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iy This foreigner is ise naturalized; and although some- 
hat popular as an ingredient in cataplasms and demuleent drinks, is 
peielay #6 regarded as an unwelcome intruder in yards and garden 
M. oe = So an erect piatkalog stem, 2~3 feet high and meh 
larger flowe ralized in Western New York. The Curled M: 
low (M. tit is found 3 in old gardens 
3. SI'DA, L. Sma. 
{The ancient Greek name.} 
— none. eax ss Petals pose oblique. Styles 5 or more. 
Fruit when ripe ing into as man ed ca <e pron as haste ath 
style which nonally bs os 2-valved a reife summit a ength sepa- 
te fro Gai axis. Embryo bent with The radicle pointing upwards. 
. S. spino’sa, L. Leaves ovate, lanceolate or oblong with a tubercle at 
the base sf the petiole. 
SPprINnosE srpa. 
Stem 10-18 inches long, low and branched. Leaves about 2 inches long, ser- 
eaten se nal axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, shorter than the petioles, articu- 
rie ete the yellow 
es and waste races more common southward. Native of India. July -August. 
4, ABU’TILON, Tournef. Inprtan-mattow. 
[A name supposed to be derived from the Arabs. 
Ca — d forming a compound capsule, pee 
at the summit whe reach spits open — the inner edge, scarcely 
— at dlnkarthy: 's 2—9 in eac 1. 
1. A. Avicénne, Gaertn. Leaves orbicular-cordate, acuminate, crenate- 
dentate, mon maton peduncles axillary, shorter than the petiole. 
Avicenna’s Anutiton. Indian-mallow. Velvetdeaf. 
Root 1. Stem 2—4or 5 feet high, branched. Leaves 4~6 or 8 inches long ; petioles 3 
2 toalian ini: Pals yellow. Oras I 15, verticillately ‘orriaiged. in. ‘fattened, 
somewhat bell-shaped head. cs 
lots and waste places: introduced, Native of Europe and Asia. ae 
poms neon ‘i 
Taancar fll Potato | other eal | 
Potato ee vad other | csr Tote and § is 
aber So 
cued before mature is 
