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Car. p. 143, Dill. EWu t. 339, f. 399. P I u k. Aim. 

 t. 225. f. 3. 



Root large, filiform, perennial. Stem 4 — 8 feet high, terete, 

 smooth, succulent, purplish. Leavea alternate, 4 — 6 inches 

 long, and 2 — 3 broad, or. short petioles, very smof)th. Flowers 

 in simple pedunculate racemes, which are opposite the leaves. 

 Perianth \vh\\.&\ leaflets ovate, rounded, persistent. Stamena 

 nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers yellowish-white. Styles 

 very shoi't ; stigmas simple, obtuse. Berries globose-depress- 

 ed, indistinctly furrowed, juicy, dark purple when fully ripe. 



Has. Borders of fields and waste places, June — October, 



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