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through woods. It will mount up on tall trees ; and in March 

 looks very pretty, having numerous white flowers with yellow 

 antherae. The berries are like red cherries, and contain many 

 seeds in a soft sweet pulp. 



This plant is deemed destructive, and supposed to be 

 amongst the most powerful of the Negro poisons. The bas- 

 tard sensitive plant (Cassia Chamcecrista, L.) is a noble anti- 

 dote against this as well as many others. 



41. Solanum Lycopersicum, L. — Love-Apple, or Tomato. 



This is cultivated in gardens and provision grounds, for 

 culinary purposes. The plant is slender, and rises to no 

 height, unless supported by other plants. The blossoms are 

 yellow, and five-cleft. The fruit is as large as a plum, 

 round, soft, smooth, and shining. It contains a gelatinous 

 soft, pulp, and many small flattened seeds. 



Tomatoes are boiled in soups and broths, to which they im- 

 part a rich agreeable taste and flavour. 



42. Phvsalis pruinosa, L. — Pop-Berry. 



This low plant grows about settlements, and in rich soils, 

 to about two feet high. The stem is herbaceous ; the leaves 

 of a light green colour ; the blossoms yellow ; and the berries 

 the size of a small cherry, are inclosed in an inflated calyx. 



Children eat this berry with impunity, though there is an- 

 other species less common, that is poisonous. 



43. Chrysophyllum oliviforme, L. — Wild Silver Star-apple. 



This tree is frequent in woods. It is of the size of the 

 Chrysophyllum cainito, No. 29. The leaves are broader, and 

 of a darker green colour on the upper side. The under side 



