EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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Fig. 184 (163). 



Black Nightshade. Solanum nigrum L. 

 Usually smooth, branching and spreading, 

 annual, stem rough on the angles, 30-45 cm. 

 high; leaves ovate, wavy-toothed, more or less 

 unequal sided; flowers white; berries spherical, 

 black, appearing as if introduced. 



Very extensively distributed as^a weed. 

 The berries make good pies; not poisonous when 

 fully ripe. 



Fig. 185 (162). 



Horse Nettle. Apple of Sodom. Solanum 

 Carolinense L. Perennial, rough-pubescent 

 with four-eight-pronged hairs, and stout yellow 

 prickles, erect, 30-120 cm, high coming from 

 numerous deep wandering roots; leaves some- 

 what resembling those of red oak; berry 1-1.5 

 cm. broad. 



Sandy soil and waste grounds, coming from 

 the southwest. 



