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A'TROPA* * 
Linncan Clans and Order. Penta , NDRIA " f , Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Sola'neaa, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 124. — Sm. Gram. 
ofBot. p. 101. — Lindl. Syn. p. 180; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 231. — 
Rich, by MacgiBiv. p. 435. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 527. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 2.) inferior, of 1 sepal, (monosepalous,) 
permanent, in 5 deep, pointed, somewhat unequal segments. Co- 
rolla of 1 petal (monopetalous) , bell-shaped ; tube very short ; 
limb tumid, egg-shaped, longer than the calyx, with 5 shallow, 
nearly equal, marginal segments. Filaments 5, (fig. 1.) awl-shaped, 
downv at the base, spreading and curved in their upper part, nearly 
as long as the corolla. Anthers deflexed, heart-shaped, 4-lobed, 
tumid. Germen egg-shaped, with a nectariferous gland beneath. 
Style (fig. 2.) thread-shaped, reclining, as long as the corolla. 
Stigma capitate (knobbed), ascending. Berry (fig. 3.) subtended 
by the enlarged calyx, globular, with 2 lateral furrows, 2-cellcd. 
Receptacles ( placentae ) (fig. 4.) fleshy, 1 in each cell, attached to 
the transverse partition. Seeds numerous, kidney-shaped. 
The monopetalous, inferior, bell-shaped corolla, distant incurved 
stamens, heart-shaped anthers, and 2-celled berry, will distinguish 
this from other genera, in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
A'TROPA BELLADO'NNA ;£. Deadly Nightshade. Dwale. 
Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous. Leaves egg-shaped, pointed, 
undivided. Flowers axillary, on short stalks. 
Eng. Hot. t. 592. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 347. — W'oodville’s Medical Botany, 
v. i. p. i. t. 1. — I, inn. Sp. PI. p. 26'J.— 1 1 u< Is. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p.93. — Sin. 
FI. Brit. v. i. p.255. Eng. h i. v. i. p 316. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 317. — 
i.indl. Syn. p. 182. — Hook Brit. FI. p. 94. — Light). FI. Scot. v. i. p. 144. — 
Sihrh. FI. Oxon. p. 78 — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 51. — Port. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 
128. and v. tit. p.344. — Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p 95. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 
78. — G rev. FI. Fldin. p. 53. — Johnston's tl. of Berwick, v. i. p. 60. — Perry's 
PI. Varvicenses >elect;c, p. 21. — Rev. G. E. Smith's PI. of S. Kent, p. 15. — 
Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 62.— A'tropa lethdlis, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. i. p. 330. — 
Bellado.ina, Ray’s Syn. p. ‘MS.— Solatium lethale, Johnson s Gerarde, p.340. 
Locauiiis. — Hedgesand waste ground, on a calcarious soil, especially about 
ruins. — Oxfordsh. Wychwood Forest, near Witney; and between Nettlebed 
and Henley: L)r. Snsi none. Blenheim Park, near the monument : Aug. 1831. 
W. Haht Baxter. Queen’s Wood in Blenheim Park, near the road to lland- 
lmrough, pointed out to me by Mr. John Long, of Long I laud borough. June 
30,1833. Air. Long informs me that it grows plentiful in a place called Step- 
hill, in the parish of Long llandborough : W. B. Aetr the road-side going up 
Stokenchurch Hill: Air. P. B. Ayres, 1833. — Berks ; In llsley Churchyard, 
and about the ruins at Hampstead AJarshall : Dr. Nomi ntN. Tilehurst Com- 
mon, and Flnglefield : Rev. R. Walker, B. If. — Uedfordsh . Near W hipsnade, 
on the borders of Herts: Rev.C. Abbot. — Bucks; On Keep-hill, near High 
Wycombe: Mr. YV. Curtis. — Cambridyesh. Cottenhant, Triplow, Fulbourn, 
Ruche, and Wisbeach : Rev. R. Relhan. — Cumberland ; lsell Hall Woods: 
Air. Hutchinson. — Derbysh. llardwiek Park: Dr. Stokes. Durham; Banks 
Fig. I . Corolla, cut open to show the stamens. — Fig. 2. Calyx, Germen, Style, 
and Stigma. — Fig. 3. Ripe Berry. — Fig. 4 Transverse section of ditto. 
* Fiom A’tropos, the third Fate ; she who was supposed to cut the thread of 
life, in allusion to the deadly quality of the plant. 
t The 5th class in the Linnean Artificial System ; it comprehends all those 
plants which have perfect flowers, with 5 distinct stamens in each. 
t Bella-donna, ( Fair-lady, J probably arose from its being used as a cosme- 
tic by the Italian belles. Wri hiring. 
