246 55. SOLAITACE^. 



St. 42. II. M. hispida Koch. — Usually slender, erect; or 

 csespitose with prostrate branches. L. oblong, blunt; lower 

 oboTate. Fl. small, unchangeably hlue. — [M. striata Lint, M. 

 arvensis (R.) St. 42. 14, has its fr.-cal. closed, very short ad- 

 pressed fr.-pedicels, sessile racemes leafy below. Lowest fr.- 

 ped. not 3 as long as calyx. Probably a native of Britain.] — 

 Dry banks. A. IV. V. E. S. I. 



8. M. versic 'olor (Eeich.) ; fr.-cal. (closed) oblong heUshaped 

 longer than the ascending pedicels, cor. -limb much shorter than 

 tube concave, style equalling cal,, racemes stalked. — S. S. 480. 

 —St. erect, simple at the base. L. narrow, oblong, acutish ; 

 upper ones frequently opposite. Fl. small, at first pale yellow, 

 afterwards hlue. Lobes of fr.-cal. often erect, therefore cal. not 

 truly closed. — On plants in damp places the fl. are at first white 

 and the cal. is "less deeply divided;" sometimes the whole 

 plant is yellowish and the fl. yellow. — Meadows and banks. 

 A. V. VI. E. S. I. 



Order LV. SOLANACE^. 



Oal. inferior, 5-parted, persistent. Cor. hypogynons, regular 

 or slightly irregular, 5-cleft, deciduous, plicate in bud ; the lobes 

 imbricate or imbricate-plicate (in Solatium valvate). Stam. 

 4 — 5, inserted on the cor., alternate with the lobes. Ovary 

 I — 2- or imperfectly 4-ceIled. Fr, a berry or capsule. Seeds 

 many. Embryo usually curved, in fleshy albumen, often not in 

 the axis. — No stipules. 



Tribe I. SOLANS^. Cor. rotate ; lobes nearly regular and 

 equal, valvate in the bud. Anth. opening by pores. 



1. SoLANl'M. Cor.-limh 5-cleft, refiexed. Anth. erect, con- 

 nivent. Berry roundish with 2 or more cells. 



Tr. II. ATROPFM. Cor. tubular; tube plicate in bud; lobes 

 slightly unequal, imbricate in the bud. Anth. opening 

 longitudinally at the margin. 



2. Atbopa. Cw.5i3&Aap««?vrith 5 equal lobes. Oal. 5-parted, 

 patent and dilated vsdth fruit. Stam. included. Er. a glo- 

 bose 2-celled berry. 



3. Hyoscyamtts. Cor. funnelshaped with a short tube and 

 5 unequal blunt lohes. Stigma capitate. Fr. a dry 2-celled 

 caps., ventricose below, furrowed, opening transversely by a 

 convex lid. 



[Lycium. Cal. small and adpressed to base of fi-uit. Cor. 

 funnelshaped with a short tube and 5 equal patent lobes. 

 Stam. exserted. Fi-. a 2-celled berry.] 



