232 55. solanacejE. 



ii. Fugaces. Cal. of fruit not shorter than its stalk. 



7. M. collina (Hoffm.) ; fr.-cal. open and ventricose as long 

 as the diverging pedicels, tube with spreading hooked bristles, 

 cor.-hmb shorter than tube concave, style about equalling i cal., 

 clusters stalked usually with 1 distant ilower, hairs on the 1. 

 straight.— JB. B. 2558. St. 42. 11. M. hispida Koch.— Usually 

 slender, erect ; or csespitose with prostrate branches. L. oblong, 

 obtuse, lower obovate, with straight silky hairs on both sides. 

 Fl. small, blue. — [M. striata Link, M. arvensis (R.) St. 42. 14. 

 has its fr.-cal. closed, very short pedicels, sessile clusters leafy 

 below. Probably a native of Britain.] — Di-y banks. A. IV. V. 



8. M. versicolor (Ehrh.) ; fr.-cal. closed and oblong longer 

 than the ascending pedicels, tube with spreading hooked bristles, 

 cor.-limb shorter than tube concave, style equalling cal., clusters 

 stalked.— E. B. 480. (left fig.) St. 42. 12.— L. narrow, oblong, 

 acutish; upper ones frequently opposite. Fl. small, at first pale 

 yellow, afterwards blue. — On plants inhabiting damp places the 

 fl. are at first white and the cal. is "less deeply divided." — Mea- 

 dows and banks. A. V. VI. 



Order LV. SOLANACEiE. 



Cal. inferior, 5- rarely 4 -parted, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, 

 regular or slightly irregular, 5-cleft, deciduous, plicate in aestiva- 

 tion ; aestivation of lobes imbricate or imbricate-phcate (in Sola- 

 num valvate). Stam. 4 — 5, inserted on the cor., alternate with 

 the lobes. Ovary 1 — 2- or 4-celled. Stigma simple, rarely 

 lobed. Pericarp 1 — 2- or 4-celled. Seeds many. Embryo 

 usually curved, in fleshy albumen, often not in the axis. — Figures 

 of the genera are in G. F. G. Gam. i. 



Tribe I. SOLANEJE. Cor. rotate, lobes nearly regular and 

 equal with a valvate aestivation. Anth. opening by pores. 



1 . SoLANUM. Cor.-limb 5-cleft, reflewed. Anth. erect, con- 

 nivent. Berry roundish with 2 or more cells. 



Tr. II. ATROPE^. Cor. tubular; tube plicate in bud; lobes 

 slightly unequal with an imbricate aestivation. Anth. open- 

 ing longitudinally at the margin. 



2. Ateopa. Cor. bellshaped with 5 equal lobes. Stam. di- 

 stant above. Berry globose, 2-celled. 



3. Hyoscyamus. Cor. funnelshaped with a short tube and 

 6 unequal obtuse lobes. Stigma capitate. Caps. 2-celled, 

 ventricose below, fmxowed, opening transversely by a con- 

 vex lid. 



