Purple Thorn Apple (Datura Tatula ) is a large, 
ill-scented, rank-growing weed with a stout, smooth stem 
from 1 to 5 feet high. The long-stemmed leaves have 
very irregular, coarsely toothed outlines. The lavender- 
colored, trumpet-shaped flowers are about four inches 
long. The flaring corolla has five broad sharply pointed 
lobes and is seated in a light green, five-parted calyx 
about half its length. Usually the color of the corolla 
is more intense on the lobes and often shades to white 
towards the base of the tube. After flowering, a large 
green, fruit-capsule about two inches long appears; it 
is ovoid in shape and armed with stout prickles. The 
entire plant has poisonous juices. It grows in waste 
ground, especially about barnyards, from Me. to Minn, 
and southwards. 
Thorn Apple; Jimson Weed (Datura Stramonium) 
also comes from across the water; it is very similar to 
the preceding, grows in the same places and in the same 
range. The flowers are white and the leaves are lighter 
green; the stem is also somewhat stouter. 
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