PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Solanum. 68 



Near Witney. Between Nettlebed and Henley. Sb. Woodstock 



Park, near the Monument. Bx. (Tilehurst Common, and 



Englefield, Berks. R. W.) 

 Per. June. 

 Stem about three feet, branched, leafy. Ls. from the side of the 



stems, in pairs, one smaller, all dull green. Fl. drooping, axillary. 



Cor. dull purplish, of a lurid look. Berry about the size of a 



small cherry, shining, black, when ripe. 



Frequently about ancient ruins. Abbeys. 



A most dangerous narcotic, occasioning a deadly stupor : the 

 taste of the berries not unpleasant. Antidote, draught of w^arm 

 vinegar, and keeping the patient walking. The Ls. in infusion 

 internally, and externally, in cancer. To be used with the greatest 

 caution. See also Pharmacop. Chirurgica. The extract to dilate 

 the pupil of the eye. A quantity of bread, wine, and ale, into 

 which had been infused the juice of this plant, sent to the Danish 

 army under Sueno, in the reign of Duncan I. The Danes par- 

 taking liberally of the poisonous boon were intoxicated, and 

 became an easy prey to the Scots. See the Classical Buchanan, in 

 Hist. Scot. 1. vii. p. 112. fol. ed. Ruddiman. Juice of the ripe 

 berries to stain paper of a durable and fine purple. 



SOLA'NUM. Nightshade. ., 



S. Dulcamara. Woody N. Bitter- Sweet. Stem 

 shrubby, zigzag, without thorns. Upper leaves halbert- 

 shaped. Clusters cymose, opposite to the leaves. E. 

 B. 565. C. fas. 1. 14. Amara dulcis. G. E. 350. 



Hedges, thickets, especially in watery situations. 

 Shrub. Per. July. 



Stem woody, branched, several feet high. Ls. alternate, stalked, 

 smooth, lowermost heart-shaped, undivided. Fl. clusters oppo- 

 site to the Is., or terminal. Fl. elegant, purple, with two green 

 dots at the base of each segm. Anth. large, yellow. Berry 

 scarlet, oval, poisonous. 



Decoction of the plant, diuretic, narcotic, useful in humoral 

 asthma, dropsy. Lepra vulgaris, alphos, and ptyriasis. T. T. See 

 Decoct. Dulcamarse, T. T. Recommended by Boerhaave as supe- 

 rior to Sarsaparilla : by Linn, in infusion in acute rheumatisms. 



S. nigrum. Common^ or Garden N. Stem herbaceous, 

 without thorns. Leaves egg-shaped, bluntly toothed, or 

 wavy. Umbels from the sides of the stem, drooping. 

 E. B. 5m. C. fas. 2. 14. S. hortense. G. E. S39. 



Waste, cultivated, ground, dunghills. 

 An. Per. sometimes. July. 



Stem branched, spreading. Ls. alternate, stalked, lengthened at 

 the base. Umhels from the spaces between the Ls. Fl. white, 



