SOLANACE^E. 97 



Var. a, geimmwn. 



Plate DCCCCXXXI. 



Reich. Tc. PI. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCXXXI. 

 A nigrum, S/n. Kng. Bot. No. 5G6. 



Leaves dentate or repand. Berries black, rarely pale-yellow. 



(?) Var. 0, miniatum. 



Plate DCCCCXXXII. 



Reich. Ic. FL Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCXXXII. Figs. 2, 3. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsiec. No. 3140. 



8. miniatum, Bernh. Wittd. Enum. Hort. Berol. Vol. I. p. 236. 



Leaves sinuate-dentate. Berries scarlet, smaller than in var. a. 



In cultivated ground and waste places, and by roadsides and 

 on sandy seashores. Common, and generally distributed in the 

 South of England, less abundant in the North. Bare in Scotland, 

 and apparently confined to the seashore in Wigtonshire and 

 Ayrshire. It has also occurred in Eife, but no doubt introduced. 

 The form with yellow bex*ries has been found by Mr. H. C. Watson 

 at East Moulsey, Surrey. Var. $ has occurred only in the Channel 

 Islands, on the Quenvais and at Petit Port, &c, Jersey, and at 

 Jerbourg, Guernsey. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Late Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Stem much branched, the branches ascending or decumbent, 

 C inches to 3 feet long, angular, often more or less tuberculated 

 on the angles, succulent. Leaves with the lamina 1 to 4 inches 

 long, rather abruptly narrowed into the base, and continued 

 downwards into the winged petiole, the outline varying from 

 ovate to rhomboidal, but generally intermediate between these, 

 margins entire, repand, or with a few large deltoid teeth. 

 Cymes stalked. Pedicels drooping, all springing from nearly the 

 same point. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments ovate. Corolla white, 

 £ to f inch across ; segments ciliated, at length reflexed, but less 

 revolute than in S. Dulcamara. Berries about the size of small 

 peas, dull-black or rarely ochreous whenripe. Plant glabrous, or 

 more or less pubescent. 



Var. is said to come up true from seed, and if this be 

 invariably the case, it must then be considered a sub-species. It 

 is generally smaller, with the branches more tuberculate on the 



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