PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ill 



1. Nicandra, Pers. syn. 1. p. 219. l aj i rtnM ifc 



Atropa physalo'uKs, Will I. 



pdermos i, Fl. Pcrur, 2 p. 44-. 



Icon. Fcvil. peruv. t. 16. 



From two to three feet high. Flowers blue. Occasionally 

 found in JerM \. Mid near farms on the Delaware, Pennsylva- 

 nia side ; but alw.ivs I think, near old or neglected garden 



. s. It has the appearance, in some of the>e situations, of 

 I native, but is introduced, and is becoming, as it were, 

 naturalized ? Hare. Annual. July, August. 



105. DATURA. Gen. pi. 332. (Solanex) 



Corolla funnel- form, plaited. Calix tubular, 

 angular, and deciduous, the base orbicular 

 and persistent. Capsule 4- celled, 4-valved, 

 smooth or spiny. 



1. D. pericarp spinous, erect, ovate; leaves ovate, su-amomum 

 glabrous. — Sp. PL 

 Icon. Fl. Dan. 436. Eng. bot. 1288. Woodville's 

 Med. bot. t. 124. 



Jamestown iveed* Thorn-apple* Stramonium. 



A larpe, rank, repulsive weed, well known to every one as 

 an inhabitant of wattes* neglected commons, and road sides. 

 Flowers purple and white. It is also well known for its nar- 

 cotic virtues, and is much used in medicine. Very common, 

 uual All summer. 



106. VERBASCUM. Gen.pl. 331. (Solanet.) 



Ca&x 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, un- 

 equal. Stamina declined, bearded. Stig- 

 ma simple. Capsule 2-celled, valves in- 

 fleeted, many-seeded. — Xutt. 



1. V. leaves decurrent, tomentOie on both sides ; Thun 

 stein simple. — Sp. PL 



Icon. En^. bot. 549. Fl. dan. 631. 



