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WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 



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BITTEE-SWEET SoLANUM. Bitter-sweet. Woody Nightshade. 



Perrenial. Stem 4-8 feet long, flexuose, smoothish. Leaves 2 - 4 inches long ; petioles 

 half an inch to an inch in length. Cymes opposite the leaves, nodding ; pedicels half an 

 inch long, clavato ; common peduncle about 2 inches in length ; corolla violet-purple, the 

 lobes spreading or reflexed, each with 2 green dots or tubercles at base. Berry near half 

 an inch long. 



About houses, &c. Native of Europe. .FZ. July. Fr. September. 



Obs. Extensively naturalized in fertile soils, and is often tolerated and 



FIG. 161. A branch of Nightshade (Solannm nigrum). 

 divided 



162. A fruit. 163. The same 



