882 THE SOlJLNtrM FAMILY. 



Leaves lanceolate, or often the radical and lowest ones oblong, stalked, and 

 Bometimes near a foot long ; the others gradually shorter, with shorter stalks, 

 the uppermost sessile and clasping the stem: all of them hoary with a dense, 

 rather soft, appressed down. Racemes numerous, mostly simple, forming 

 a terminal leafy panicle; the pedicels short, without bracts. Calyx-seg- 

 ments broadly lanceolate. Corolla rather small, of a duU purplish-red. 

 Nuts flattened and bur-like, often above 3 lines diameter. The whole plant 

 has a disagreeable smell. 



On roadsides and waste places, in Europe and Russian Asia, extending 

 far into Scandinavia. Not unfrequent in England and Ireland, but becom- 

 ing rare in Scotland. Fl. summer. 



2. Grreen Hound's-tongue. Cynoglossum montanum, Liun. 

 (C. syUaiinim, Eng. Bot. t. 1642.) 



Much like the common H., but generally not so stout, much greener ; the 

 hairs of the leaves fewer, more scattered, and stiflfer ; the upper leaves 

 broader at the base, and the spikes more slender, with fewer and smaller 

 flowers, of a dull bluish-purple tinge. 



Ill woods and shady places, chiefly in the forests and mountain districts 

 of the continent of Europe, extending eastward to the Caucasus. Not com- 

 mon in Britain, occurring in the southern and some of the central or east- 

 ern counties of England, rare in Ireland, and not known in Scotland. FL 

 summer. 



LIV. THE SOLANUM FAMILY. SOLANACE^. 



Herbs, shrubs, or soft-wooded trees, with alternate leaves 

 without stipules, laut sometimes accompanied by a smaller leaf at 

 their base ; the flowers solitary or in forked cymes, on lateral 

 or terminal peduncles. Calyx usually with 5 teeth, lobes, or 

 segments. Corolla monopetalous, with 5 or rarely 4 teeth or 

 lobes, regular or nearly so, and folded in the bud. Stamens as 

 many as the lobes of the corolla, and alternating with its divi- 

 sions. Ovary 2-celled, rarely incompletely 4-celled, with several 

 ovules in each cell. Fruit a berry or rarely a capsule, with 

 several seeds. 



A numerous family in the tropical and warmer parts of the globe, only 

 represented in northern regions by a few stragglers from more southern lati- 

 tudes. A large proportion of the species contain more or less of a narcotic, 

 poisonous principle, although several are among the important articles of 

 food. 



Fruit a capsule. 



Corolla large, with a long tube. Capsule prickly, 4-valved 1. Datttra. 



Corolla obliquely campanulate, with a short tube. Capsule smooth . 2. Henbanbj 

 Fruit a berry. 



Corolla rotate. Anthers close together, in a projecting cone, opening 



by pores at the top 3. Solanum. 



Corolla campaniilate. Anthers distinct, opening by longitudinal sUts . 4. Ateopa. 



Several Solanacem belonging to exotic genera are cultivated for use or i 



