SOLANACEAE (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY) . 373 
inches long and half as wide, obtuse, coarsely toothed on the outer 
half but entire where they taper abruptly to the short, grooved 
petiole. Flowers solitary on 
terminal and axillary pedun- 
cles, large, the corollas bell- 
shaped, pale blue or sometimes 
white with purple throats, 
nearly two inches in length, 
the lips searcely at all lobed 
and flaring to about the same 
in width; stamens five, in- 
serted on the corolla near its 
base, the filaments short, di- 
lated and hairy at base; style 
slender with three to five- 
parted stigma and ovary with 
three to five — mostly five— 
cells; calyx at first small, 
composed of five joined seg- 
ments,. blunt arrowshaped, 
with conspicuous, backward- 
turned, acute auricles at base ; 
these are beautifully net- 
veined, and enlarge so greatly 
. 259.— Apple of Peru (Nicandra 
Physalodes). x }. 
as to quite enfold and conceal the fruit, which is a dry-seeded, 
inedible berry, about a half-inch in diameter. (Fig. 259.) 
Means of control 
Prevent seed formation by close cutting or hand-pulling while 
the plant is in early bloom. 
BLACK HENBANE 
Hyoscyamus niger, L. 
Other English names: Fetid Nightshade, Insane Root, Hog’s Bean. 
Introduced. Annual or biennial. 
Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: June to September. 
Seed-time: July to October. 
