NIGHTSHADE FAMILY 



The Potato was developed by the aborigines of South America; 

 the Spaniards met with it first in the neighborhood of Quito, where 

 it was cultivated by the natives and an important article of food 

 among them. It was found elsewhere, was sent first to Spain, 

 then made its way into England, and its tubers are now part of 

 the daily food of a large portion of the human race. These tubers 

 are the only edible part of the plant; the leaves, fruit, and even the 

 buds which spring from the eyes of the tuber contain solanine, a 

 poisonous substance. 



NIGHTSHADE. BLUE BINDWEED 



Soli-num iulcamhra. 



Solanum, quieting; in reference to the poisonous cliaracter of the 

 genus. 



Nightshade. SoBnum dukamira 



A perennial vine m waste places, moist banks, and around dwellings. 

 Naturalized from Europe. Summer. 



5/ew.— Climbing and straggling, woody at base. 

 Leaves.— Ov^te or hastate in outline, acute or acuminate, entire, 

 three-lobed or Ihree-parted, with the terminal segment much the largest. 



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