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MAB. Hedges and waste places. King's park at Stirling and at I-colm- 

 kill, Lightf. Banks of the Cart, near Cathcart Mill, Dr. Brown. 

 Ruins of Borthwick-castle, Mr. P. Neill and Maugh. Den of Bon- 

 nington near Montrose, Prof. Seattle. FL. June. I/ . 



Stems 3 feet or more high, rounded. Leaves entire, in pairs of un- 

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

 lurid purple. Berries shining black, injurious when taken inter- 

 nally ; their effects best counteracted by drinking plentifully of 

 vinegar. 



26. SOLANUM. 



1. S. Dulcamara (ivoody Nightshade, or Bitter-sweet) , stem 

 without thorns shrubby climbing, leaves cordate glabrous, su- 

 perior ones hastate, corymbs opposite the leaves drooping. 

 Lightf. p. 145. E. B. t. 565. 



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

 to Edinburgh, Dr. Parsons. Frequent about Glasg., and with white 

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

 more, Dr. Grahame. Banks of the Esk, above Musselburgh j and 

 by the water of Leith, near Gorgie, Maugh. FL June, July. ^ - 



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

 Anthers large, yellow, united into a pyramidal or cone-shaped figure. 

 Berries red, oval. 



2. S. nigrum (common or Garden Nightshade), stem without 

 thorns herbaceous, leaves ovate bluntly toothed and waved, 

 umbels lateral drooping. Lightf. p. 145. E. JB. /. 566. 



HAB. Waste places, near towns and villages, frequent. FL July, Sept. 





 Flowers white. Berries spherical, black. 



27. ERYTHILEA. 



1. E. Centaurium (common Erytkrteaor Centaury),stem nearly 

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

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

 Pers. Syn. PI. v. \ . p. 283. Lightf. p. 152 (Gentiana Cent.) 

 E. B. t. 417 (Chironia Cent.). 



HAB. Dry pastures, not unfrequent, Lightf. FL July, Aug. Q. 



Stem S inches to a foot high. Radical leaves spreading, broader than 

 the cauline 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. pulchella (dwarf -Iranched Erythrcea), stem very much 

 branched, leaves ovato-oblong, flowers pedicel eate in lax pa- 

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

 ronia pulch.) . 



HAB. Sandy places, especially near the sea. Near Guillon Links, 

 D,D<m*. FL Aug., Sept. 0. 



a May not Mr. D. Don, as his father had done, have mistaken the E. lit- 

 toralis for this ? especially since Guillon Links are given as the station for 

 the latter by Mr. Maughan. 



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