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ARBOKETUM F,T FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



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

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



-i 1. iS*. DuLCAMA~RA L. The Bitter-sweet, or ivoody. Nightshade. 



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



Synonymes. S. scandeiis Xfck. Gullo-Bel. 119.; Dulcamara flexubsa Ma-nch Metfi. p. 514.; S. 

 scandens seu Dulcamara Tozirn. Inst. p. 149. ; .\mara dulcis Gerard Emac. 3-50. ; Dulcis aniara 

 Trag. 816. ; Glycypicros seu Dulcamara Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 109. icon. ; la P.Iorelle grimpante, Reg- 

 nautt Bot. Icon. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 56.5. ; Baxt. Brit. Fl. PI., vol. 2. t. 110. ; and oar fig. 1290. 



Spec. Char.f S^c. Shrubbj', scandent, flesuous. 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 6ft. to 8 ft. Flowers violet; 

 June and July. Berry red ; ripe in September. 



Vaneties. 



1 S. Z). 1 violdcea Hort. Eyst. p. 385. t. 384. No, 3. Corollas violet. 



-i S. n.2 dlha Lin. Fl. Suec. p. 66. Corollas white. Lodd. 



1 S. D. 3 ccirnca Cels. Dps. 32. Corollas flesh-coloured. 



A S. D. -i plena Tourn. List. 149. Corollas double. 



i. S. J). 5 variegdta Munt. fig. 156. Leaves variegated. 



1 S. Z). 6 hirsida Don's Mill. iv. p. 409. ; S. littorale Horf. Plant hairy 



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

 1 S. Z). 7 rupestris Schmidt Fl. Boh. p. 69. Stem erect. Leaves ovate, 

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



The stems of this species are roundish, branched, 

 twisted, and chmbing by elongation, among other 

 shrubs, and in hetlges, 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 soon 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 e.xcit- 

 ing violent vomiting and purging. Trained to a 

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

 ported by a strong iron rod, with a parasol top, 



this common hedge weed might form a very handsome gardenesque pendulou.s 

 tree ; or it might cover a domical bower. 



S. CRi'sPTJM R. Sf S. The curled-leaved Solanura 



1290. S. Dulcamara. 



i- -2. 



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

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1516. ; and ourfig. 1291. 



p. 414. 



Spec. Char., Si~c. Stem shrubby. Leaves ovate, subcordate, wavedly curledj 

 acuminate. Flowers corymbose. {Rcem. et Schult.) Leaves all sinipK' 

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

 margin ; younger leaves powder}', but full-grown ones green. Cymes many 

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

 3-toothed. Corolla middle-sized, of a bluish lead-colour. Anthers aqua, 

 yellow. (Li)tdl.) A large sub-evergreen rambling shrub. Chiloe, in wasti 

 places and hedges. Height I5ft. to30ft. Introduced in 1830. Flower 

 bluish coloured ; May to September. 



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