'580 Obdeb 94.— solan ACE^. 



berry globous, 2-celled, sitting on the enlarged calyx. — ^Herbs of lurid 



colors. Lvs. often twin. 



A. Belladonna L. St. triohotomous; lvs. ovate, entire; berries blaolc.— ' 

 This poisonous herb is far less repulsive in its appearance than most others of its 

 order. The lurid, pale purple of the flower, indeed, looks suspicious, but not its 

 smell — ^nor the berries, which are larger than cherries, round, green, at length of 

 a fine, glossy black, full of a purple juice. Stem 5f high, branching below, and 

 with the large leaves, inchnes more or less to a purplish hue. J § Bur. 



7. HYOSCY'AMUS, Tourn. Hbnbane. (Gr. vg, v6g, a pig, and 

 Kvafiog, bean ; the fruit is said to be not poisonous to swine.) Calyx 

 tubular, 5-cleft ; corolla infundibuliform, irregular ; one of the 5 obtuse 

 lobes larger ; stamens 5, declinate ; stigma capitate ; capsule ovoid, 2- 

 celled, opening with a lid near the summit. — Coarse, weed-like herbs, 

 native in Eastern countries. 



H. niger L. Branching, erect, very leafy ; lvs. sinuate, clasping ; fls. sessile. — @ 

 A tall, well known, foetid weed, growing about the rubbish of old houses, road- 

 sides, &c. The whole plant is haiiy, viscid, and of a sea-green hue, emitting a 

 foetid odor. Stem 2f high, round. Leaves large, oblong, cut into acute, sinuate 

 lobes. Flowers in termmal, one-sided spikes ; the corolla straw-color, finely reti- 

 culated with dark purple veins. The whole plant is reputed poisonous, but has 

 long been regarded as' an excellent medicine in nervous diseases, coughs, convul- 

 sions, &o. Jl. § Eur. 



8. PETU'NIA, Juss. (The Brazilian name is petun, ]athnzei Petu- 

 nia.) Calyx tubular, 10-veined, 5-partcd, segments oblong-spatulate ; 

 corolla funnel or salver-form, teeth cylindric, limb spreading, usually 6- 

 lobed ; stamens 6, inserted in the middle of the tube, unequal, included, 

 anthers cordate ; stigma capitate ; capsule 2-celled ; seeds minute. — 

 South American herbs. Lvs. alternate, entire, the floral twin. Ped. 1- 

 flowered. 



1 P. Nyctaginifldra Juss. Diffiise, glandular-villous; st erect, branched; 

 lvs. solitary, ovaie-oilong, dbtusish, sjibsessile, floral sessile, cordaie-ovaie, suboppo- 

 site; ped. axillary, solitary, exceeding the leaves; cor. tube slightly enlarged 

 above, thrice longer than the calyx, with a wide-spreading limb. — U Gardens. 

 Fls. large, white, numerous. 



2 P. violdcea Lindl. Glandular hairy; st. prostrate at base, then erect, spar- 

 ingly branched ; lvs. ovate, sJiori-petiolaie, acute, the iqiper ovate-kmceolate ; ped. 

 solitary, equaling the leaves ; cor. tube inflated, limb cleft into rounded, acutS 

 lobes. — U Sts. numerous, 6 to 16' long. Cor. large, violet-purple. Both species 

 are great favorites in gardens, and by mixture sport into endless varieties, among 

 which is 



/3. AiKiNSiAlfA. Lvs. ovate, whitish ; cal. segm. ligulate ; cor. tube twice or 

 more longer than the calyx. 



'9. HIEREMBER'GIA, Euiz et Pav. (Named for Meremberg, a Span- 

 ish Jesuit.) Calyx persistent, tubular or subcampanulate, 10-veined, 

 curved, 6-cleft ; corolla funnel-form, tube long and slender, limb ample, 

 spreading, plicate, slightly unequal ; stamens 5, inserted in the throaty 

 unequal, connivent ; anthers hid beneath the stigma ; capsule 2-eelled, 

 8»eds many, minute, 3-angled. — Sonth American, chiefly herbs, creep- 

 ing, with elegant, solitary, extra-axilfery fls. 

 i W. arist^ta Sweet. Pvberident, pale-green ; 'sts. filiform, very branching: h>s. 



nmrowVy linear, acute ; fls. pedunculate, opposite the leaves, solitary ; cal. cam- 



panulate, seg. Knea/r-siibviate, acute, twice shorter than the slender, glandular cor. 



tube. — St. 3 to 9' long. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, 1" wide. Cor. large, white, tinged 



with purple, 3 strise on each lobe. 



