42 o Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



The seeds, the leaves, and the roots. Dr. Withering observes, 

 are all poisonous. Madness, convulsions, and death, are the 

 general consequence. In a smaller dose, they occasion giddi- 

 ness and stupor. The Edinburgh College order the expressed 

 juice of the plant to be evaporated to an extract. In this state, 

 the Doctor supposes, it may be advantageously joined with opi- 

 um, where the effects of that medicine are desirable, and cos- 

 tiveness is to be avoided. There is no doubt, he says, of its 

 being a useful medicine under proper management. The dose 

 is from half a scruple to half a dram. It is said, that the 

 leaves scattered about a house will drive away mice. 



SOLANUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 224. 



Solanum caule inermi frutescente flexuoso, foliis superioribus 

 hastatis, racemis cymosis. Syst. Nat. 



BITTER-SWEET. Blossoms purple, with spots of white. 

 Common about fences in moist land. June. 



Boerhaave says, it is a medicine far superior to China and 

 Sarsaparilla as a sweetner and restorative. LinncBus says, an in- 

 fusion of the young twigs is an admirable medicine in acute 

 rheumatisms, inflammations, fevers, and suppression of the 

 lochia. Dr. Hill says, he has found it very efficacious in the 

 asthma. 



Solanum caule inermi herbaceo, foliis ovatis dentato — angulatis, 

 umbellis nautantibus. Syst. Nat. 



NIGHTSHADE. Blossoms white. Berries black. Common 

 among rubbish. July. 



Dr. Withering says, from one to three grains of the leaves 

 infused in boiling water, and taken at bed time, occasions a 

 copious perspiration ; increases secretions by the kidneys, and 



generally 



