268 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
often in danger from this circumstance. It is also found 
among ruins. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
COROLLIFLOR2. SOLANACES. 
SOLANUM. (NicutTsHADE.) 
Generic Character. Calyx divided into from five to ten parts. 
Corolla of one petal divided into five, wheel-shaped. Berry 
roundish. 
SoLtanumM Dutcamara. (Plate XVII. Fig. 65.) Woody 
Nightshade. A very climbing plant, found in moist hedges 
and thickets, with heart-shaped leaves, upper ones axe- 
shaped. Flowers in drooping bunches, petals purple, turning 
back, with two green tubercles at the base of each. 
Anthers large, yellow, united into a cone-shaped figure, and 
projecting beyond the corolla. Berries green, but becoming 
red. Used in medicine like the two preceding. 
SOLANUM NIGRUM. Common, or Garden Nightshade. 
This differs from the last in having white flowers instead of 
purple, and black berries. It is frequent in waste places 
and fields, and is in flower till September or October. 
