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  FLORA 
  OF 
  ARKANSAS 
  TERRITORY. 
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  approximating 
  into 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  raceme, 
  which 
  is 
  primarily 
  curved 
  ; 
  calix 
  

   campanulate, 
  10-cleft, 
  the 
  segments 
  ovate 
  and 
  acute, 
  ciliate, 
  the 
  larger 
  

   connivent 
  and 
  erect, 
  the 
  exterior 
  much 
  smaller 
  and 
  reflected 
  ; 
  corolla 
  

   pelviform-campanulate, 
  violet-blue, 
  the 
  lobes 
  oval 
  and 
  naked, 
  obliquely 
  

   emarginated, 
  before 
  expansion 
  convolute 
  ; 
  the 
  exterior 
  base 
  producing 
  

   ten 
  purple 
  spots, 
  the 
  internal 
  base 
  furnished 
  with 
  five 
  foveolate 
  necta- 
  

   riferous 
  cavities, 
  with 
  tomentose 
  margins 
  bearing 
  the 
  stamina; 
  stamina 
  

   about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  corolla, 
  the 
  filaments 
  filiform 
  and 
  smooth 
  ; 
  

   anthers 
  sagittate-oblong, 
  brownish-yellow 
  ; 
  style 
  one, 
  bifid, 
  below 
  hir- 
  

   sute 
  ; 
  capsule 
  oval, 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  connivent 
  calix, 
  somewhat 
  hirsute, 
  

   1 
  -celled, 
  4-seeded, 
  the 
  seeds 
  by 
  pairs, 
  alternately 
  immersed 
  in 
  a 
  fleshy 
  

   succulent 
  receptacle, 
  occupying 
  the 
  whole 
  cavity 
  of 
  the 
  capsule. 
  — 
  

   Hah. 
  In 
  the 
  shady 
  woods 
  of 
  Cedar 
  prairie, 
  ten 
  miles 
  from 
  Fort 
  Smith, 
  

   and 
  from 
  thence 
  in 
  similar 
  situations 
  to 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  Pottoe. 
  

   Flowering 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  SOLANEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum, 
  Lin. 
  2. 
  S. 
  Carolinense, 
  Willd. 
  Sp. 
  PL 
  1, 
  p. 
  

   1043; 
  Pursh, 
  1, 
  p. 
  156. 
  

  

  3. 
  S. 
  triflorum. 
  — 
  Towards 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas, 
  and 
  near 
  

   the 
  burrows 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Marmot. 
  — 
  Dr 
  James. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  situa- 
  

   tions 
  grew 
  also 
  a 
  hirsute 
  variety. 
  

  

  1. 
  Physalis 
  pubescens, 
  Willd. 
  p. 
  1023; 
  Feuil. 
  Peruv. 
  3, 
  t. 
  1 
  (P. 
  

   obscura, 
  (3 
  pubescens, 
  Mich. 
  Flor. 
  Am. 
  1, 
  p. 
  149; 
  Pursh, 
  l,p. 
  157?). 
  

   — 
  According 
  to 
  Father 
  Feuille, 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  edible, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States. 
  

  

  2. 
  P. 
  *pumila. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Perennial. 
  Somewhat 
  hirsutely 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  

   stem 
  erect, 
  twelve 
  to 
  eighteen 
  inches; 
  leaves 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  appa- 
  

   rently 
  entire 
  and 
  solitary, 
  attenuated 
  down 
  the 
  petiole, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  

   distinct; 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  calix 
  acuminate. 
  — 
  The 
  habit 
  very 
  much 
  that 
  

   of 
  Atropa. 
  

  

  3. 
  P. 
  *longifolia. 
  Glaberrima, 
  caule 
  angulato 
  erecto, 
  foliis 
  solita- 
  

   riis 
  ovato-lanceolatis 
  acuminatis 
  sinuato-dentatis 
  longe 
  pedunculatis, 
  

   floribus 
  solitariis 
  pendulis. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Herbaceous; 
  root 
  perennial; 
  stem 
  

   angular, 
  about 
  eighteen 
  inches 
  high, 
  and 
  branching 
  above; 
  leaves 
  

  

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