DATURA STRAMONIUM. THORN-APPLE. 
DATURA Lin. Gen. Pl. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Cor. infundibuliformis, plicata. Cal. tubulofus, angulatus, deciduus. Ca^ f. | 
4- valvis. > 
Raii Syn. Gen. 16. Hers® BACCIFERE. 
DATURA Stramonium pericarpiis fpinofis ereétis ovatis, foliis ovatis glabris. Lin. Sy/t. Vegetab. 
TY | p. 220. Sp. Pl. p. 255. Fl. Suec. n. 198. 
STRAMONIUM foliis angulofis, fru&u erecto, muricato, calyce pentagono. aller fl. n. 586. 
STRAMONIUM fetidum. | Scofoli Fl. Carniol. n. 152. 
SOLANUM fztidum pomo fpinofo oblongo, flore albo. — Bauh. Pin. 164. 
STRAMONIUM fpinofum. Ger. emac. 349. | 
SOLANUM pomo fpinofo, oblongo, flore calathoide' Stramonium vulgo dictum. Razz Syn. 266. 
E d. Hudfon. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. f. 92. | 
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RADIX annua, ramofa, albida. & ROOT annual, branched, whitifh. 
CAULIS varie altitudinis pro ratione foli, pedalis, $ STALK various in its height, according to the foil 
' ed'fepedalem, teres, glaber, late diffufus, à © in which it grows, rifing from one to fix feet, 
- gamofus, ramis dichotomis, minutim pubef- 7 round, {mooth, fpreading widely, branched, 
. centibus. B branches forking, and covered with a> fine 
down. 
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LEAVES fpringing from the forking of the ftalk and 
branches, fingle, fcarcely fix inches long, 
{landing on footftalks, ovate, pointed, fmooth 
on both fides, above of a deep green colour, 
beneath and on the edges paler, ribs ftrong, 
: fomewhat alternate, the edge through its 
whole extent unequally finuated and toothed, 
extending farther down the footftalk on one 
fide than. on the other. 
PETIOLI teretes, pubefcentes, foliis breviores, fu- * LEAF-STALKS round, downy, fhorter than the 
erne obfolete canaliculati. leaves, above faintly channelled. 
FLORES folitarii, e dichotomia caulis, una cum foliis à FLOWERS fingle, proceeding together with the 
egredientia, breviter pedunculati, erecti. leaves from the forking of the ftalk, ftand- 
ing on fhort footftalks and upright. 
CALYX: a PERI1ANTHIUM of one leaf, oblong, tu- 
bular, bellying out, of a pale green colour, 
having five angles and five teeth, feparating 
duum horizontaliter prope bafin, parte re- horizontally near the bafe, the remaining 
manente, orbiculata, perfiflente. — art orbicular and permanent. 
COROLLA monopetala, infundibuliformis, nivea, * COROLLA monopetalous, funnel-fhaped, white, 
Tubus viridefcens, pentagonus, calyce bre- $ Tube greenifh, five-cornered, Íhorter than 
vior; Limbus bafi nervofus, ere&to-patulus, & the calyx; Limb nbb'd at the bafe, upright 
quinquangularis, quinqueplicatus, quinque- ? and fpreading, five-cornered, with five plaits 
dentato-acuminatus, fg. 1. B and five long pointed teeth, fg. 1. 
STAMINA: FiLAMENTA quinque, fubulata, inferne $ STAMINA: five FitAMENTS, tapering, below at- 
tubo corolle adnata, fuperne libera; Aw- i tached to. the tube of the corolla, above 
THER ovali-lineares, erecte, infidentes, $ loofe; ANTHER#& betwixt oval and linear, 
e fufco-lutefcentes, fig. 2. upright, fitting, of a brownifh yellow colour, 
FOLIA e dichotomia caulis et.ramorum, folitaria, vix ; 
fpithamea, petiolata, ovata, acuta, utrinque 
glabra, fuperne faturate viridia, inferne et 
ad margines pallidiora, nervis robuftis, 
fubalternis, margine undique inequaliter 
finuato-dentata, uno latere per petiolum 
longius extenfo. 
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CALYX: PrarANTHIUM monophyllum, oblongum, 
tubulatum, ventricofum, dilute virideícens, 
quinquangulare, quinquedentatum, deci- 
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NECTARIUM: Glandula crenata, annularis, ad bafin 4 ace ee a circular notched Gland at the bafe of 
germinis, fg. 3. the germen, jg. 3. 
PISTILLUM : GznwzN fuperum, fubconicum, un- ¢ PISTILLUM: GznMzx above the calyx, fomewhat 
dique hifpidum ; Srvrus filiformis, albus, conical, hifpid; Srvir filiform, white, 
fuperne paulo craffior, longitudine ftaminum. thickened a little above, the length of the 
Stiecma craffiufculum, obtufum, bilamel- : ftamina. Stigma thickifh, obtufe, and com- 
diee Ee As EE CE 
latum, fig. 4, 5, O. T | pofed of two lamellze, fig. 4, 5, 6. 
PERICARPIUM : Carsuta fpinofa, fubovata, bilo- € SEED-VESSEL : a Carsurz, thorny, fubovate, of 
cularis, quadrivalvis, bafi calycis impofita, * two cavities, and four valves, placed on the 
Du Th & bafe of the calyx, fig. 7. 
SEMINA numerofa, fubreniformia, nigricantia. & SEEDS Pa fomewhat kidney-fhaped and 
; * blackifh. 
The Thorn-apple is found occafionally in the environs of London, on dunghills, in cultivated ground, and 
amongft rubbifh ; both Mr. Ray and Mr. Hupson place it amongft the Britifh plants, regarding it at the 
fame time as a doubtful native ; following their example, we have figured it in the Flora Londinenfis, in- 
duced thereto from the additional confideration of its being a poifonous plant, and, as fuch, neceffary to be 
known to our readers. | 
That it is a native of America, we have the moft indubitable proofs: in the earth brought with plants from 
various parts of that extenfive country, we are fure to have the Thorn-apple come up, which we fhall not 
wonder at, after perufing the following extract from KArw's Travels into North-America. * The Datura 
* Stramomum grows in great quantities in all the villages; its height is different according to the foil it 1s 
* in: for, in a rich foil, it grows eight or ten feet high; but, in hard and poor ground, it will feldom come 
* up to fix inches. This Datura, together with the Phytolacca, or American Nightfhade, grow here in thofe 
* places near the gardens, houfes, and roads, which in Sweden are covered with Nettles and Goofefoot, 
* which European plants are very fcarce in America; but the Datura and Phytolacca are the worft weeds 
* here, nobody knowing any particular ufe of them." 
There 
