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

 slightly unequal, imbricate in the bud. Anth. opening 

 longitudinally at the margin. 



2. Atbopa. Cor. beUshaped with 5 equal lobes. Oal. 5-parted, 

 patent and dilated with fruit. Stam. included. Fr. a glo- 

 bose 2-celled berry. 



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

 6 unequal blunt lobes. Stigma capitate. Fr. a dry 2-celled 

 caps., ventricose below, furrowed, opening transversely by a 

 convex lid. 



[Lycium. Cal. small and adpressed to base of fruit. Cor. 

 funnelshaped with a short tube and 5 equal patent lobes. 

 Stam. exserted. Er. a 2-celled berry.] 



4. Datitba. Cor. funnelshaped, angular, 6-lobed. Cal. de- 

 ciduous. Stigma 2-lobed. Caps. 4:-valved, with 2 partially 

 bipartite cells. 



Tribe I. Solanem. 

 1. Soia'nttm Linn. Nightshade. 



1. S. nigrum, (L.) ; st. herbaceous with tuhsrcled angles, 1. ovate 

 bluntly dentate or wavy, il. drooping. — St. 1. 4. — Umbel from 

 the intermediate spaces between the leaves. L. attenuate below. 

 Fl. white. Fr.-stalks thickened tipwards. Berries globular, 

 black, . or rarely green, or yellowish when ripe. St. a foot or 

 more high. — a ; hairs incurved upwards, 1. sinuate, berry black. 

 8y. JS. B. 931. — /3. 8. miniatum (Bernh.) ; angles of the st. 

 with prominent tubercles, 1. sinuate-dentate more deeply toothed, 

 pubescence patent, berries scarlet. 8y. JB. B. 932. It may be 

 distinct. — Waste ground. /3. Kent. Jersey. A. VII.-^X. 

 Block Nightshade. E. S. I. 



2. S. Dulcamara (L.) ; st. shrubby, zigzag, 1. cordate-ovate, 

 ripper I. hastate auricled, fl. drooping. — E. B. 665. St. 18. 3. — 

 Corymb opposite to leaves. Fl. purple with 2 green spots at 

 the base of each segment. Berries ovate, red. St. climbing to 

 the height of 12 — 14 feet, nearly round, almost glabrous through- 

 out, or (<S. littorale Raab) st. and 1. downy with patent hairs. 

 — /3. marinum (Bab.) ; branches of the present year andl. fleshy 

 and usually clothed with hairs incurved upwards, st. angular 

 prostrate diffuse much branched, 1. nearly all cordate not hastate. ' 

 S. lignosum seu Dulcamara marina Ray 265. — ^ Woods and 

 hedges, common. /3. Pebbly sea-beach. Sh. VI. VII. Bitter- 



E. S. I. 



