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Other Belladonna (Atropa) is interesting. The arrange- 
Genera. ment of the leaves should be noted. They are borne 
in pairs, a larger and a smaller one together ; the larger leat 
___ is the bracteole of the flower ; the smaller one is the bract of 
the flowering shoot, which one would naturally expect to find © 
at the base of the branch; but in this Order the bracts are 
displaced, being always lees under the flower. 










a 3 ; Fig. 111.—THORN-APPLE. 
The corolla is bell-shaped, of areddish-purple. The stamens 
are not conspicuous, as in the genus Solanum, they have 
distinct filaments, and are curled up in the corolla, whilst the 
style and stigma protrude beyond ; anthers are not syngenesious. 
_ The gynecium develops before the andrcecium, thus cross- 
pollination is probable. The flower is visited by humble-bees. 
The fruit is a black berry, projecting beyond the persistent 
calyx. | 



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