NAT. ORDER. 
SolanaceeB. 
DATURA STRAMONIUM. COMMON THORN-APPLE 
Class V. Pentandria. Order I. Monogynia. 
Gen. Char. Corolla, funnel-form, plaited. Calyx, tubular, angu- 
lar, deciduous. Capsules, four-valved. 
Spe. Char. Pericarp, spinous, erect, ovate. Leaves, ovate, 
smooth. 
The 1-oot is large, annual, white, divided, and fibrous ; the 
stalk is thick, erect, round, smooth, shining, below simple, above 
dicholomous, and rises from two to four feet in height ; the leaves 
are alternate, large, broad towards the base, pointed at the ex- 
tremity, indented, and formed into several obtuse angles, smooth, 
dark green, and stand upon strong, round, short foot-stalks ; the 
■flowers are solitary, large, white, and placed on short, erect pedun- 
cles, at the junction of the branches ; the calyx is composed of 
one leaf, tubular, pentangular, and divided at the brim into five 
teeth ; the coi-olla is white, monopetalous, funnel-shaped, plicated, 
cut at the margin into five teeth, and furnished with a long, cylin- 
drical tube ; the five Jilaments are tapering, about the length of the 
calyx, adhering to the tube, and supplied with oblong, flat anthers ; 
the germen is oblong, and placed above the insertion of the co- 
rolla ; the style is filiform, equal in length to the filaments, and ter- 
minated by a thick, blunt stigma ; the capsule is large, oval, fleshy, 
beset with spines, divided into three cells, and four valves, which 
contain numerous kidney-shaped seeds. It grows wild in most 
parts of the United States, in waste places, gardens, and by the 
road-side ; and flowers in July. 
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