126 | FLOWERING PLANTS 
The Winter-Cherry v Phys hasan inflated red calyx, which 
encloses the berry. Chili Pepper 
(Cupsicum) also has a berry-like 
fruit. 
The following genera, Thorn- 
apple (Daturu), Henbane, Tobacco, 
. Petunia, differ from those just 
described in having a capsular 
fruit. The Thorn-apple, a com- 
mon roadside weed in South 
Kurope, is rare in England, 
= occurring only in the South and 
ae ap) ian re in botanical gardens elsewhere. 
@ a The oblique ovary, apparently 
4-celled, should be noticed; the four chambers are due to - 
the axile placentz extending so far into the ovary as nearly 
to touch the wall of it. 
The fruit is a spiny capsule, 
dehiscing into 4 valves. 
Henbane (Hyoscyamus) 
is found in waste stony 
places, on roadsides, or in 
the neighbourhood of old 
castles. 

Character- 1. Flowers 
istics of usually regular, 
the Order. Henbane _irre- 
gular. 
2, Petals joined, in Bit- 
tersweet only slightly. 
3. Floral leaves, except 
carpels, 5 in number. | 
4. Ovary m2 carpels, Fic. 1138.—CAPsuLE OF THORN-APPLE. 
placed obliquely. ¢, calyx. 
5. Fruit, a berry or a capsule. 
6. Most of the Solanacez are poisonous ; Potato and ‘Tomato 
are among the exceptions. 

