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(5. Cuscuta.) 



chlorocarpa, Engelm. 



Alluvial soil, on Polygonum. Cherry Island. Rare. 

 Aug. 

 compacta, Juss. 



Wet sandy soil, on Benzoin and Cephalanthus. Fre- 

 quent. Aug. 



Order 65.— SOLANACEJ^. 82. 



1. Solan um, L. 



Dulcamara, L. (Bittersweet.) 



Roadsides and waste places. Frequent. July. 

 nigrum, 1 L. (Nightshade.) 



Waste places. Common. July. 

 Carolinense, L. (Horse-nettle. Sodom-apple.) 

 Fields and roadsides. Frequent. July. 

 '1. Lycopersicum, Toum. 



esculentum, Mill. (Tomato. Love-apple.) 

 Spontaneous about gardens. June. 



3. Physalis, L. 



viscosa, L. (Ground Cherry.) 



Dry fields and roadsides. Frequent. July. 



pubescens? L. 



Low open woods; Brandy wine. Not rare. July. 



4. Nicandra, Adans. 



physaloides, Gaertn. (Apple of Peru.) 



Waste places about gardens. Not common. July. 



5. Datura, 2 L. 



Stramonium, L. (Jamestown-weed. Thorn-apple.) 

 Barnyards and waste places. Common. July. 



6. Petunia, Juss. 



nictagyniflora, Juss. 



Becoming naturalized about gardens. June. 



7. Lycium, L. 



Barbarum, L. (Matrimony Vine.) 



Fully naturalized about gardens, and exceedingly 

 difficult to exterminate. June. 



1 A poisonous plant, common in gardens. 



1 Plant a powerful narcotic. Seeds sometimes eaten by children with 

 fatal effect. 



