DIOECIA— HEXANDIIIA. Tamus. 241 



I have sometimes suspected Hops not to be indigenous, which 

 was also the opinion of Lightfoot, with regard to Scotland. 

 But Haller says they are never cultivated in Switzerland, where 

 nevertheless the wild plant is abundant, and it may with equal 

 probability be reckoned a native of Britain. The young sprouts 

 boiled have the flavour of Asparagus, and are more earlv. 



DIOECIA HEXANDRIA. 



455. TAMUS. Black Bryony. 



Linn. Gen. 524. FL Br. 1078. 



Tamnus. Tourn. t. 28. Juss. 43. Lam. «. 817. 



Nat. Ord. Sarmentacea;. Linn. 11. Asparagi. Juss. 12. 

 Asplwdclecie. Br. Prodr. 274. See v. 2. 152. n. 195. 



Barr.Jl. Cal. none. Cor. regular, in 6 deep, ovate-lanceo- 

 late segments ; their upper part spreading horizontally. 

 Filam. 6, awl-shaped, simple, equal, shorter than the 

 corolla. A7ith. roundish, erect. 



Fert.Jl. Cal. none. Cor. as in the barren Jl. superior, de- 

 ciduous. " Nect. a small oblong pore, at the inside of 

 the base of each segment." Linn. Germ, inferior, ovate- 

 oblong, large, smooth. Style short, cylindrical, the length 

 of the corolla. Stigm. 3, spreading, acute, ^e/vv/ juicy, 

 oval, of 3 cells. Seeds 2 in each cell, with a blackish 

 brittle sJcin. 



Herbaceous climbers, with perennial fleshy roots. Leaves 

 simple, stalked, alternate. Fl. greenish, in clusters. 

 Berries red, with viscid juice. 



1. T. communis. Common Black Bryony. 

 Leaves heart-shaped, undivided, acute. 



T. communis, Linn. Sp. PI. 1458. Willd. v. 4. 772. Fl. Br. 1078. 



Engl. Bot. v.2.t.9\. Mill. Illustr. t.89. 

 T. n. 1G20. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 291. 



Tamnus racemosa/flore minore luteo-pallescente. Raii Syn. 262. 

 Bryonia nigra. Ger. Em. S7].f. 

 Vitis nigra. Matth. Talgr. 622. v.2.f. Camer.Epit.dSS.f. Dalech. 



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