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POPULAR FLORA. 



Corolla between wheel-shaped and bell-shaped, or very open and short funnel-shaped, 

 with an almost entire border: anthers separate, shorter than the filaments: ca- 

 lyx enlarged and enclosing the berry. 

 Calyx 5-lobed, becoming a bladdery bag around the (eatable) berry, (Phi/salis) Ground -Chehet. 

 Calyx 5-parted, the divisions becoming heart-shaped : berry dry, (Nicdndra) *AppLE-OF-PERtr. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, bell-shaped, or tubular: stamens separate: filaments slender. 

 Calyx 5-parted, leafy, spreading: stamens curved or unequal. 



Corolla bell-shaped : stamens curved: fruit a black berry (deadly poi- 

 sonous), (Alropa) *Deadly Nightshade. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped: stamens unequal: fruit a pod, (Petunia) *Petunia. 

 Calyx 5-toothed or 5-lobed. 



Shrubby, with vine-lilie branches and narrow leaves : corolla funnel-shaped, 



small: fruit a berry, {Lyciuin) *Matkimosy-vi>-k. 



Herbs (annuals), unpleasant-scented, mostly large-flowered. Fruit a pod. 



Corolla (dull and veiny)and stamens rather irregular: pod in the urn-shaped 



calyx, opening at the top by a lid (Fig. 465), (Hyosci/amus) Henbane. 

 Corolla perfectly regular, generally long funnel-shaped. 



Calyx 5-aiigled, long, falling away after flowering : pod large and 

 prickly, 2-celled and becoming 4-celled, 4-valved. (Flower, 

 Fig. 177, 458), {Datura) Stramonium. 



Calyx not angled, remaining around the smooth pod, which opens by 



several slits at the top, (Nicoiiana) *Tobacco. 



The only genus which needs to have the species enumerated is the 



Nightshade. Solanum. 

 * Anthers blunt : plants not prickly. 



1. Common Nightshade. A very common low, much-branched, homely weed, in damp or shady 



grounds ; root annual; leaves ovate, wavy-toothed; flowers very small, white; berries black, 

 small, said to be poisonous. S. nigrum. 



2. Bittersweet N. Stem rather shrubby, climbing; leaves ovate and heart-shaped, some of them 



halberd-shaped or with an ear-like lobe at the base on one or both sides; flowers blue-purple, 

 in^small cymes ; berries bright red. Around dwellings, &c. (The flowers are represented in Fig. 

 182, as well as Fig. 463.) S. 3ulcamara. 



3. Jeeusalem-Cheeky N. A low tree-shaped shrub, with lance-oblong and smooth entire leaves, 



scattered and small white flowers, succeeded by large bright red berries like cherries. Cultivated 

 in houses, &c. S. Pseudo- Capsicum. 



4. Potato or Tuberous N. Shoots under ground bearing tubers (Fig. 60); leaves interruptedly 



pinnate; the leaflets very unequal, some of them minute; corolla only 5-angled (Fig. 183), white 

 or blue. Cultivated. S. tuberosum. 



* * Anthers long and tapei^pointed : stems and leaves prickly. 

 8. Egg-Plant N. Leaves ovate, wavy or somewhat lobed, downy; berry oblong, purple or whitish, 



from the size of an egg to that of a melon, eatable when cooked. Cult. S. Mdongena. 



8. Hoese-Nettle N. Leaves ovate or oblong, wavy or angled, hoary-hairy; corolla bluish; berry 



yellow. A weed, S. S. Carolineme. 



