254 56. OEOBANCHAOE^. 



Ti'ibe II. Atropees. 



2. At'bopa Linn, Deadly Nightshade, Dwale. 



1. A. Belladon'na (L.) ; st. herbaceous, 1. broadly ovate- 

 acuminate entire, fl. solitary axillary on short stalks. — E. B. 

 592. — St. 3 ft. hig:h. Fl. lurid purple, drooping. Berry violet- 

 black, highly poisonous. — Waste places, rare. P. VI. — VIII. 



E. S. I. 



3. HToscy'AMtrs Linn. Henbane. 



1. jST. niga- (L.); 1. oblong pinnatifid or sinuate sessile and 

 clasping, lower 1. stalked, fl. nearly sessile axillary unilateral. 

 Sy_. E. B. 936. St. 3. 4— St. 1—2 feet high. Fl. lurid yellow 

 with dark veins, drooping. Fr. erect. Whole herbage downy 

 glandular, viscid, fetid. Fl. sometimes without dark veins. — 

 Waste places, preferring a calcareous soU. B. V. — VII. E. S. I. 



Ltc'itjm Linn. 



•1. L. bar'barum (L.)'; 1. narrowly lanceolate narrowed at the 

 base, cal. 2-lipped, cor.-tube as long as the limb, berry oblong. 

 — Sy. E. B. 933. — A straggling shrub with long pendulous 

 spinous branches. Fl. bluish. Filaments woolly at the base. 

 Berry red. — An African plant which seems quite naturalized 

 on north Norfolk coast and elsewhere. Sh. VI. — ^VIII. E. 



4. Dattj'ea Linn. Thorn-apple. 



[]. D. Straminium (L.) ; 1. ovate unequally sinuate-dentate 

 glabrous, caps, erect spinose. — E. B. 1288. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. 

 Fl. white (purplish in D. Tatula), large, erect. Fr. densely 

 spinose. Caps, with 4 dissepiments below, only 2 at the top. 

 — Waste ground, rare. A. VI. VII.] E. 



Order LVI. OEOBANCHACE^. 



Oal. variously divided, persistent. Cor. irregnlar, usually 

 2-lipped, persistent, imbricate in the hud. Stam. on the cor., 4, 

 didynamous. Anth. 2-celled ; cells distinct, parallel. Ovary in 

 aiieshydisk,l-oelled, with 2 or more parietal placentas. Stigma 

 2-lobed. Fr. capsular, 2-valved, with many minute seeds. — 

 Leafless root-parasites. 



