726° > A COMPENDIUM OF 
STIPITES ET LIGNA, TWIGS AND 
WOODS. 
The first are the stalks and branches of those 
herbs which have been denuded of their leaves, 
flowers and fruits, as the bittersweet. Woods 
are made up mostly of fibrous tissue, a small 
pith, with many medullary rays coming from 
the centre. The tissues are more compact in 
the central portions, the softer part on the out- 
side, and is called the alburnum or sapwood. 
The wood in the pine family is destitute of ducts, 
which is an exception to the oxogenous growers. 
Woods, with few exceptions, exhibit many an-_ 
nulated tracings; these are produced by the 
annual layers or deposits. ‘ 
Dulcamara, Solanum Dulcamara, Bitter- 
Sweet, commonly known as the Woody Night- 
shade.—Natural order Solanaceze. This peren- 
nial is a native of Europe and Asia, and natu- 
ralized in the United States. The twining 
shrubby plant attains a height of ro to 15 feet 
(3 to 4 meters), more or less, ha ing cordate and 
auriculate-shaped leaves, smooth and entire in 
form, calyx permanent and five-parted; corolla 
