244 56. SOLANAOEiE. 



<Si!. 1. 4. — Umbel from the interpiediate spaces betweeu the 

 leaves. L. attenuate below. Fl. white. Er.rstalks thjckened 

 upwards. Berries globular,, black, or rarely green, or yellowish 

 wheii ripe. St. a foot or more high.^[/3. S. miniatum (Bemh.) ; 

 angles pf the st. with prominent tubercles, 1. sinuate-dentate- 

 more deeply toothed and less attenuate below,, pubescent patent, 

 berries scarlet. It may be distinct.]^ Waste ground. [^. Jersey.] 

 A. Vn.— X. Blach Nightshade. E. S. I. 



2. S. Dulcamara (L.) ; st.shruhhy zig-zag, .1. cordate-ovate, 

 upper Z. A«sia<e auricled, fl. drooping. ^-<St. '18.3. — Corymb op- 

 posite to leavep. Fl. pm^le with 2 gi-een .spots at-.the .base of 

 each segment. Berries ovate, red. , St. climbing to the height 

 of 12^^14 feet, nearly round, almost glabrous throughout, or St. 

 and 1. downy with patent hairs.- — /3., marinum; branches of the 

 present year and 1. fleshy and usually clothed with hairs incurved 

 upwards, st. angular prostrate diffuse much bi-anched; 1. all (?) 

 cordate not hastate. 8. lignosum sen Dulcamara marina Eav 

 265. — Woods and hedges, common. /3. Pebbly sea-beach. Si,. 

 VI. VII. Bitter-siveet. ' E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Atropece. 

 2. Ai'eopa Linn. Deadly Nightshade. Dwale. 



1. A. Belladonna. (L.); st. herbaceous, 1. broadly ovate entire, 

 fl. solitary axHlaiy on short, stalks. — St. .3. 6. — St. 3 ft. high. 

 Fl. lurid purple, drooping. Berry violet-black, highly poisonous. 

 —Waste places, rare. P. VI.— VHI. E. S. I. 



3. Htosct'amus Linn. Henbane." 



1. H. niger (L.) ; 1. oblong pinnatifid or sinuate sessile and 

 amplexicauly lower 1. stalked, fl. nearly sessile axillary unilateral. 

 — «. 3. 4.— St. 1—2 ft. high. Fl. lurid yellow, with dai-k veins, 

 drooping. Fr. erect. Whole herbage downy, glandular, viscid, 

 fetid. Fl. sometimes without dark veins. — Waste places, pre- 

 ferring a calcareous, soil. A. or B. v.; — VII. E. S. I. 



LycIitjm Linn. 



[*X. har'barum (L.) ; 1, narrowly lanceolate narrowed at the 

 base, cal.,2-lipped, cor. -tube as long as the limb, ben-y oblong. 

 — A straggling shrub with long peinduloiis spinous branches. 

 Fl. bluish. Filaments woolly at the base. Berry red. — Sedges, 

 established. Sh. VI.— VIII.] _ , E. 



4. D^fipBA Linn.,\ Thorn-apple. 



[*1. D. ^(ramdmum (L.) ; 1. ovate vmequalljr sinuateTdentate 

 gliibrous,, caps, ej-eot spinose. — St, 1 — 2 ft., liigli. PI. whits 



