PENTaND. MONOG. t9 



llArt. Iled'^es and wiiste places. King's park at Stirling and at I-colm- 

 kill, Liiih/J'. lianks of the ('.art/near Cathfart Mill, Dr. Brown. 

 Ruins of Horthvviik-castle, Mr. P. Neill and Maui^h. Den of Bon- 

 nington near Montrose, Prof. Beattic. Fl. June, l/ . 



Stems ',] fiet or more higli, rounded. Liavc.s entire, in jmirs of un- 

 equal sizes. Flowers axillary, on solitary peduncles, drooping, 

 lurid ))urple. Berries shining black, inj-arious when taken inter- 

 nally ; their efleets best counteracted by drinking j)lentil'iilly of 

 vinegar. 



2(5. SOLANUM. 



1. S. Dulcamara (woodi/ Nightskarle, t)r BitUr-swcet), stem 

 without thorns sliruhhy clind)ing, leaves cordate glabrous, su- 

 ))eiior ones hastate, corymbs opposite the leaves dioGping. 

 LiglKf. p. 145, E. B. t. 505. 



Hah. Moist hedges, but not common. At the end of Dalkeith nearest 

 to Edin])urgh, /)/■. Parsons. Frequent about (ilasg., and with white 

 flowers, Ilojtk. About Edinb. and Balquidder, Mr. Arnott. Gart- 

 more, Dr. (rrdhune. Banks of the Esk, above Musselburgh ; and 

 by the water of Leith, near (iorgie, Maugh. FL Juno, July, fj . 



Flowers purple, ^vith 2 green tubercles at the base of each segment. 

 Anthers large, yidlow, miited into a pyramidal or coue-shaped figure. 

 Berries red, oval. 



2. S. iiigriim {common or Garden Nightsliade), stem without 

 thorns hcibaceous, leaves ovate bluntly toothed and waved, 

 umbels lateral drooping. Light f. p. 145. E. B. I. 5()G. 



1Iai5. Waste places, near towns and villages, frequent. Ft. July, Sept. 



Flowers white. Berries spherical, black. 



27. EKYTIIR.EA. 



1. E. Cent Qiir 'mm {common Krylliroiaox Ctntanry),slcm nearly 

 simple, leaves ovato-oblong, (lowers sessile (or nearly so) fas- 

 ciculato-paniculate, cal. half as long as the tidie of the cor. 

 Pers. S?jfi. PL V. 1. p. 28;^. Light/, p. 152 {Gentiuna CenL) 

 E. B. l.4\l [Chironia Cant.). 



Hah. Dry pastures, not unfrequent, Ligltlf. F/. July, Aug.. Q. 



Ste)n 8 inches to a fo(;t high, liadical leares spreading, broack^r than 

 the caidine ones, three-nerved. Panicles of flowers fascicled near 

 the top of the stem, and forming a sort of corymbus. Flower 

 large, rose coloured. 



2. E. pvlihella {dwarf-branched l^rythrcea), stem very much 

 branched, leaves ovato-oblong, flowers pediceleate in lax pa- 

 nicles, cal. as long as the tube of the cor. E. B. I. 458 [Chi- 

 ronia pulc/i.). 



Mar. Sandv places, especially near the sea. Near Guillen Links, 

 D.DonA F/. Aug., Sept. O. 



■" May not Mr. D. Don, as his father had doac, have mistaken the E. Vit- 

 toriitis for this ? especially since Guillon Links are given as the statiou for 

 the latter bv Mr. Mautjhan. 



