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form or salver-form, usually with a long tube; border plait- 

 ed, 5-lobcd. Stamens 5. Stigma capitate. Capsule 2- 

 celled, 2 to 4-valved from the apex. Seeds minute. — Rank 

 acrid-norcatic herbs, mostly clam my -pubescent, with large simp,? 

 entire haves, and lurid facers in racemes or panicles, white tinged 

 with green or purple. 



1. N. rustica, L. Wild Tobacco. 



:l-pube?eent; have? petioled, orate; ccro'datule cylindrical, % longer than 

 the calyx, tire lobes rounded. 



uringly naturalized near dweHihgBfcnd old^eldsi Said to have l>een intro* 

 e Indians. Aug. Stem 12 to ,8 inches high. Flowers greenislkjc] 



in a terminal panicle or raceme. 



2. N. Tabacum, L. Virginian Tuhacco. 



T^c^P pubescent: leaves lanceolate. sessile, decurrent; corolla-lule inflated at 

 tlie throat, lobes acute. Native of Central America. Extensively cultivated in 

 the Middle and Western States, and is exported in vast quantities. Stem 4 to 6 

 feet high, paniculate alcve. Leaves 1 to 2 fl et Ion-. G to 12 inches wide, entire. 

 Flowers rose-color. July. 'I^ktn into ;he stcmach, ibis plan t il nax- 



eotic poison. 



2. DATURA, L. Jamestown-Weed. 



Altered from the Arabic name, Taiorah. 



Calyx prismatic. 5-toothed, s^prwating transversely above 

 the base in fruit. Corolla funnel-form, with a large and 

 spreading 5-toothed petioled border. Stamens 5. Stigma 

 2-lipped. Capsule globular, prickly, 4-valved, 2-celled ; 

 ceils 2 to 3-p.irted, many? ... — Narcotic-poisonous 7 



weeds, with ovate angular -toothed ttaves. and large and showy 

 trs on short peduncles in the forks of the br-aacliing stems. 



D. Stramonium, L. Thorn- Jq^dc. Jamestown- Weed. 



. -a ovate, smooth, angular-dentate: calyx-teeth pointed; capsule prickly, erect. 

 Wast- gmuuds and roadsides, common: introduced. July — Sept. A: 

 Plant 2 to : ; feet, often flowering when only 1 foot high. Stem smooth. I 



■ large, situated at the base of the 2 forked branches. Flowers 2 t<> C in; h m 

 long, solitary : c : i m, v. ill. a !cr g tube and a plaifr d 5-toothtU border, 



•while with a Blight tingcof purple. The Whole plant is poisonous, 



3. HTOSCYAMUS, Tourn. H embassy. 



Or. has, /.wr.-ahog, kuamos, a bean: the fruit is said to be not poisonous to 



swine. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-form, ir- 

 regular, border 5-lobed, plaited. Stamens 5, decline-.' 

 Stigma capitate. Capsule ovoid, 2-celled, covjred by the 

 persistent calyx, opening transversely all round the apex 

 which falls off like a lid. — Clammy-pubescent rank her'*. 

 with angled or toothed leaves and lurid fijwers in their culls 



