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* Corolla with a broad or inflated tube, mostly red or greenish. 



N. Tabacum, Linn. COMMON T. The principal species cult, for the 

 foliage ; 4-6 high, with lance-ovate, decurrent leaves l-2 long, or the 

 upper lanceolate, panicled flowers, and rose-purple, funnel-form corolla 

 2' long, with somewhat inflated throat and short lobes. S. Amer. 



N. rustica, Linn. A weed in some places, is a low, homely plant, with 

 ovate and petioled leaves 2'-5' long, and green funnel-form corolla (!' 

 long) contracted under the short round lobes. Nativity unknown. (D 



N. tomentosa, Ruiz. & Pav. (N. coixissEA.) Very tall (6-10 high), 

 strong herb, often with very large, broad-lanceolate to ovate, entire 

 leaves (a yard long by two-thirds as wide), decurrent on the stem, and 

 short flowers with exserted stamens. Cult, for its tropical appearance. 

 S. Amer. ^ 



* * Corolla white, with a very long and narrow, nearly cylindrical 



tube. 

 -H- Corolla lobes acute. 



N. long/flora, Cav. Slender, 2-3 high, cult, for its handsome white 

 flowers, which open toward evening ; corolla salver-shaped, the green 

 tube 4' and the lance-ovate acute lobes ' long ; leaves lanceolate, undu- 

 late. 



N. alata, Link & Otto. (N. AFFhns of gardens). Strong plant 3-4, 

 clammy- pubescent ; leaves lance-obovate and entire, or the upper ones 

 lanceolate, the lower ones narrowed into a petiole-like base, which is 

 dilated where it joins the stem ; flowers very long (the slender tube 5'- 

 6 ), the limb deeply 6-cleft and unequal, opening at nightfall, and then 

 fragrant. Common in gardens. Brazil. 



I- -*- Corolla lobes obtuse. 



N. noctiflora, Hook. The handsome white flowers opening at evening 

 (as the name denotes), is similar to N. longiflora, but with ovate-lanceo- 

 late petioled leaves, tube of corolla only 2'-3' long, and its roundish lobes 

 notched at the end. (D 



N. suaveolens, Lehm. Nearly or quite smooth and glabrous, l-3 ; 

 leaves lance-obovate and wavy, tapering below; flowers 3' long, the 

 rounded divisions of the corolla overlapping and the limb, therefore, 

 appearing as if nearly entire, sweet-scented. Australia. 



14. DATURA, THORN APPLE, STRAMONIUM, etc. (Name 

 altered from the Arabic.) Rank-scented, mostly large-flowered, 

 narcotic-poisonous weeds, or some ornamental in cultivation. 



* Flower and the usually prickly 4-valved pod erect, the latter resting on 

 a plate or saucer-shaped body which is the persistent base of the calyx, 

 the whole upper part of which falls off entire after flowering ; corolla 

 with a o-toothed border. 



D. Strambnium, Linn. COMMON T. or JAMESTOWN WEED, JIMSON 

 WEED. Waste grounds ; smooth, with green stems and white flowers 

 (3' long) ; leaves ovate, angled, or sinuate-toothed. Probably Asian. 

 (Lessons, Fig. 246.) 



D. T6tula, Linn. PETBPLE T. A weed very like the other, but rather 

 taller, with purple stem and pale violet-purple flowers. Trop. Amer. 



* * Pod nodding on the short recurved peduncle, rather fleshy, bursting 

 irregularly, otherwise as in the foregoing section ; flowers large, showy. 

 Cult, from warm regions for ornament. 2Z 



D. Mete/, Linn. Clammy-pubescent ; leaves ovate, entire, or obscurely 

 angled-toothed ; corolla white, the 10-toothed border 4' wide ; capsule 

 prickly. Trop. Amer. 



