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the tube below the stamens. Stamens with very short filaments inserted at the 

 month of the tube. Ovary completely or partially 2-eelled, with 2 ovules in 

 «ach. Styles 2, distinct or united. Fruit capsular. 



A rather large and widely-spread genus of leafless parasites. Found throughout 

 tropical and temperate regions. 



0. TASMANICA, Eiigel. Parasitic on the branches of many shrubs and small 

 trees. Stems long, slender, numeroas, forming an entangled growth. Leaves 

 none. Flowers in nearly globular clusters, each one on a slender stalk from ^-\ 

 inch long. Calyx hardly | line long, deeply lobed. Corolla not contracted at 

 the throat, about l^ line long ; lobes obtuse, about as long as the tube. Styles 

 ■distinct, nearly equal, with large capitate stigmas. C. australis, Hook. 



Near Hobart, George Town; also Victoria and South Australia. Fl. 



Oedbe JAY.—SOLANACE^. 



Flowers regular or nearly so. Sepals united, with usually 5 lobes. Corolla 

 ■gamopetalous, with usually 5 or rarely 4 short lobes. Stamens as many as the 

 lobes of the corolla. Ovary normailly 2-celled, sometimes developing more. 

 Style simple, terminal. Ovules many. Placenta axile. Fruit a fleshy berry or 

 •dry capsule. 



A large order of tropical plants, principally developed in South America. 

 Only few genera extending to temperate climates. 



SOLANUM. 



Corolla broadly campanulate. Filaments short. Anthers erect, surrounding 

 the style. Fruit a fleshy 2-celled berry. 



Flowers small. Leaves under 2 inches ... ... ].. 8. nigrum. 



Flowers large. Leaves many inches ... ... ... 2. iS. aviculare. 



1. S. N[GRUM, Linn. A sub-erect, spreading, branched annual or biennial, 1-2 

 feet high. Leaves ovate, irregularly 'toothed or entire, 1-2 inches long, stalked. 

 Flowers few together, in lateral umbels or cymes. Calyx short, broad ; lobes 

 distinct. Corolla about J inch long, with recurved lobes nearly as long as 

 the tube. Berry small, globular, black, red, or yellow. 



Comm.on in many parts. Possibly introduced. It occurs throughout Austr.alia. 

 Common in Europe, and spread as a weed of " cultivation almost throughout the 

 world. Fl. spring and summer. 



2' S. AVICULARE, Forst. Erect, branched, and spreading, often attaining 5 or 6 

 feet, but flowering also when only a few inches. Leaves lanceolate, entire or with 

 few lanceolate lobes 'chiefly towards their bases, tapering into a stalk or sessile, 

 mostly .3-6 inches long. Flowers on rather long stalks, few together, in small, 

 nearly terminal, irregular racemes. Calyx about 3 lines long ; lobes very short. 

 Corolla violet, blue, or purple, campanulate, about 1 inch long; lobes short, 

 broad, erect. Filaments slightly exceeding the anthers. Berry globular, yellow, 

 about 1 inch diameter, but variable. 



Very common, chiefly in damp, shady places ; also Eastern and Southern 

 Australia. Fl. all summer. 



The species is very variable. I have taken the above description from the 

 common Tasmanian form, which also approaches S. vencum, F. v. M. 



Order LY.- SCB OPHULARIA CE^. 



Flowers irregular, sometimes but slightly so. Sepals 5, united or free. 

 Corolla gamopetalous ; the lobes usually arranged in 2 lips, but in most 



