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3. AtTopa Belladdnna (only spec), Deadly Nightshade. QI. 

 Low ; Ivs. ovate, petioled ; fls. small, purple ; single or in pairs, nod- 

 ding ; berries small, black, sweet, deadly poisonous. S. Eur., W. Asia. 



4. Lycopersicum, Tomato, Love-Apple. Trailing herbs ; Ivs. inter- 

 rupted-pinnate ; anthers coherent ; fls. small ; berries large, shining, 

 yellow or red, 2-4- c»-oelled. 10 spec, Q, Qj.; several edible. Chiefly 

 in Peru. L. eseulentum, finest. 5. Solanutn, Nightshade. Anthers 

 connivent. Berry oo-seeded, often large, showy ; fls. clustered. Herbs, 

 shrubs, small trees. Lvs. various, pinnate, sinuate, or entire. Many 

 spec. ; often deadly j some few wholesome. S. sodomeum, Sodom 

 Apple. Berry as large as an apple, showy, deadly. S. Eur., Af., 

 Australia. S. Melongena, Eqg-Plant, Aubergine. Berry still 

 larger, purple or white, edible. 0. Pig. 158. Peru. S. tubeTosum, 

 Ikish Potato. Berries small, green, poisonous; fls. showy; tubers 

 wholesome, the staple food of Ireland. Starch grains, Pig. 239, A. 

 Chili. S. Dulcamara, Bittersweet, Woody Nightshade. Stem 

 woody at base, tall, scrambling ; lvs. cordate ; fls. purple ; berries red. 

 Eur. S. jasminoides, shrub high-climbing by petioles of the simple 

 or ternate lvs. ; fls. blue or vvhite. Brazil. S. Pseudo-Capsicum, 

 Jerusalem Cherry. Small shrub, berries red. Madeira. 6, Ciip- 

 sicum, Cayenne or Red Pepper, Chilli. Bushy herbs; berry 

 large, dry, inflated, red or yellow, hot-pungent. Many spec, trop., 

 both worlds. 7. Physalis. Herbs or shrubs ; berries edible. Calyx 

 accrescent, colored. Many spec, several in U. S. P. Alkekengi, 

 Winter Cherry, Qj., bushy ; berries and calyx red. Medit. States. 

 P. pennsylvaniea, Ground C, berries red. U. S. Tribe 8. Pyxid- 

 ium, 2-oelled. 1. Hyoscyamus, Henbane. Q, (g) Sev. spec, Eur. 

 H. niger, fr.. Pig. 197, D. Tribe 9. Calyx decid. ; boll or berry. 

 1. Dattira. Corolla funnel-shaped, large, showy, white, purple, or 

 scarlet, often fragrant. Herbs or shrubs, often very poisonous. Many 

 spec. Bot,h worlds, chiefly tropical. D. Stramonium, Thorn-Apple, 

 Jamestown Weed ; 0; fls. 3' long, white. Boll thorny. Common, 

 U. S. D. Mitel, D. Meteloides, similar, fls. in last fragrant. Mex. 

 D. (Brugmansia) arbbrea, tree 20° high-; fls. white, 10' long, boll 

 smootli. D. (B.) sanguinea, 20° high, fls. scarlet; trop. Am. Tribe 

 10. Boll 2-ceIled, 2-valved. 1. Nicotiana. 0. Herbs with sticky 

 lvs ; fls. showy, large, funnel-shaped, border 5-lobed. Many spec, 

 trop. Am. N. Tabdcum, Tobacco, lvs. smoked, chewed, and powdered 

 into Snuff. N. longijlbra, N. noctiflbra, handsome white fls., ves- 

 pertine, fragrant. 2. Petiinia. Q|. small herbs ; lvs. sticky ; fls. 

 large, often fragrant. P. nyctaginiflbra, fls. white ; P. violdcea, fls. 

 blue, are the originals of all the varieties. S. Am. 3. Fabiana. 

 Sm ill heath-like shrubs ; fls. white, purple. Chili. 



Polemonium Alliance. — g. Corolla reg., 5-merous, isostemonoiis ; 

 ova. 1-2-4-5- rarely oo-oelled, usually syncarpous; cells 1-2- rarely 

 oo-ovuled. Perisperm usually present. Herbs, rarely Shrubs or Trees. 

 Lvs. exstip., usually alt., sometimes 0. 44 Boraginaceae. 45. Con- 

 volvulacese. 46. Polemoniaceae. 47. Hydrophyllaceae. 



Ord. 44. Boraginaceae. — -Infl. seorpioid. Style gynobasic or ter- 

 minal. Carpels 2, each with 2 1-ovuled cells; ripening into 4 akaines 

 or a 2-4-pyrened drupe. Perisperm or scant. 75 gen., 1370 spec. ; 

 temp, and trop. regions, both worlds. Harmless ; often emollient, 

 medicinal. 4 Tribes : 



