318 PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Solanum. 



Bot. f.33. Hook. Scot. 79. Fl. Dan. t. 607 . Bull. Fr. t. 23. 

 Diinal 140. 



S. x\. 57'o. Hall. Hist. v.\.2AS. 



S. lignosum, seu Dulcamara. Rail Syn. 265. 



Amara dulcis. Ger. Em. 350./. 



Vitis sylvestris. Matth. Falgr.v. 2. 619./. Corner. Epit. 986./. 



/S. Solanum lignosum, seu Dulcamara marina. Rail Syn. 265. 



In hedges and thickets, especially in watery situations. 



/S. On the southern coast. Ray. 



Shrub. June, July. 



Root woody. Stem shrubby, twining, branched, rising, when .sup- 

 ported, to the height of many feet. Leaves acute, generally 

 smooth ; in variety (3 hairy ; the lower ones ovate, or heart- 

 shaped ; upper more or less perfectly halberd-shaped ; all en- 

 tire at the margin. Clusters either opposite to the leaves or 

 terminal, drooping, spreading, smooth, alternately subdivided, 

 and resembling cymes, though not really such. Bracteas minute. 

 Fl. elegant, purple with 2 round green spots at the base of each 

 segment. They are reported to vary occasionally to white or 

 flesh-colour, the spots being also sometimes white. Berries oval, 

 scarlet, juicy, bitter and poisonous. The root and young branches, 

 in the form of a decoction, much diluted with milk, have been 

 recommended in scrophulous or glandular obstructions. 



The leaves are not unfrequently found variegated. 



2. S. nigrum. Common, or Garden, Nightshade. 



Stem herbaceous, without thorns. Leaves ovate, bluntly 

 toothed, or wavy. Umbels lateral, drooping. 



S. nigrum. Linn. Sp. PI. 2C)6. Willd.v.l. 1035. Fl.Br. 256. Engl. 

 Bot. V. 8. t.566. Curt. Loud. fasc. 2. 1. 14. Woodv. Med. Bot. 

 t. 226. Hook. Scot. 79. Fl. Dan. t. 460. Bull. Fr. t. 67. Du- 

 nall52. 



S. n. 576. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 249. 



S. vulgare. Raii Syn. 265. 



S. hortense. Ger. Em. 339./. Matth. Valg. v. 2. 415./. Corner. 

 Epit. 812./. Fuchs. Hist. 686./. Brunf. Herb. v. 2. 29./. 



Common in waste, as well as cultivated, ground, and on dunghills. 



Annual ; occasionally perennial. June — September. 



Root fibrous. Herb fetid, narcotic, bushy, with numerous, angular, 

 or winged, leafy branches. Leaves undivided ; lengthened out 

 at the base, smooth. Umbels from the intermediate spaces be- 

 tween the leaves, solitary, stalked, simple, downy. Fl. white, 

 with a musky scent. Berries globular, black ; sometimes, as it 

 is reported, yellow. A grain or two of the dried leaf has some- 

 times been given to promote various secretions, possibly by ex- 

 citing a great, and rather dangerous, agitation in the viscera. 



Many exotic varieties of this Solanum are mentioned by authors, 

 which perhaps may be entitled to rank as species. 



