664 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
suffrutescent, scandent, deciduous or sub-evergreen ; natives of Europe, 
Asia, or South America; of the easiest culture in common soil. 
A 1. S. Dutcama‘ra L. The Bitter-sweet, or woody, Nightshade. 
Identification. Liv, Sp, p. 264.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 409. - 
Synonymes. 8. scindens Neck. Gallo-Bel. 119.; Dulcamara flexudsa Manch Meth. p.514.;_S. 
scandens seu Dulcamara Tourn. Inst. p. 149.; Amara dulcis Gerard Emac. 350. ; Dulcis amara 
Trag. 816. ; Glyc¥picros seu Duleamara Buuwh. Hist. 2. p. 109. icon.; la Morelle grimpante, Rég- 
nault Bot. Icon, 
Engravings. Eng. Bot.,, t. 565, ; Baxt. Brit. Fl. Pl, vol. 2. t. 110.; and our fig. 1290. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby, scandent, flexuous. Leaves ovate-cordate; su- 
perior ones hastate. Corymbs almost opposite the leaves. Shrub gla- 
brous. Leaves cordate ; superior ones hastate, all quite entire. Corymbs 
panicled. Corolla violet-coloured, with reflexed segments, each segment 
furnished with 2 green spots at the base. Berries elliptic, red. (Don’s Ail.) 
A climbing deciduous shrub. Enrope, Asia, and North America, in hedges 
and among bushes; plentiful in Britain. Stem 6 ft. to 8 ft. Flowers violet ; 
June and July. Berry red ; ripe in September. 
D. 1 violdcea Hort. Eyst. p. 385. t. 384, No. 3. — Corollas violet. 
D. 2 alba Lin. FL. Suec. p. 66.—Corollas white. Lodd. 
. 8 cdrnea Cels. Ups. 32.—Corollas flesh-coloured. 
. 4 plena Tourn. Inst. 149.— Corollas double. 
. 5 variegata Munt. fig. 156.— Leaves variegated. 
. 6 hirstita Don’s Mill. iv. p. 409.; 8. littorale Hort.—Plant hairy 
or downy. Flowers violet. Found on the sea coast. Lodd. 
. D. 7 rupéstris Schmidt Fl. Boh. p. 69.—Stem erect. Leaves ovate, 
quite entire. Hacemes few-flowered, dichotomous. Bohemia. 
The stems of this species are roundish, branched, 
twisted, and climbing by elongation, among other 
shrubs, and in hedges, to the height of 6 or 8 feet, 
or upwards. When bruised, broken, or rubbed, 
they yield a strong and peculiar odour, not unlike 
that which proceeds from rats and mice. The 
roots smell like potatoes; and both roots and 
stalks, upon being chewed, first cause a sensation 
of bitterness, which is soon followed by a con- 
siderable degree of sweetness, whence the specific 
name. The berries are poisonous; and, as they 
are common in hedges, they are very frequently 
eaten by children, on whom they operate by excit- 
ing violent vomiting and purging. Trained to a 
single stem to the height of 6 or 8 feet, and sup- 
ported by a strong iron rod, with a parasol top, 
this common hedge weed might form a very handsome gardenesque pendulous 
tree 3 or it might cover a domical bower. 
aw £ 2.8. cri’spum R.§ S. The curled-leaved Solanum. 
Identification. Roem. et Schult. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 595.; Don’s Mill. 4. p. 414. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1516. ; and our jig. 1291, 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem shrubby. Leaves ovate, subcordate, wavedly curled, 
acuminate. Flowers corymbose. (Rem. et Schult.) Leaves all simple, 
undivided, ovate, or cordate, acuminate, petiolate, slightly curled at the 
margin ; younger leaves powdery, but full-grown ones green. Cymes many- 
flowered, terminal, all the parts powdery. Bracteas none. Calyx short, 
5-toothed. Corolla middle-sized, of a bluish lead-colour. Anthers equal, 
yellow. (Lindl.) A large sub-evergreen rambling shrub. Chiloe, in waste 
places and hedges. Height 15 ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1830. Flowers 
bluish coloured ; May to September. 
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1290. S. Dulcamara. 
