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d into 
five 
pom 
ted 
X 
of a purple colour, 
d th 
fepjments 
of 
bafe 
which are bent backwards, 
ich marked with two round 
green 
Siining black 
perfiftent fe 
the tub 
IS 
fhor 
d the f; 
lyx is fmall, and divides 
or mouth is of a 
into five blunt 
of a purpl 
the five filaments 
fliort 
d inferted in the tube of the corolla 
th 
black, and miercea m me luuc ui luc cwiwua , lxiu axituv. 
yellow, erea, and unite at their points ; the llyle is fomewhat 
4-1,.^ A^^ llaminn nnd tenrsinated bv a fmiple obtufe ftiem 
antherse are 
er 
than the fl 
d 
d by 
fmipl 
obtufe fliiema 
the 
germen is oval, and becomes a roundifh bilocular berry, which finally 
quires a 
d colour, and contains many flat yellowilh feeds 
It 
plentifully in hedges well fupplied with water, and the flower 
appear about the latter end of J 
The roots and ftalks of this Nightfhade, upon being chewed, firfl 
caufe a fenfation of bitternefs, which is foon followed by a con- 
fiderable de 
of Bitterfw 
ufe 
f fweetnefs ; and hence the plant obtained the name 
The berr 
have 
yet bee 
plied to medical 
they feem to ad powerfully upon the primes 
lent vomiting and purging : thirty of them were g 
:iting vio- 
to a dog 
which foon became mad, and died in the fpace of three hours 
d 
the ber 
wer 
difcovered to havi 
there can there 
upon opening his flomach, 
undergone no change by the powers of digeftion 
fore be little doubt of the deleterious effeds of thefe berries ; and as 
they are very common in the hedges, and may be eafily miflaken by 
children for red currants, which they fomewhat refembl 
/ 
th 
cir- 
cumftance is the more worthy of 
The ftip 
branches, are direded for ufe, in the Edinburgh Pharm 
may be employed either frefh or dried 
making 
)r younger 
and they 
a proportionate 
allowa 
O- 
the dofe of the latter for fome diminution of its powers 
the leaves are fallen, the fenfible 
b 
by drying. In autumn, wh 
qualities of the plant are faid to be the flrongeft 
it fhould be gathered in autumn rather than in fp 
Dulcamara does not 
d on th 
manifefl thofe narcotic qualities, which are 
many of the nightfh ades ; it is hov/ever very generally 
admitted to be a medicine of confiderable efficacy, Murray fays that 
common 
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z 
Floyer Pharmac. p. 86, 
laporque infignior. Murray 
Med 
deftituti, tumque 
424. 
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