Pi. ex: cor, 26. SOLANEiE. 87. Atropa. 331 



Belladonna, i2«j7 Sj/n. ?65, 1. 

 Solaniim lethale, Ger. em. 340 ; Park. 346, 

 Atropa Belladonna, Lin. S. P, 360. 

 Atropa lethalis, Salisb. Prod. 132, 

 Belladonna tiichntoma, Muenck. Meth. 179. 



Chalky rains; perennial; July. 



Rhizoma creeping, fleshy; item erect, 2-forkecl, downy; 

 leaves lateral, in paii*s, dark green ; flowers lateral, solitary, 

 peduncled, drooping, dark-violef; calyx viscous; anthers 

 white; berry blackish, shining, — Leaves externally applied 

 with advantage to tumours of the breasts, even if cancerous; 

 applied to the eye it causes a dilatation of the pupil, and 

 affects it for some time, so that it will not contract even in 

 the strongest light. A poultice of the roots boiled in milk 

 cures hard, ill-conditioned tumours and ulcers. Juice of 

 the ripe berries is poisonous, and has frequently been fatal 

 to children ; it also stains paper of a durable purple. 



YI. 88. DULCAMARA. Dodonaeus. Bitter-sweet. 



Calyx 5-parted; corolla rotate, 5-parted; lobes equal, 

 reflected, with 2 green spots at the base of each ; stamens 5 \ 

 anthers oblong, soldered together ; opening at the tip with 

 2 pores ; stigma simple ; berry ovate, shining, 2-celled, 

 many-seeded; seeds smooth. — Stem shrubby; leaves loheA 

 or sinuate; flowers corymbose, opposite to the leaves. * 



Dulcamara flexuosa. Bending bitter-sweet. 



Stem flexuous; Leaves bald, ovate, heartshape; upper 

 leaves lobed, eared. 



Solanutn lignogum, sen Dulcamara, Rail Syn. 265, 1 ; Park. 350. 

 Amara dulcis, Ger. em. 350. 

 Solanum Dulcamara, Lin. S. P. 264. 

 Dulcamara flexuosa, Moench. Meth. 514, 

 lYoody nightshade. Bitter-sweet. 



Damp hedges; shrubby; June and July. 

 Root woody; stem branched; leaves petioled, alternate, 

 not cut, bald; corymbus opposite or terminal, drooping; 

 flowers violet, flesh-colour, or rarely white. — Root smells 

 like potatoes : twigs in infusion highly esteemed as a resto- 

 rative and alterative, far superior to China or sarsaparilla. 

 Two drms. of the sliced dry twigs infused in a pint of hot 

 water for half an hour, then boiled for 15 min. dose two 

 cupfuUs, morn and even. Useful in acut(^ rheumatism, in- 

 flammatory diseases, fevers, suppression of the lochia^ 

 asthma, scurvy, and lues venerea. 



