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2. Phys'alls. Calyx 6-cleft, enlarging after flowerine, becoming at 



length much inflated, and enclosing the berry. Corolla between 

 wheel-shaped and fannel-form. Anthers separate, openinglength- 

 wise. Plant clammy-pubescent. 



3. Nlcan'dra. Calyx 5-parted, 5-angled, the divisions rather arrow- 



shaped, enlarged and bladder-like in fruit, enclosing the 3-5- 

 celled globular dry berry. A smooth herb, 2-3 feet high, with pale 

 blue iiowers. 



i. I/y'clnm. Corolla funnel-form or tubular. Fruit a small berry, the 

 calyx persistent but not inflated. A shrubby plant with long 

 drooping branches and greenish-purple flowers on slender ped- 

 uncles' fascicled in the axils. 



6. Hyoscy'aniiis. I^uit apod, tlie top coming off like a lid. Calyxurn- 

 shaped, S-lobed, persistent. Corolla funnel-form, oblique, thelimb 

 5-lobed, dull-coloured and veiny. Plant clammy-pubescent. 



6. Itatn'ra. Fruit a large prickly naked pod. ' Calyx long, B-angled, 



not persistent. Corolla very large, funnel-form, strongly plaited 

 In the bud, with 5 pointed lobes. Stigma 2-lipped. . Eank-scouted 

 weeds, with the showy flowers in the forks of the branching stems. 



7. Nlcotia'na. Fruit a ^od, enclosed in the calyx. Calyx tubular-bell- 



shaped, 5-cleft. Corolla dull greenish-yellow, funnel-form, plaited 

 in the bud. Leaves large. Flowers racemed or panicled. 



1. SOIA'NUM, Tourn. Nightshade. 



1. S. Duleama'ra, L. (Bittersweet.) Stem somewhat 

 shrubby and climbing. Leaves ovate and heart-shaped, the 

 upper halberd-shaped, or with 2 ear-like lobes at the base. 

 Flowers violet-purple, in small cymes. Berries red. — Near 

 dwellings and in moist grounds. 



2. S. nigrum, L. (Common Nightshade.) Stem low and 

 spreading, branched. Leaves ovate, wavy-toothed. Flowers 

 small, white, drooping in umbel-like lateral clusters. Berries 

 black. — Fields and damp grounds. 



3. S. FOStFa'tum. Dunal, is a prickly herb with large yel- 

 low flowers and sharp anthers. — Ottawa. 



«. PHIS' Alls, L. GfROOTD Chekey. 

 1. P. Viseo'sa, L. (P. Virginiana, Mill, in Macoun's 

 Catalogue.) Corolla greenish-yellow, brownish in the centre. 

 Anthers yellow. Leaves ovate or heart-shaped, mostly- 

 toothed. Berry orange, sticky. — Sandy soil. 



