664 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANN1CUM. 



suffrutescent, scandent, deciduous or sub-evergreen ; natives of Europe. 

 Asia, or South America ; of the easiest culture in common soil. 



.1 1. S. DULCAMA'RA L. The Bitter-sweet, or woody, Nightshade. 



Identification. Lin. Sp , p. 264. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 409. 



Syiwnymes. S. scandens Neck. Gallo-Bel. 119.; Dulcamara flexubsa Mce-nch MeCh. p. 514. ; S. 

 'scandens seu Dulcamara Town. Inst. p. 149. ; Amara dulcis Gerard Emac. 350. ; Dulcis amara 

 Trag. 816. ; Glycypicros seu Dulcamara Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 109. icon. ; la Morelle grimpante, lleg- 

 aau/t Bot. Icon. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 565. ; Baxt. Brit. Fl. PI., vol. 2. t. 110. ; and our fig. 1290. 



Spec. C/iar. f fyc. Shrubby, scandent, flexuous. Leaves ovate-cordate; su-* 

 perior ones hastate. Corymbs almost opposite the leaves. Shrub gla- 

 brous. Leaves cordate ; superior ones hastate, all quite entire. Corymbs 

 panicled. Corolla violet-coloured, with reflexed segments, each segment 

 furnished with "2 green spots at the base. "Berries elliptic, red. (Don's Mill.) 

 A climbing deciduous shrub. Europe, Asia, and North America, in hedges 

 and among bushes ; plentiful in Britain. Stem 6 ft. to 8 ft. Flowers violet ; 

 June and July. Berry red ; ripe in September. 



Varieties. 



1 S. D. 1 \iolacca Hort. Eyst. p. 385. t. 384, No. 3. Corollas violet. 



-i S. I). 2 alba Lin. Fl. Suec. p. 66. Corollas white. Lodd. 



1 S. D. 3 cdrnea Cels. Ups. 32. Corollas flesh-coloured. 



.1 S. D. 4 plena Tourn. Inst. 149. Corollas double. 



.4. S. D. 5 variegdta Munt. fig. 156. Leaves variegated. 



.1 S. D. 6 hirsuta Don's Mill. iv. p. 409. j S. littorale Hort. Plant hairy 

 or downy. Flowers violet. Found on the sea coast. Lodd. 



-1 S. D. 7 rupestris Schmidt Fl. Boh. p. 69. Stem erect. Leaves ovate, 



quite entire. Kacernes few-flowered, dichotomous. Bohemia. 

 The stems of this species are roundish, branched, 

 twisted, and climbing by elongation, among other 

 shrubs, and m hedges, to the height of 6 or 8 feet, 

 or upwards. When bruised, broken, or rubbed, 

 they yield a strong and peculiar odour, not unlike 

 that which proceeds from rats and mice. The 

 roots smell like potatoes ; and both roots and 

 stalks, upon being chewed, first cause a sensation 

 of bitterness, which is s,oon followed by a con- 

 siderable degree of sweetness, whence the specific 

 name. The berries are poisonous ; and, as they 

 are common in hedges, they are very frequently 

 eaten by children, on whom they operate by excit- 

 ing violent vomiting and purging, Trained to a 

 single stein to the height of 6 or 8 feet, and sup- 

 ported by a strong iron rod, with a parasol top, 1290< s - Dulcan>kra - 

 this common hedge weed might form a very handsome gardenesque pendulous 

 tree ; or it might covec a domical bower. 



* t- 2. S. CRI'SPUM R. $ S. The c\\rled-leaved Sojanum. 



Identification. Rcem. et Schult. Sp. PI., 4. p. 595. ; Don's Mill,, 4. p. 414 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1516. ; and our fig. 1291. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Stem shrubby. Leaves ovate, subcordate, wavedly curled, 

 acuminate. Flowers corymbose. (Rcem. et Schult.) Leaves all simple, 

 undivided, ovate, or cordate, acuminate, petiolate, slightly curled at the 

 margin ; younger leaves powdery, but full-grown ones green. Cymes many- 

 flowered, terminal, all the parts powdery. Bracteas none. Calyx short, 

 5-toothed. Corolla middle-sized, of a bluish lead-colour. Anthers equal, 

 yellow. (Lindl.) A large sub-evergreen rambling shrub. Chiloe, in waste 

 places and hedges. Height 15ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1830. Flowers 

 bluish coloured ; May to September. 



