55. SOLAN ACE^. 
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the diverging pedicels, cor. -limb shorter than exserted tuhe con- 
cave, style about equal/iiir/ k cal, racemes stalked usually ■with 
1 distant flower, hairs on "the 1. straight. — E. B. 2558. _ St. 42. 11. 
M. hispida Koch. — Usually slender, erect ; or ctespitose with 
prostrate branches. L. oblong, blunt, lower obovate. Fl. small, 
unchangeably blue. — [3/. stricta Link, M. arvensis (R.) St. 42. 14, 
has its fr.-cal. closed, very short pedicels, sessile racemes leafy 
below. Probably a native of Britain.] — Dry banks. A. IV. V. 
E. S. I. 
8. 31. versic'olor (Ehrh.) ; fr.-cal. (closed) oblong belkhaped 
longer than the ascending pedicels, cor.-limb much shorter than 
tube concave, style equalling cal., racemes stalked. — E. B. 480. 
(left fig.) St. 42. 12. — L. narrow, oblong, acutish ; upper ones 
frequently opposite. Fl. small, at first pale yelloio, afterwards 
blue. Lobes of fr.-cal. often erect, therefore cal. not truly 
closed. — On plants inliabitiug damp places the fl. are at first 
white and . the cal. is " less deeply divided ;" sometimes the 
whole plant is yellowish and the fl. are yellow. — Meadows and 
banks. A! V. VL E. S. I. 
Order LV. SOLANACEiE. 
Cal. inferior, 5- rarely 4-parted, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, 
regular or slightly irregular, 5-cleft, deciduous, plicate in hud ; 
the lobes imhricate or imbricate-plicate (in Solarium valvate). 
Stam. 4 — 5, inserted on the cor., alternate with the lobes. 
Ovary 1 — 2- or 4-celled. Stigma simple, rarely lobed. Peri- 
carp 1 — 2- or 4-celled. Seeds many. Embryo usually curved, 
in fleshy albumen, often not in the axis — Figu'-es of the genera 
are in G. F. G. Gam. i. 
Tribe I. SOLANE^. Cor. rotate ; lobes nearly regular and 
equal, valvate in the bud. Anth. opening by pores. 
1. SoLANUM. Cor.-limb 5-cleft, refiexed. Anth. erect, con- 
nivent. Berry roundish with two or, more cells, 
Tr. IL ATROTEM Cor. tubular; tube plicate in bud ; lobes 
slightly unequal, imhricate in the bud. Anth. opening lon- 
gitudinally at the margin. 
^ 2. Atropa. Cor. belkhaped with 5 equal lobes. Cal. 5-parted, 
atent and dilated with fruit. Stam. included. Fr. a glo- 
ose 2-celled berry. 
3. Hyoscyamus. Cor. funnelshaped with a short tube and 
5 unequal blunt lobes. Stigma capitate. Fr. a dry 2-celled 
caps., ventricose below, fuiTOwed, opening transversely by a 
convex lid. 
