434 " SOLANE^. 



6'-10'Mgh; corolla 12"-10", anthers 14" long.— Hab. Naturalized in Antigua!, Wullschl., 

 S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! to Brazil !]. 



13. 'D. Metel, L. ksswi^, softly pubescent ; leaves oyate, few-dentate or entire; 

 calyx loose, 5-dentate, about half as long as the whitish corolla ; aorolla-limt spreading, 

 I shortly Vi'dentate : tube subcyliudrical ; anthers disimai, oblong ; capsule echmate-priekly, 

 pendviotis. — Bot. Mag. t. 1440.— Corolla 6", anthers 4"'-5"' long ; capsule-prickles subuli- 

 form, 6"'-8"' long. — Hab. Antigua 1, Wullschl., & vie&i ; [Haiti! and Mexico! to Brazil; 

 Spain ! and Canary Islands I to trop. Africa !]i 



14*. D. fastuosa, L. Annual, gldbrescent; leaves ovate, repand, or few-dentate; 

 calyx 5-dentate, one-third as long as the violet-tinged (or white) corolla ; corolla-limh 

 5-dentaie, often duplicate, spreading) gradually passing into the snbcylindrical tube : teeth 

 lony-subulate'; anthers distinct, linear-obloug ; capsule muricate, pendulous : prickles short, 

 tuberculiform. — Wight, Ic. t. 1396.-^CorolKi e"-7", anthers 6'", capsule-prickles about 

 2'" long. — Hab. Naturalised in S-. Kitts I, Antigua!, Nichols., .Wullschl., Barbadoes !, 

 Rnl. ; [East Indies !, trop. Africa !]. 



15. D. Tatulaj L. Annual, glaireiceni; leaves ovate, sinuate-dentate; calyx 5-den- 

 tate, half as long as the violet corolla ; corolla-limb 'o-dentate, spreading, gradually passing 

 into the cylindrical tube;, teeth subulate-iiliform; «M<Aer« distinct, oblong; capsule echi- 

 nate-prickly, erect : prickles equal, subuliform. — Sesc. Fl. 3. t. 173. — D. Stramonium, 



18, Kch. — Stem red ; corolla 3"-4", anthers 2i"', capsule-pricldes 4"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, 



Wullschl., a weed ; [tropical and temperate countries of the globe]. 



16. Hi Stramonium, L. Annual, glabrescent '; leaves ovate, sinuate-dentafe; calyx 

 5-dentate, half as long as the white corolla ; corolla-limb h-dentate, spreading, gradually 

 passing into the cylindrical tube : teeth subulate-filiform ; anthers distinct, oblong ; capsule 

 echinate-prickly : superior prickles much shorter than the inferior ones. — Stem green; 

 corolla 2i"-8", anthers 1'", superior capsule-prickles 4'", inferior 2"' long. — Hab. Jamaica, 

 a weed ; Antigua I, Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [both temperate and tropical zones of 

 the globe]i 



6. NlCOTtANA, L. 



Calyx tubular, 5-fid or B-dentate, persistent. Corolla infundibular or salver-shaped, plaited 

 in the bud ; limb twisted^conduplicative. Stamens 5, included, inserted into the inferior 

 part of the Corolla-tube. StigWia 3-lobed-capitate. Capsule 2-celled, septicide : valves 

 2-fid. Embryo slightly incurved^. — Herbaceous, rarely woody, usuall^ glandular-viscous 

 plants; leaves subentire; cymes terminal, corymbiform or raccmiforu. 



17. K. pusilla, L. Annual ; leaves lanceolate and lanceolate-linear, sessile, the inferior 

 elliptical, tapering at the base ; cyme divided-racemiform ; calyx 5-fid, one-third as long as 



'the greenish-yellow corolla: lobes equal, lanceolattf-linear; corolla infundibular: tube 

 * flliform-clavate, contracted below the short lanceolate-acuminate lobes ; capsule at length 

 shortly exserted. — Mill. Ic. t. 185./. 2 • diminished in size, but stated to "be 1' high in the 

 description. — N. angustifolia,,i?. P. {Ft. Peruv. t. 130), probably the same, but both names 

 badly chosen, as the plant attains a height of more than 2', and the inferior leaves ai-e very 

 broad.— Corolla li"--l"iong : tube 1'", below the upper stricture 2"' diam. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica!, March; [IMcxioo to Peru!]. . 



18*. W. Tabacum-, Z. Annual; leaves oblong-lauceolate, pointed, sessile, inferior 

 decurrent; cyme cofymbiform; calyx 5-fid, tine-third as long as the red corolla: lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate, subeqlial ; corolla infundibular : tube vlavate, not vonstricted : lobes 

 deltoid-subulate, spreading ; capsule shortly exserted. — M:iil. Ic. t. 185./. 1. Besc. Fl. 6. 

 t. 413.— Corolla 2" long.— Hab. Naturalized in Antigua!, Wullschl., cultivated in all the 

 islands; [original habitat unknown]. 



7. ACNlSTClSs Schoit. 



mate. Corolla infuudibuli 



J- 1 into the inferior part of „„„ wvi.i-iuuo . amucia oicui 



longitudinally dehiscent. Stigma emarginate-capitate. £erry small, 2-celled. Embryo 

 craved. — Shrubs or low trees; leaves entire; Soviets fascicled, lateral, odorous. 



Calyx campanulate, 5(-4)-Crenate. 'Corolla infundibular: lobes 5(-4)-valvate, slightly 

 induplicative. Stamens inserted into the inferior part of the corolla-tube : anthers erect, 



