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a rib is projected in form of a tooth, green, and hooked
inwards. Stamens as long as the tube ; filaments adherent
to about two-thirds of the tube, glabrous ; anthers erect,
white; pollen cream-coloured, granules minute, spherical.
Pistil shorter than the stamens, colourless ; style filiform,
glabrous ; stigma spathulate ; germen densely muricated,
seated on a 5-lobed, white, glabrous disk. Fruit pendulous.
“ This species grows abundantly in moist places on the
shores of the Pacific near Guayaquil, where it blossoms in
February and March. It was raised by Dr. Neill in his
garden at Canonmills, near Edinburgh, from Peruvian seeds
sent by Mr. Tweedie, and flowered in his stove in October,
1836.”
We are indebted to Dr. Graham for the whole of the above
account of this interesting species of Datura, and to Mr.
James McNab for the very accurate drawing represented in
the plate. The plant being annual, it will no doubt prove
sufficiently hardy to occupy a place in the flower border
during the summer months.
The generic name was adopted by Linnæus from Rum-
phius, and is a word of Arabic origin. D . Don.
1. Portion of the calyx, with the ovarium. 2. Organs of reproduction.
3. Stamens separate. 4. Style separate.