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lines, which however are wanting in a variety found in Surrey by 

 Mr. Watson; its tubular part swells and firmly encloses the capsule^ 

 of which the upper portion falls off like a lid. Plant highly narcotic. 



3. A''tbopa Linn. Dwale. 



Cal 5-partite. 

 lobes equal. Stam. distant above. 



Co?\ campanulate, with a sbort tuhe^ the 



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Berry of 2 cells. 



ivom Atropos^ one of the Fates, in allusion to its deadly quality ; 

 whence also the English name dwale (deuil, Fr. ; dolor^ Lat.). 



1. A. Belladonna L. (common D., or deadly Nightshade) ; stem 

 herbaceous, leaves ovate undivided, flowers axillary on short 

 peduncles. E. B. t. 592, 



Stems S feet and more high. Leaves entire, some very 



Hedges and waste places, especially among ruins and near towns. 



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large, but placed in pairs of unequal sizes. Flowers drooping, lurid 

 purple. Berries shining, black, highly injurious when taken internally. 

 Their effects are said to be best counteracted by drinking plentifully 

 of vinegar. 



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SOLANE^. 



4. SoiiANUM Linn. Nightshade, 



CaL of 5 



10 segments. 



Cor. rotate. Anthers opening with 

 2 pores at the extremity. Berry roundish, 2- or more celled. 

 Name of doubtful oriuin. According to some from solamen^ 

 on account of the comfort or solace derived from some species 

 as a medicine. 



1. S. Dulcamara L. (looody N. or Bittersweet) ; stem without 

 thorns shrubby flexuose climbing, leaves cordate, upper ones 

 auricled hastate, coi'ymbs drooping inserted opposite the leaves. 

 E. B. t. 565. 



IMolst hedges and thickets. 

 Dublin. 



Not common in Scotland. About 



f^. 6 — 8. — Glabrous or hairy. i^Zozrers purple, widi 2 

 green tubercles at the base of each segment. Anthers large, yellow, 

 united in a pyramidal or cone-shaped figure. Berries ovate, red. 

 This has been much employed in medicine, especially in rustic practice. 

 A var., with prostrate diffuse stems, a more deeply divided calyx with 

 rounded segments, and few or none of the leaves hastate, grows on 

 the pebbly sea-beach in Sussex, Cornwall, and Galway : it was first 

 noticed by Ray. 



2. S. nigrum L. (common N.) ; stem without thorns her- 

 baceous, leaves ovate bluntly toothed and waved, umbels lateral 

 drooping. E. B. t. o66. 



Waste places, fields, &c.; frequent, © or ^. 6 — 11 Flowers 



white. Berries globose, black, — sometimes green in Sussex and at 

 Walthamstow : Borrer. 



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