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POPULAR FLORA. 
Corolla between wheel-shaped and bell-shaped, or very open and short funnel-shaped, 
with an almost entire border: anthers separate, shorter than the filaments: ca¬ 
lyx enlarged and enclosing the berry. 
Calyx 5-lobed, becoming a bladdery bag around the (eatable) berry, ( Phi/salis ) Ground-Cherry. 
Calyx 5-parted, the divisions becoming heart-shaped: berry dry, ( Nicandra ) *Apple-of-Peru. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, bell-shaped, or tubular: stamens separate: filaments slender. 
Calyx 5-parted, leafy, spreading: stamens curved or unequal. 
Corolla bell-shaped : stamens curved: fruit a black berry (deadly poi¬ 
sonous), (Atrojoa) ^Deadly Nightshade. 
Corolla funnel-shaped: stamens unequal: fruit a pod, ( Petunia ) ^Petunia. 
Calyx ^-toothed or 5-lobed. 
Shrubby, with vine-like branches and narrow leaves : corolla funnel-shaped, 
small: fruit a berry, ( Lycium) * Matrimony-vine. 
Herbs (annuals), unpleasant-scented, mostly large-flowered. Fruit a pod. 
Corolla (dull and veiny) and stamens rather irregular: pod in the urn-shaped 
calyx, opening at the top by a lid (Fig. 465), ( Hyoscyamus ) Henbane. 
Corolla perfectly regular, generally long funnel-shaped. 
Calyx 5-angled, long, falling away after flowering : pod large and 
prickly, 2-celled and becoming 4-celled, 4-valved. (Flower, 
Fig. 177, 458), ( Datura) Stramonium. 
Calyx not angled, remaining around the smooth pod, which opens by 
several slits at the top, ' ( Nicotiana ) ^Tobacco. 
The only genus which needs to have the species enumerated is the 
Nightshade. Solarium. 
* Anthers blunt: plants not prickly. 
1. Common Nightshade. A very common low, much-branched, homely weed, in damp or shady 
grounds ; root annual; leaves ovate, wavy-toothed; flowers very small, white; berries black, 
small, said to be poisonous. S. nigrum. 
2. Bittersweet N. Stem rather shrubby, climbing; leaves ovate and heart-shaped, some of them 
halberd-shaped or with an ear-like lobe at the base on one or both sides; flowers blue-purple, 
in small cymes; berries bright red. Around dwellings, &c. (The flowers are represented in Fig. 
182, as well as Fig. 463.) S. Dulcamara. 
3. Jerusalem-Cherry N. A low tree-shaped shrub, with lance-oblong and smooth entire leaves, 
scattered and small white flowers, succeeded by large bright red berries like cherries. Cultivated 
in houses, &c. & Pseudo- Capsicum. 
4. Potato or Tuberous N. Shoots under ground bearing tubers (Fig. 60); leaves interruptedly 
pinnate; the leaflets very unequal, some of them minute; corolla only 5-angled (Fig. 183), white 
or blue. Cultivated. & tuberosum. 
* * Anthers long and taper-pointed: stems and leaves prickly. 
5. Egg-Plant N. Leaves ovate, wavy or somewhat lobed, downy; berry oblong, purple or whitish, 
from the size of an egg to that of a melon, eatable when cooked. Cult. S. Melong'ena. 
6. Horse-Nettle N. Leaves ovate or oblong, wavy or angled, hoary-hairy; corolla bluish; berry 
yellow. A weed, S. S. Carolinense. 
