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like C. officinale, but generally not so stout, much greener; the hairs of 
the leaves fewer, more scattered and stiffer ; the upper leaves broader at the 
base, and the spikes more slender, with fewer and smaller flowers, of a dull 
bluish-purple tinge. C. sylvaticum, Haenke. 
In woods and shady places, chiefly in the forests and mountain districts 
of the continent of Europe, extending eastward to the Caucasus. Not 
common in Britain, occurring in the southern and some of the central or 
eastern counties of England, Dublin only in Ireland, not known in Scotland. 
Fl, summer. 
LIV. SOLANACEA. THE SOLANUM FAMILY. 
Herbs, shrubs, or soft-wooded trees, with alternate leaves 
without stipules, but sometimes accompanied by a smaller leaf 
at their base; the flowers solitary or in forked cymes, on 
lateral or terminal peduncles. Calyx usually with 5 teeth, 
lobes, or segments. Corolla monopetalous, with 5 or rarely 4 
teeth or lobes, regular or nearly so, and folded in the bud. 
Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla, and alternating 
with its divisions. Ovary 2-celled, rarely incompletely 4-celled, 
with several ovules in each cell. Fruit a berry or rarely a 
capsule, with several seeds, | 
_ A numerous family in the tropical and warmer parts of the globe, only 
represented in northern regions by a few stragglers from more southern 
latitudes. A large proportion of the species contain more or less of a 
narcotic, poisonous principle, although several are among the important 
articles of food. 
Fruit a capsule. 
Corolla large, with a long tube. Capsule prickly, 4-valved . 1. Datura. 
Corolla obliquely campanulate, with a short tube. Capsule 
smooth . . : 5 ° ° ° ° . 
. Fruita berry. . 
Corolla rotate. Anthers close together, in a projecting cone, 
opening by pores atthetop . A 5 : ate fe : 
Corolla campanulate. Anthers distinct, opening by longitu- 
dinal slits . : : : : : : : . 4, ATROPA. 
2. HYOSCYAMUS. 
3. SOLANUM. 
Several Solanacee belonging to exotic genera are cultivated for use or 
ornament, among which may be mentioned Lycium barbarum, often called 
Tea-plant, a straggling 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 Tobacco (Nicotiana), and the closely allied orna- 
mental genera Petunia and Nierembergia, the Mandrake (Mandragora), 
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, are considered by most botanists as 
belonging to Solanaceae. 
I. DATURA. DATURA. 
Coarse annuals or soft-wooded shrubs, Corolla long, funnel-shaped 
