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other parts of the corolla have a leaning towards piety and 
stayingat home. So each faction goes its separate way. The 
blossom, in consequence, is very much out of proportion. We 
readily forgive it this fault, however, on account of its lovely 
colour and the courage each one of its paris has shown in re- 
maining true to its convictions. 
JAMESTOWN-WEED. THORN APPLE. 
Datura Stramonium. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM . 
Nightshade. White streaked Unpieasant. General east May-Septenter. 
with purple. of Lowa. 
Flowers: large; growing on short flower-stalks in the forks of the branched 
stems. Calyx: five-toothed. Corolla; three inches long; tubular; funnel- 
form, the divisions sharply pointed. Stamens: five. Fastzd: one. Leaves: 
large; flaccid; ovate; and deeply toothed. Stm: two to five feet high; 
stout; branching; smooth; greenish purple. 
The odour of this plant has earned for it among the country 
people a name not at all euphonious and which is not repeated 
here out of respect to our fin de siécle civilisation. 
D. Tatila is the purplish-flowered species which is otherwise 
nearly identical with the above. Its range is rather more 
extended in the west and south. Both of the jimson weeds, as 
they are called, have been introduced into this country from 
South America and Europe and are among the number that we 
would prefer to have had remain where they rightfully belong. 
Outside of spreading themselves over unsightly piles of way- 
side garbage, their usefulness as a stimulant in medicine is not 
so great but that it could be readily dispensed with. . 
They are besides possessed’ of a narcotic poison, especially 
the purple variety, which is found in the ‘seeds. Children 
have been badly poisoned by sucking the flowers. 2 
COMMON DODDER. LOVE VINE. 
Cuscuta Gronovil. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR, RANGE : TIME OF BLOOM 
Dodder. White. Scentless. New England south- Laté summer and 
; ward. autumn, 
Flowers: small; growing in clusters. Calyx: five-cleft. ‘ Corol//a : tubular ; 
five-lobed, Stamens; five, Fsti/; one; styles, two. Leaves; none, their 

