Datura fastuosa

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Datura fastuosa, Linn. (D. Hummatu, Bernh. D. and B, cornucopia, Hort.). Fig. 1227. Annual, 4-5 ft. high, herbaceous: lvs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, acute and unequal at the base, toothed or wavy, glabrous on both sides, solitary, upper ones in pairs one of which is larger, 7-8 in. long, 2½-3½ in. wide; petioles 1½- 2½ in. long: fls. 6½-7 in. long, violet outside, whitish within; calyx purple, angled, 2 in. long, 5-toothed, the teeth triangular lanceolate, acuminate, 5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide: caps, spiny, subglobose, 1¼ in. diam. Native of India. Naturalized in the tropics of both worlds. F.S. 14:1457. Gn. 46:224. I.H. 42:25.—The commonest garden datura. Resembles the common D. Stramonium, but fls. larger. Var. alba, Clarke (D. alba, Nees), has fls. white or nearly so. (D. alba var. africana, Fedde, is distinguished by its larger lvs., longer calyx, and corolla glabrous outside. Italian Somaliland.) Var. dubia, Clarke (D. dubia, Don. D. Nilhummatu, Dunal), has spineless frs. Var. Huberiana, Hort., is a thick bushy cult. form with large fls. of several colors, running into yellowish, blue and red; it is said to be a hybrid with D. chlorantha. CH


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