Datura. | LIV. SOLANACE, 317 
Corolla rotate. Anthers close together, in a projecting cone, 
opening by pores at the top . 3 SOLANUM, 
Corolla campanulate. Anthers distinct, opening by longitu. 
dinal slits . : . 4, ATROPA, 
Several Solanacec Bolometris ‘ Lea: genera are cultivated for use 
or ornament, among which may be mentioned Lyciwm barbarum, often 
called Tea-plant, a strageline or climbing shrub, with small lilac flowers, 
often to be seen in cottage gardens, and established in hedges in some 
of the eastern counties ; the Zobacco (Nicotiana), and the closely allied 
ornamental genera Petunia and Nierembergia, the Mandrake (Man- 
dragora), the Winter-cherry (Physalis), the Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum), as 
well as the Cestrums and Fabianas and even Nolanas of our gardens, 
which, although somewhat anomalous, belong to Solanacec. 
I. DATURA. DATURA. 
Coarse annuals or soft-wooded shrubs. Corolla long, funnel-shaped 
and regular. Capsule large, opening in 4 valves, and partially divided 
into 4 cells. , 
_ Asmall genus, spreading over the warmer regions of the globe. The 
large shrubby Daturas, often distinguished as Brugmansias on account 
of their smooth, not prickly capsules, are from South America, 
1. D. Stramonium, Linn. (fig. 713). Thorn-apple.—A_ coarse, 
elabrous or slightly downy annual, 1 to 2 feet high, with spreading, 
forked branches. Leaves rather large, ovate, with irregular, angular 
or pointed teeth or lobes. Flowers solitary, on short peduncles, in the 
forks or at the ends of the branches. Calyx loosely tubular, about 14 
inches long, and falls off after flowering, leaving a small rim under the 
capsule. Corolla above 3 inches long, bordered with 5 narrow, distant 
teeth, usually white, but occasionally (especially in hot countries) 
purple. Capsule nearly globular, very prickly, with numerous wrinkled 
seeds. 
A common roadside weed, in southern Europe and all over the 
warmer parts of the globe, extending northward into southern Sweden. 
Appears not unfrequently in southern England, but can scarcely be 
considered as naturalised. F/. summer and autumn. 
Il. HYOSCYAMUS. HENBANE. 
Coarse, usually hairy annuals or biennials, Corolla obliquely cam- 
panulate or shortly funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Capsule enclosed in the 
enlarged calyx, bursting when ripe round a circular raised ring immedi- 
ately below the hardened top. 
A Mediterranean genus, extending from the Canary Islands to central 
Asia. 
1. H. niger, Linn. (fig. 714). Common H.—A coarse, erect, branching 
annual, 1 to 2 feet high, more or less hairy and viscid, with a nauseous 
smell. Leaves rather large, sessile; the upper ones clasping the stem, 
ovate, and irregularly pinnatifid. Flowers very shortly stalked; the 
lower ones in the forks of the branches; the upper ones sessile, in 1- 
sided leafy spikes, rolled back at the top before flowering. Calyx short 
when in flower, but persists round the fruit, and then an inch long, 
