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Rare or occasional. Waste places, mostly in rich soil. 

 July — Oct. ; fruit Oct. Naturalized, probably from Asia, 



The leaves are officinal and with the seeds are valued in 

 medicine. The plant is poisonous. In numerous instances 

 children have been killed by eating the seeds. 



Datura Tatula L. (Persian name for this species). 



Purple Stramonium. Jimson Weed. Purple Thorn Apple. 



Rich w^aste places and on sea beaches. Occasional, becom- 

 ing frequent or common in villages and cities. July — Oct. ; 

 fruit Oct. Naturalized from tropical America. 



Poisonous and medicinal like Datura Stramonium. 



Datura Metal L. (Arabic name for this species). 



Rare. Waste ground: New Haven (H. S. Clark), Bridge- 

 port (Eames). July — Oct.; fruit Oct. 

 Fugitive from tropical America. 

 A narcotic poison. 



Datura meteloides DC. (like Datura Metel). 



Rare. Waste ground : Southington, two plants seen for 

 a single season (Bissell & Andrews). Aug. — Sept. Fugitive 

 from tropical America. 



A narcotic poison. Sometimes cultivated for ornament. 



NICOTIANA L. Tobacco. 

 Nicotiana rustica L. (of the country). 

 Wild Tobacco. 



Rare. New Plaven, waste fields (F. W. Hall, 1873), New 

 London (Graves). Aug. — Sept. A fugitive, its nativity un- 

 known, but formerly cultivated by the Indians. 



Nicotiana alata Link & Otto (winged). 



Rare. Waste places: Bridgeport, several stations (Eames), 

 Southington (Andrews). Aug. — Sept. Native of South 

 America. 



Often cultivated as an ornamental plant. 



Nicotiana Tabacum L. (Indian name). 

 Tobacco. 



Rare. Waste ground: Bridgeport and Fairfield (Eames). 

 Aug. — Sept. Fugitive from South America. 



Well known in cultivation. 



