SOLANACB/b. 515 



Calydermos erosus, Ruts, and Pav.) © Peru. Chili. N. America. FI. 

 large, pale blue, rayed, with a whitish bottom, which is marked with 

 five dark blue spots, Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. 

 SoLANDRA, Swz. (G. DoTi s Mill. dict. 4, f. 475.) 



X.grandiflora, Swz. {G. Don. I. c. ;—B. M. 44, t. 1874 -.—Roxb. U. B. 

 p. 16. — S. scandens, Willd. — Swarzia grandiflora, Gmel. — Datura sar- 

 mentosa. Lam.) $ v^ Jamaica. Fl. 7 inches, outside greenish-yel- 

 lowish, inside yellowish and streaked with dark purple, sweet scented, 

 Dec. and Jan. ; fr. April and May. 



2. viridiflora, Sims. {B. M. 45, t. 1948; — G. Don. I. c.) % Rio Janeiro. 

 Fl. very large, pale green. Introduced in 1841. 

 Datura, L. {G. Don's Mill. dict. 4, p. 427.) Thorn-apple. 



1. alba, Rumph. (Nees. ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 474. ; —J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 



p. 141, excl. Rumph. 5, t. 87, f. 2. syn. L. and B. M D. Metel, 



Roxb.fl. ind. \,p. 561 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 238 ; not L.—Rheed. 2, t. 28. 

 —Rumph. 5, t. 87,/. 1.) ^(l^ll Dhootooro. © All over India. Fl. very 

 large, white, and fr. the whole year. A strong narcotic, in India fre- 

 quently and sometimes fatally employed by thieves and other rogues, 

 to deprive their victims of the power of resistance. 



?. Metel, L. (not Roxb.— G. Don. I. c. ;—Nees. ;—B. M. 35, t. 1440.) 

 ® N. Africa. Canaries. Fl. like those of No. 1, Feb. and March ; fr. 

 H. S. Poisonous like No. 1. 



S.fasluosa, Mill. {G. Don. I. c. ; — Willd. ; — Rom. and Sch. ; — Nees. ; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 561 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 238 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 141, excl. D. dubia, Pers.) ^^ ^^^ Kala-dhootooro. © All over 

 India. Fl. very large, outside dark purple, inside whitish, and fr. 

 whole year. More virulently poisonous than No. 1. 

 a. simplex, {Rheed. 2, t. 29.) Fl. single. 

 j3. plena, {Rheed. 2. t. 30 -.—Rumph. 5, t. 87,/. 2.) 



A.ferox, L. {Amoen, acad. ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Nees. ; — Willd. ; — Mill. — 



D. Stramonium, ^. canescens. Wall. ;— Roxb. fl. ind.; ed. Carey, 2, p. 

 239. — Stramonium ferox, Zan.) © China. Cochin-China. Mountains 

 of N. India. Nepal. — Fi. very large, white, and fr. whole year. Used 

 by the Chinese for the same purposes as No. 1 by the Hindoos. 



5. Stramonium, L. (G. Don. I. c. ; — Nees. ; — Ruiz, and Pav. ; — Pursh. ; 



E. B. 18, A \2m;—Roxb. H. B.p. 16— D. loricata, Sieb.—D. Pseu- 

 dostramonium, Sieb. — D. capensis, //or/?//.— Stramonium vulgare, 

 Monch.—Q. foetidum, Scop.—S. vulgatum, Gartn. fr. 2, p. 243, t. 

 132, /. 4. — S. spinosum. Lam.) Common Thorn-apple. © America. 

 Naturahzed in Europe, N. Asia, and N. Africa. Fl. and fr. like No. 

 4, of which it is, perhaps, only a variety. 



6. Tatula, L. (G. Don. I. c. ;—Siot. fl. gard. t. 83 i—Nees ; — Mill. ,•— - 

 Willd. ;—Rdm. and Sch. ;—Spreng. ;— Pursh. ;—Roxb. H. B. p. 16.) 

 © America ; naturalized in the same places with the preceding species. 

 Fl, large, white, Feb. and xMarch; fr. H, S. 



