252 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Brrrer-sweer Soranum. Bitter-sweet. Woody Nightshade. 
Perrenial. Stem 4-8 feet long, flexuose, smoo othish. Leaves 2~4 inches long ; petioles 
half an inch to an inch in length. O} e the leaves, nodding ; pedicels half 
inch long, clavate ; common peduncle about 2 cae in length ; ee violet epi es the 
lobes spreading or iefle xed, each with 2 green dots or tubercles at base. Berry near half 
an inch long. 
About houses, &c. Native of Europe. Fl. July. Fr. September. 
- Obs. Extensively naturalized in fertile soils, and is often tolerated and 
Fic. 161. A branch of Nightshade (Solanum nigrum), 162. A fruit, 163, The samé 
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