Obdee 94— solan ACE^. 581 



2 N. filicaillis Lindl. Glabnms, ascending, diffuse ; fits, filiform, Ivs. veiy 

 narrow, sessile, Unea/r-lcmoeolate, acute or obtuse, opposite the peduncles ; cal. ob- 

 conio bell-shaped, segm. linear-1/mceolaie, acute ; cor. tube glandular, little longer 

 than the calyx, limb undulate, obtusely 6-lobed. — Sts. a foot high. Lvs. 6 to 10" 

 long. Cor. lUao or white, with a 5-rayed star of violet lines, f Both species from 

 Buenos Ayres. 



10. LYCIUM, L. Matrimony Vine. (Named from Lycia, the na- 

 tive country of the original species.) Calyx 2 — 5-cleft, short ; corolla 

 tubular, limb mostly 5-lobed, spreading, orifice closed by the beard of 

 the filaments ; stamens 4 — 5, exserted ; berry 2-celled ; seeds several, 

 reniform. — Shrubs, the branches ending in a spinous point, and often 

 having axillary spines. Fls. axillary, solitary, or in pairs. 



L. bdrbarum L. St. angular ; branches long, pendulous, somewhat spiny ; 

 lvs. often fasciculate, lanceolate ; cal. mostly 3-eleft. — ^Native of Barbary, culti- 

 vated and nearly naturalized. It is a shrub, with long, slender, trailing or hang- 

 ing branches which overspread waUs, &c., with a thick, tangled mass. Leaves 

 smooth, 3 times as long as wide, often broadest above, acute or obtuse, tapering 

 into a petiole. Flowers greenish-purple. Berries orange-red. \ Barbary. 



H. DATU^RA, L. Thorn Apple. Jimson {i.-e., Jamestown-weed). 

 (An alteration of the • Arabic name Totorah^ Calyx large, tubular, 

 ventricous, 5-angled, deciduous, with a persistent, orbicular, peltate 

 base ; corolla infundibulifolium, tube cylindric, long, limb 5-angled and 

 plaited; stamens 5; stigma obtuse, bilamellate ; capsule 2-celled, 4- 

 valved ; cells 2 — 3-parted. — (I) Herbs, with bluish-white or purple, soli- 

 tary, axillary flowers. 



1 D. stramonium L. St. dichotomous; lvs. ovate, smooth, angular-dentate; 

 caps, spiny, erect. — A well-known poisonous plant, growing among rubbish in 

 waste places. Stem about 3f high, smooth, hollow. ■' Leaves large, situated at 

 the base of the dichotomous branches, their sides unequal, with large, irregular 

 teeth and sinuses. Flowers solitary, axillary ; corolla funnel-shaped, with a long 

 tube and a plaited, 5-toothed border, the color cream- white. Fruit egg-shaped, 

 the size of a small apple, covered with spines. Aug. § Central America? Poi- 

 sonous and narcotic, but used for asthma, Ac. 

 |8. tXtula. St. purple ; fls. bluish-white. — (D. tatula L.) More common 



"Westward. 

 2 D. (BRTTGMANSIA) sangulnea Ruiz & Pav. (R. bicolor Pers.) is a 

 coarse looking, large-leaved shrub with huge, tmmpet-bell-shaped fls. distinguished 

 by the cuspidate angles of the red or white corolla, is now often seen in green- 

 houses. The yellow capsules are unarmed. 



12. KICOTIA'NA, Tourn. Tobacco. (In honor of John Mcot, of 

 Languedoc, who seems to have introduced it into Europe.) Calyx urce- 

 olate, 5-cleft ; corolla infundibuliform, regular, limb 5-lobed ; stamens 6 ; 

 stigmas emarginate ; capsule 2-celled, 2 to 4-valved. — (D Coarse, nar- 

 cotic herbs, with simple lvs. and terminal fls. Cor. white, tinged with 

 green or purple. 



1 N. nistica L. Common Tobacco. Tiscid-pubescent ; lvs. petioled, ovate, en- 

 tire ; tube of the cor. cylindric, longer than tho calyx, segments round, obtuse. — 

 For the purposes of tobacco this plant is considered inferior to the Tirgmian. 

 Stem 12 — 18' high. Flowers greenish-yellow, in a terminal panicle or raceme. 

 In ■Western N. T., &c., said to have been introduced by the Indians. Aug. § 



2 N. Tabacum L. Virginia Tobacco. Viscid-pubescent ; lvs. lanceolate, 

 sessile, decurrent ; cor. tube inflated at the throat, lobes acute. — ^Native of Central 

 America, particularly the island of Tobago, and the Province of Tabasco in Mex- 

 ico, whence it was first exported to Europe, 1586. It is extensively cultivated in 

 the Middle and Western States, and is exported in vast quantities. Stem 4 — 6f 



