572 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST, SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



Herbs, ekect with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals LTnited. 



Hyoscyamus niger, 

 Henbane 



Solanace^. 

 F. B. 1. iv. 244. 

 Himalaya, 8-11,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 

 Quetta. 



Hyoscyamus pusillus, 



Solanace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 245. 

 Kashmir. 

 Ladak, 10,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Stocks). 

 Hyoscyamus muticus, 

 Solan ACE.E. 

 F. B. I. iv. 245. 

 N. W, F. Province. 

 Baluchistan (Stocks). 



Nicotiana tabacum, 

 Tobacco, 



Tumaku. 



SOLANACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 245. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



icotiana rustica, 



SOLANACE^E. 



F. B. I. iv. 245. 

 The Western Plains. 

 N. W. F. Province. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



short, overlapping in bud, stamens [5, attached at 

 the middle of the tube protruding, style thread- 

 like, stigma barely 2-lobed, protruding ; capsule ^ 

 in. diam., 2-celled, seeds -^ in., very many, net- 

 veined flattened. 



medium size to large, sticky, hairy with an 

 unpleasant heavy odour, stem thick ; leaves, radical 

 leaves 6-8 in., entire or coarsely sinnate-toothed or 

 lobed, spreading, oblong-ovate, stem-leaves smal- 

 ler, sessile, ovate, lobed, changing into bracts 

 above ; flowers l-lj in. diam., dark, yellowish- green, 

 veined with purple, sessile on one-sided spikes, 

 rolled back at first, then straight, calyx f in., tube 

 ovoid lobes, funnel-shaped, 5-toothed,corolla funnel- 

 shaped, lobes 5 spreading vinequal, broad, short, 

 stamens 5, protruding style thread-like, longer 

 than the stamens, stigma nearly round, capsule 

 ■| in. diam., enclosed in the swollen tube of the 

 enlarged calyx, lower part papery, upper hard, 

 opening along the line between the two parts, 

 seeds o=V in. very many. 



very like the last, but lower leaves smaller, 

 often lobed, stem leaves stalked often lobed, calyx 

 streaked smoothish, teeth lanceolate, corolla J-f 

 in. yellow, not net-veined. 



like Hyoscyamus niger, but leaves larger, some- 

 what woolly, stem leaves stalked entire or toothed, 

 calyx streaked, velvety, teeth triangular, not 

 sharp-pointed in fruit, corolla 1-1^ in. dark yellow 

 or nearly white. 



medium size to large, annual, velvety, sticky 

 leaves 4-10 by 2-5 in., oblong, base wedge-shaped ; 

 flowers pink, \^ in. long, in terminal or nearly ter- 

 minal loose branching racemes, calyx ovoid, teeth 5, 

 triangular lanceolate, corolla-linear-funnel shaped, 

 lobes 5, stamens 5, in the lower part of corolla-tube, 

 thread-like, style thread-like, stigma 2-fid ; capsule 

 J in., seeds numerous, small, hardly flattened. 

 This plant is a native of America widely cultivated, 

 sometimes found as an escape near villages. 



very like the last species, but the leaves are 

 ovate with a blunt or heart-shaped base, flowers 

 yellowish in a close flowered branching racemr, 

 calyx teeth triangular with a blunt point, corolla 

 bell-shaped, cylindric, berry \ in. This plant is a 

 native of Mexico, and only found here as a culti- 

 vated plant. 



