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Solanum Dulcamara. Bitter-sweet, orWoody Nightshade. 



Common in hedges. The var. flor. albo. " Street 

 at Ryde." D. Turner.' 6 

 nigrum. Common Garden Nightshade. 



In gardens about Godshill. W. D. Snooke. xl 

 Chironia Centaurium. Common Centaury 18 . 



In pastures, and road sides. A var. flor. albo. 

 Pastures on the south of Newport. 

 pulchella. Little Centaury. 



" Ryde." S. Woods. 

 littoralis. Dwarf Tufted Centaury. 



Sea banks near Compton. 



ternally, sometimes pi\*;luce madness, convulsions, and death. The 

 Edinburgh College order the expressed juice to be evaporated to 

 an extract ; and in this state it may be advantageously joined with 

 Opium, where the effects of that medicine are desirable, and cos- 

 tiveness to be avoided. There is no doubt of its being a useful 

 medicine under proper management : the dose is from half a 

 scruple to half a dram. 



16 Boerhaave reports it to be a medicine far superior to Sarsapa- 

 rilla, as a sweetener and restorative. The root has the smell of the 

 potatoe. 



17 From one to three grains of the leaves of this plant infused in 

 boiling water, and taken at bed-time, occasion a copious perspira- 

 tion, and generally purge more or less the following day. But its 

 effects on the nervous system are so uncertain, and often so con- 

 siderable, that it must be administered with the greatest caution. 

 The flowers smell like musk. 



18 This plant is extremely bitter. It is the basis of the famous 

 Portland Powder, which prevents fits of the gout, when taken in 

 large quantities and a long time together ; but brings on hardness 

 of the liver, palsy, and apoplexy. 



