360 SOLANACEAE 



SOLANACEAE, Pers. Syn. i. 214 (1805). 



SOLANUM, Linn. Gen. n. 224 i^Tournefort, Inst. t. 62). 

 S. Dulcamara, Linn. Sp. PI. 185 (1753). Bitter Sweet, Woody Nightshade. 



Dulcamara, Dodoens. Amara Dulcis, Turner, Herball, pt. iii. 2. 

 Top. Bot. 285. Syme, E. B. vi. 95. t. 930. Nyman, 525. Fl. Oxf. 208. 

 Native. Septal. Hedges in damp situations, by rivers and brooks, 

 &c. Abundant and widely distributed. Climbing Shrub. May- 

 August. 

 First record. Solanum lignosum Jlore albo. In a lane going from Tubney 

 to Newbridge, Mr. Stonehouse in \_How's'] Phyt. Brit. 1650. S. dulc- 

 amara, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 Var. alba, the white-flowered form, has also been recorded by the 

 Rev. W. T. Bree, in Pwi. Midi. Fl., and by Ruth Baxter from between Oxford 

 and South Hinksey in Baxt. Phaen. Bot. n. no (1834). It is not un- 

 common ; I have seen it near Jenny Bunting's Parlour, on Boar's 

 Hill, at Tubney, at Faringdon, near Wallingford, Aldermaston, Old 

 Windsor, &c. 



A pubescent form approaching the var. tomentosum of Koch, Syn. Fl. 

 Germ. 508 (1837), has been seen on chalk rubble near Beading. 

 S. Dulcamara occurs in all the bordering counties. 



S. nigrum, Linn. Sp. PI. 186 (1753). Common Nightshade. 



S. vulgare, Park. 346. S. Hortense, Gerard, 268. 



Top. Bot. 284. Syme, E. B. vi. 97, t. 931. Nyman, 526. Fl. Oxf. 208. 



Colonist. Agrestal. Cultivated ground, especially in rich garden- 

 ground or manured soil. Local. Absent from a considerable 

 area of the county, and chiefly occurring i-n the vicinity of the 

 larger towns, and more frequent in the south of the county. A. 

 June-October. 



First record. S. nigrum, flavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Longworth. 



2. Ock. Near Wallingford, but it is a rare plant in this county, 



Lousley in RusseWs Cat. Abingdon Abbey, Wliiticell. Marcham, 

 Walker. Grandpont. Bagley Wood. Boar's Hill. 



3. Pang. Streatley, Pamplin. Tidmarsh. 



4. Kenuet. Near Thatcham Farm, Palmer, in Russell's Cat. Mor- 



timer, Tufnail. Extremely common in cultivated ground in 

 and near Reading, Tufnail. Southcote. Newbury. 



5. Loddon. Common about Marlow, Mill. AVokingham, Trimen. 



Wellington College, Penny. Frequent about Park Place, Stanton. 

 Arborfield. Finchampstead. Risely. Sandhurst. Blackvvater. 

 Sunningdale. Ambarrow. Ascot. Windsor Park. Knowl 



