SEED-BEARING PLANTS 
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einal herbs, such as belladonna, henbane, capsicum, and 
others. Most of the genera are tropical. The bitter- 
sweet (Solanum Dulcamara 1 } may serve to illustrate the 
family (Fig. 365). This is a perennial, climbing vine, hav- 
ing the oarts of the flower (including the stamens) in fives 
FIG. 365. Nightshade, or bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara). 
and the fruit a two-celled berry with many seeds (e.g., the 
tomato, Fig. 334). The corolla is wheel-shaped and five- 
parted, and the anthers converge to form a tube around the 
single style. The anthers discharge the pollen through a 
pore or "chink" at the tip. 
423. Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae). The "butter- 
and-eggs, " or "toadflax" (Linaria vulgaris}, will serve to 
illustrate the figworts (Fig. 366). The stamens are inserted 
l The staff- tree or waxwork (Celastrus scandens), of the Staff- tree 
family, Celastraceae, is also called "bitter sweet" in certain localities. 
