T16 SOLANACEAE (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY) 



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 calyx-lobes lanceolate, in anthesis about equaling the tube ; fruiting calyx 2.5 

 om. long, deeply umbonate at base ; corolla pale yellow, 1.8-2.3 cm. in diameter. 

 (P. lanceolata Man. ed. 6, in part, not Michx.)— Dry hills, gravelly soil, etc., 

 Ct. to la., and southw. The typical form with villous spreading pubescence 

 seems relatively infrequent. The more common form has the pubescence on 

 stem and branches very short, the hairs retrorse or recurved, not viscid. Occa- 

 sional specimens are merely glandular-pulverulent. Var. iNTERMiuiA Eydb. 

 Leaves larger, thinner, more entire ; pubescence somevrhat glandular v?hen 

 young. — Ind. (according to Britton), and southw. 



15. P. lanceolata Michx. More or less hirsute-pubeseent with short stifi 

 hairs, varying to nearly glabrous; stems from rather stout subterranean shoots, 

 angled, somewhat rigid ; leaves oblong-ovate to lanceolate, sparingly angulate- 

 toothed or more often entire ; corolla ochroleucous, with a more or less dark eye ; 

 calyx commonly hirsute, in fruit pyramidal-ovoid, 2.5-3.6 cm. long ; berry 

 reddish. — Dry prairies and on sandy or clayey blufis. 111. to Wyo. and N. Mex.; 

 also southeastw. to S. C. , 



4. NICAndRA Adans. Apple op Peru 



Calyx 5-parted, 5-angled, the divisions rather arrow-shaped, enlarged and 

 bladder-like in fruit, inclosing the 3-5-celled globular dry berry. Corolla with 

 border nearly entire. Otherwise much lilie Physalis. — Coarse smooth annual, 

 with ovate sinuate-toothed or angled leaves, and solitary pale blue flowers on 

 axillary and terminal peduncles. (Named for the poet Nicander of Colophon.) 

 Phtsalodes Boehmer. 



1. N. Phtsal6des (L.) Pers. (Physalodes Britton.) — Waste grounds, near 

 dwellings and old gardens. July-Sept. (Introd. from Peru.) 



5. L'iCIUM L. Matrimont Vine 



Calyx 3-5-toothed or -cleft, not enlarging, persistent at the base of the berry. 

 Corolla lunnel-form or salvor-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes imbricated and not 

 plaited in the bud. Stamens 5 ; anthers opening lengthwise. Style slender ; 

 stigma capitate. Berry small, 2-oelled. — Shrubby often spiny plants, with 

 alternate and entii-e small leaves, and mostly axillary small flowers. (Named 

 from the country, Lycia.) 



1. L. halimifOlium MiU. (Common M.) Shrub with long sarmentose 

 recurved-drooping branches, smooth, sparingly if at all spiny ; leaves oblong- 

 or spatulate-lanceolate, often fascicled, narrowed into a short petiole ; flowers 

 on slender peduncles fascicled in the axils ; corolla short funnel-form, greenish- 

 purple ; style and slender filaments equaling the corolla-lobes ; beriy ovoid, 

 orange-red. (i. vulgare Dunal.) — About dweUings, and sometimes escaped 

 Juto waste grounds. (Introd. from Eu.) 



6. HYOSC'i'AMUS [Toum.] L. Henbane 



Calyx bell-shaped or urn-shaped, 5-lobed. Corolla funnel-form, oblique, with 

 a 6-lobed more or less unequal plaited border. Stamens • declined. Capsule 

 Inclosed in the persistent calyx, 2-celled, opening transversely all round near 

 the apex, which falls off like a lid. — Clammy-pubescent fetid narcotic herbs, 

 with lurid flowers in the axils of angled or toothed leaves. (Name composed 

 of vs, a hog, and inJa/ios, a bean; said to be poisonous to swine.) 



1. H. KioBB L. (Black H.) Biennial or annual ; leaves clasping, sinuate- 

 toothed and angled ; flowers sessile, in one-sided leafy spikes ; corolla dull 

 yellowish, strongly reticulated with purple veins. — Open sandy soil and waste 

 places, e. Que. to Ont. and Mich. ; afeo rarely about ports southw. June, July. 

 (Nat. from Eu.) 



