XXIII. 



SOLANUM DULCAMARA. 



Bitter-sweei, or Woody Nightshade. 



Class V, Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia, 



Nat. Ord, SoLANEiE. 



Gen. Char. Cayla; five to ten-parted. Corolla rotate. 

 Anthers opening with two pores at the extremity. 

 Berry two or more celled. 



Spec, Char, Stem without thorns, shrubby, climbing. 

 Leaves cordate, the upper ones hastate. Clusters cy- 

 mose, drooping, opposite the leaves. 



Lathi 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek .... yXuxv^tx^oi. 



^ Solanum scandens, seu Dulcamara. Bauh. Pin. 136. 



\ Amara dulcis. Ger. Em. 350. 

 ■ i Solanum Hgnosum, seu Dulcamara, Raii. Syn. 265. 



V. Solanum Dulcamara, Lin. Sp. PI. 264. 

 French . . . . Douce-amere ; Morelle grimpante. 

 Italian .... Amara-dolce ; Dulcamara, 

 Spanish . . . Dulzamara ; Manzana agri dulce, 

 Portuguese Docamarga. 



German .. Bittersufess ; Alfranken; Hir.schkraut. 

 Dutch .... Bitterzoet ; Alfs-ranken ; Elfranken. 

 Polish .... Psinki-wodni, 

 Swedish . . Qweswod. 



Description. — The root is perennial, slender, woody, branch- 

 ed, and fibrous. The stems are cylindrical, climbing, shrubby, 

 alternately branched, somewhat angular, and attain the height 

 of six or seven feet. The bark of the main stem is ash coloured ; 

 that of the branches purplish. The leaves are alternate, acute, 

 glabrous, sometimes pubescent, and stand on long footstalks ; 

 the lower ones are ovate, somewhat cordate, entire ; the upper 



