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petioled: peduncles longer than the pedicels; corolla whitish, aging pur¬ 
plish, 6 mm. broad or less; berries blue-black, nearly as large as peas, 
borne on more or less recurved pedicels.—Waste ground, in moist or 
shady places. 
3. S. douglasii Dunal. Similar to no. 2 but perennial; herbage lightly 
puberulent; leaves triangular-ovate; corollas larger.—Monterey to S. Cal. 
4. S. tuberosum L. Potato. Erect; leaves pinnate, of several ovate 
leaflets with minute ones intermixed; flowers blue or white; berries green. 
—Cult, from S. Am. for the tubers. 
5. S. melongea L. Egg-plant. Leaves ovate, obscurely sinuate, 
rather downy; corolla violet with yellow eye; fruit very large, oblong 
or ovate, violet-color or whitish.—Cult, from India. 
3. LYCOPERSICUM Mill. 
Herbs with rank-scented foliage, pinnately compound leaves, and yel¬ 
low flowers. Corolla rotate, with very short tube. Anthers converging 
around the style, united by a membrane at their tips and opening length¬ 
wise. Fruit a several-celled and many-seeded large berry. (Greek lucos, 
wolf, and persicum, peach, perhaps because the primitive fruit is a danger¬ 
ous poison.) 
1. L. esculentum Mill. Tomato. Hairy herb; leaves interruptedly 
pinnate, the larger leaflets cut or pinnatifid, ovate or ovate-oblong and 
pointed; flower clusters short and forked; berry red or yellow, varying 
much in cultivation.—Cult, from trop. Am. 
4. DATURA L. Thorn-apple 
Coarse rank-smelling herbs with ovate leaves and large showy flowers 
in the forks of the branching stem. Calyx circumscissile near the base, 
the lower part persisting as a rim or collar beneath the fruit. Corolla 
funnelform with ample plaited border. Fruit a globose prickly capsule. 
(The Hindoo name, dhatura.) 
1. D. meteloides DC. Tolguacha. Branching plant 5.7 to 8.6 dm. 
high ; corolla white, 1.4 to 1.9 dm. long, the border with 5 awl-shaped 
teeth 1.2 to 1.8 cm. long; persistent base of calyx rotate; pods nod¬ 
ding, the spines short.—Valleys. 
2. D. stramonium L. Stramonium. Stems greenish; corolla white, 
4.8 to 9.6 cm. long; pods erect, with few spines, the lower much shorter 
than the stout upper ones which are often 1.8 cm. long.—Naturalized 
weed, native of eastern U. .S. 
5. NICOTIANA L. Tobacco 
Heavv-scented herbs with entire leaves and flowers in clusters. Calyx 
persistent about the 2-celled smooth capsule. Corolla salverform or 
funnelform. (Jean Nicot, 1530-1600, French diplomat and author of 
the most ancient dictionary of the French language, but more celebrated 
as having introduced tobacco into France from Portugal.) 
Annuals; herbage viscid. 
Flowers red; cauline leaves sessile.1. N. tabacum. 
Flowers white, native species. 
Leaves sessile or sometimes tapering into a petiole; corolla limb 1.8 to 
2.4 cm. broad.2. N. bigelovii. 
Leaves all petioled; corolla limb 6 to 10 mm. broad.3. N. attenuata. 
Shrubs ; flowers yellow ; herbage glabrous and glaucous.4. N. glauca. 
