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showy. 14 spec, Medit. region; a few in Gal. A. maJMs, l°-3° high, 

 fls. variegated. Eur. Pig. 161. 7. Linaria, Toad-flax. Herbs, 

 often trailing ; fls. personate, purple, yellow, showy. Lvs. usually 

 linear. Sev. spec, Eur. L. Oymhaldria, miscalled Kbnilwobth 

 Ivy; lvs. ivy-like; stems delicate, trailing. Eur. 8. Verbascum, 

 MuLLBiN. Sta. 5, fertile, epipetalous ; filaments unequal ; fls. yel- 

 low, purple, or white. Strong erect herbs, usually woolly. 90 spec, 

 Eur., Asia, N". Af V. Thdpsis, Common M., Hiq-taper (Sax. 

 Hig, hedge), with 2 or 3 other spec, run wild m U. S., Can. Hairs, 

 Pig. 106, 5. 9. Calceolaria. Corolla-lips usually saccate ; sta. 2. 

 Herbs or shrubs. Many spec, all with showy fls. S.Am. Sub-Ord. 



3. Infl. def. 1. Schizinthus. Sta. 2 ; staminodes 2 or 3. Herbs ; 

 lvs. compound or pinnatisect ; corolla-limb fimbriate ; fls. showy ; few 

 spec, Chili. 2. Salpiglossis. Sta. 4; staminode 1. Similar, fls. 

 funnel-shaped ; showy ; Chili. 3. Brow411ia. Stji. 4. 0, bushy, 

 l°-2° high ; lvs. ovate ; fls. bright blue ; S. Am. 4. Brunsfelsia. Sta. 



4. anthers confluent at top ; corolla-tube long, border flat, 5-lobed. 

 Boll fleshy, sometimes indehisc, drupe-like. Shrubs or small trees; 

 lvs. oblong; fls. large, blue or white, fragrant. Several spec, W. 

 Ind., S. Am. These last lead directly to Solanaoese. 



Section II. — Flowers usually regular. 



Nightshade Alliance. — One Order. 



Ord. 43. Solanacese. — Characters of Scrophulariaceae ; but corolla 

 often regular ; sta. 5, fertile, epipetalous, equal or not ; anthers some- 

 times connivent or coherent, opening by a pore at top ; ova. usually 

 2-celled, syncarpous ; cells usually oo-ovuled ; lvs. rarely pinnate ; usu- 

 ally alt. Pr. a boll, pyxidium, or berry. Herbs, Shrubs, rarely Trees, 

 often with narcotic, deadly juices. About 70 gen., 1600 species, 

 cosmop., most abundant in tropics. 10 Tribes. Types given : 



Tribe 1. Boll few-seeded. 1. Metternichia. Trees. Pis. showy, 

 white or pink ; corol. funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Brazil. Tribe S. 

 Boll 2-valved ; sds. few. 1. Lonchostoma. Shrubs. Pis. smaller. 

 Cape of Good Hope. Tribe 3. Boll or berry; sds. (x. 1. Habro- 

 thimnus. Shrub. Corol. V long, border 5-toothed ; fls. red or purple 

 in splendid panicles. Berry, in calyx. Mex. 8. Cestrum, Night 

 Jessamine. Berry like last. Corol. border 5-lobed, V long ; fls. 

 greenish white, clustered, fragrant at night. C. iioctw-num. W. Ind. 

 C. Pdrqui, Chili. Tribe 4. Berry 2-4-celled. Triguiera. Herb. 

 Spain. Tribe 5. Drupe with 4 pyrenes. 1. Grabowskia boerhaav- 

 isefolin, spiny shrub. Brazil. Tribe 6. Style gynob^sio ; ova. 

 5-8-1 0-x, distinct, ripening into drupes. Small shrubs or herbs. 



1. Dolia. Heath-like littoral shrubs ; lvs. fleshy ; fls. small. S. Am. 



2. Nolana. Prostrate; fls. bell-shaped, large, showy. Sev. spec, 

 Peru, Chili. 



Tribe 7. Solaneae. Anthers often cnnnivent, sometimes coherent. 

 Pr. a berry, 2-xi -celled ; rarely a boll without valves. Herbs or slirubs. 

 1. Lycium, Box Thokn, Matrimony. Shrubs, often scrambling 

 and spiny ; lvs. and purple (usually 5-merous) fls. small ; berries 

 scarlet or orange. Many fine spec. ; Medit. States, China, N. and 

 trop. Am. L. carolinidnum, low, ."ipiny ; fls. 4-merous. Salt marshes, 



5. States. 2. Mandragora, Mandrake. Poisonous herbs ; rt. usually 

 fleshy, forked; fls. deep blue; showy. Berry 1-celled. S. Eur., Asia. 



