328 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



83. (Fig. 90.) DULCAMARA. Dulcamara. 

 Fl. ex. 60. 



Bittersweet, woody nightshade, E. Bittersussstengel, G. Tiges de 

 douce-amere (de morelle grimpante), Fr. 



The young branches of Solanum Dulcamara L., Solanaceae. 



Light yellowish brown. 



Faintly heavy, recalling tobacco. 



Bitter, afterwards sweet which is very persistent. 



Typical parenchyma; tracheids; porous ducts; some cork tissue; 

 a few small pointed simple trichomes; porous medullary ray cells. 

 Many of the parenchyma cells filled with crypto-crystalline calcium 

 oxalate. A few typical bast cells distributed through outer paren- 

 chyma. Epidermal cells polygonal; stomata few. 



Said to be adulterated with stems of Humulus Lupulus and Loni- 

 cera Periclymenum. Much employed as an adulterant of belladonna. 



