35° solanacf,;e 



chambered, fleshy, mnny-secded, bc'ny-like jriiit. (Name of 

 doubtful origin.) 



I, 5. Duhaiiuiru (Woody Nightshade, Bittersweet;.— Frequently, 

 though incorrectly, called Deadly Nightshade ; well marked by its 

 shrubby, clambering stem climbing among bushes to a height of 

 8 or lo feet ; leaves ovate, acute, cordate, hastate, or eared at the 

 bajse ; /lowers in loose, drooping clusters, purple with 2 green spots 



{IJ',;;/y N!,,;lits?uu',\ Ih'ttfrsnu'L-t). 



at the base of each petal ; anthers yellow, uniting in the form of a 

 cone ; jruit oval, scarlet, berry-like. -^^Hcdges, and luxuriantly 

 near water ; common. -Fl. June, July. _ rercnnial. 



2. 5. «if;r/(;;; (lilack Nightshade). — A livanching, erect, herba- 

 ceous plant, gcncrall)' less than a foot Ijigh ; leaves stalked, o\-ate, 

 wavy, bluntly toothed ; flowers few, draoping, white, with yellow 

 anthers ; jruit globular, generally black, but rarely yellow or red. 

 - Waste ground ; common. — Fl. July -October. Annual. 



