No. 17] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 245 
Throughout the state, in waste or cultivate ground, Ox- 
ford; Hinds Co.; Smith Co.; Bay St. Louis. June-October. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Solanum gracile Dunal. Slender Nightshade. 
In sandy soil of the coast region; coastal islands (Tracy) ; 
Summer and fall. 
Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq. (Solanum mamonsum Ell.) 
Spiny Nightshade. 
Dry sandy soil. Coastal region. Pascagoula. Spring. 
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. Silverleaf Nightshade. 
Dry sandy soil. Bay St. Louis (Allison). June. 
Allison Herb. 
Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. (Solanum balbisii Dunal). 
Southern prairie region to the coast. Biloxi beach. Spring 
and summer. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Solanum Carolinense L. Horse Nettle. 
Over the state; dry sandy open ground, fields and waste 
places. Oxford; Hinds Co. June-Oct. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Solanum rostratum Dunal. 
Waste places and prairies (Small). Lafayette Co. Spring 
and summer. 
DATURA L. Thorn Apple. Jamestown or Jimson Weed. 
Datura tatula L. Purple Thorn Apple. 
Rich waste. places over the state. Very common. Summer. 
Datura stramonium L. Common Thorn Apple. Jamestown 
or Jimson Weed. 
Much less common than D. tatula in this state. Waste 
places and eultivated ground. Summer. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. Figwort Family. 
VERBASCUM L. Maullein. 
Verbascum thapsus L. Common Mulein. 
Dry open fields and pastures; over the state. April-May. 
