at the throat, lobes acute. Native of Central 

 America, particularly the island of Tobago, and the Province of Tabasco in Mex- 

 ico, whence it was first exported to Europe, 1586. It is extensively cultivated in 

 the Middle and Western States, and is exported in vast quantities. Stem 4 6f 



