XXXI, 
DULCAMARA.* © 
(SOLANUM DULCAMARA.) 
Woody Nightshade, or Bitter-sweet, Fellon-wood. 
Syyonyms.—Solanum lignosum seu Dulcamara, Raii Syn., vol.i. p. 265. Solanum, 
Hall Hist., vol. i. p- 242. Dulcamara flexuosa, Meneh, Meth., 514, Amara 
dulcis, Ger., 3506. Vitis sylvestris, Matth. Vulgr., vol. ii. p. 619; Camer. Eyi., 
986. Solanum Dulcamara, Linn. Sp. Pl.; Wild., vol. i. p. 1028. Solanum 
scandens seu Dulcamara, Bauk. Tw., 176. Glycypigros sive Amara dulcis, F. 
Bauh,,, vol. ii. p.109, Solanum caule flexuoso frutescente, foliis supremis tripartitis 
et cordato lanceolatis, Hal. Stirp. Helv., 575; Flor. Dan., t. 607. Dulcamara 
flexuosa, Gray Nat. Arr., vol. ii. p. 381. 
Forrran Names.—Fr.: Douce-amére, Morelle. Jtal.: Morella, Solatro. 
Span.: Duleamara. Port.: Dolgamarga. Germ.: Bittersuss. Dan.: Bittersdde. 
Dut.: Bitterroet. Russ.: Paslen sladkogorski, Binki. 
Nat. Order, Luriom, Linn. ; SoLane®, Juss —PENTANDRIA, 
Monoaynta. 
Gen. Cuan.—Calyz inferior, of one sepal, in from five to ten, more or 
less deep, acute segments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, wheel- 
shaped, tube very short, limb much longer, reflex, plaited in four, five, 
or six sharp-pointed, equal, rather deep segments. Filaments, four, five, 
or six, short, awl-shaped. -dnthers much longer, oblong, angular, con- 
verging, sometimes unequal, opening by two pores at the apex. Germen 
roundish. S¢yle thread-shaped, longer than the stamens, deciduous. 
Stigma blunt, simple, or notched. Berry roundish, or egg-shaped, 
smooth, with a hollow dot at the end of two (occasionally more) cells, 
with a fleshy receptacle to each, connected with the partition. Seeds 
numerous, roundish, compressed, imbedded in pulp, sometimes minutely 
dotted. Zmbryo (according to De Candolle) spiral ; distinguished from 
other genera by a monopetalous, inferior corolla; in the same class and 
order, by the aheed of from five to ten segments, the wheel-shaped corolla, 
Fig. 1. The flowering stem. 2. ‘The fruit. 3. The root. 
* From dulcis, sweet, and wners, bitter, owing act fa 
plant when chewed. 
